Custodian

Custodian

Responsible for the maintenance, cleanliness, and sanitation of assigned school building(s).

Supervisor: Building Principal in consultation with Buildings & Grounds Supervisor

Minimum Qualifications:

• Equivalent of a high school diploma.
• Skill and experience in maintenance and/or custodial work.
• A record free of criminal violations that would prohibit public school employment.
• Complies with the Board's drug and alcohol policies.

Essential Functions:

• Maintains the cleanliness of assigned buildings and areas.
• Promptly responds to maintenance issues and emergencies in assigned buildings and areas.
• Assists in the setup and tear down of building activities and events.
• Completes minor maintenance repairs, including painting, general plumbing issues (unclogging/repairing sinks, toilets, etc.), general electrical issues (changing bulbs, ballasts, etc.).
• Safely and properly operates district equipment, machinery, HVAC and security systems, and vehicles.
• Reports any maintenance issues or major repairs to the Building Principal and Buildings & Grounds Supervisor.
• Regularly checks e-mail correspondence for directives from supervisor.
• Adequately performs all assigned duties and tasks.
• Assists with the unloading, storing, and inventory check of deliveries.
• Oversees inventory of custodial equipment and reports any needs to the Buildings & Grounds Supervisor.
• Participates in assigned professional growth activities, including health and safety trainings.
• Reports instances of suspected child abuse and/or neglect to law enforcement.
• Complies with all District policies and procedures.
• Performs other functions as assigned.
• Serves as a role model for students in how to conduct themselves as citizens and as responsible, intelligent human beings.

Performance Expectations:

• Communicates information quickly and accurately, and delivers effective responses.
• Competently organizes and prioritizes assigned duties and tasks.
• Effectively communicates with staff, students and parents.
• Maintains a satisfactory attendance record and exhibits punctuality.
• Performs all assigned tasks in a safe and efficient manner.
• Judiciously uses and maintains equipment and supplies, consistent with the manufacturer's product specifications.
• Demonstrates professionalism in all interactions.
• The employee shall remain free of any alcohol or nonprescribed controlled substance abuse in the workplace throughout his/her employment in the District.
• Instills in students the belief in and practice of ethical principles and democratic values.

Working Conditions:

• Physically moving supplies and equipment.
• Operating or traveling as a passenger in a motor vehicle.
• Exposure to extreme weather conditions and temperature changes.
• Working beyond regularly-scheduled business hours and on weekends.
• Exposure to vapors from cleaning solvents and personal hygiene products.
• Exposure to risk of contact with communicable diseases, fumes, air-borne particles, and blood-borne pathogens.
• Interaction with disorderly and potentially hostile students and members of the community.