Custodian Lead

**LIBERTY SCHOOL DISTRICT**

**JOB DESCRIPTION**

**Custodian**

**Required Qualifications**

Ø **Education and Experience**
- High School Diploma or equivalent

Ø **Knowledge of**
- Principles of sanitation and safety procedures
- Cleaning methods and proper use and care of cleaning materials & equipment
- Good oral and written communication skills

Ø **Ability to**
- Understand and implement both oral and written instructions
- Use cleaning materials and equipment with skill and efficiency
- Perform heavy physical labor
- Perform minor building maintenance and repair work
- Perform daily routines with minimum or no supervision
- Cooperate with staff and offer assistance when possible, notifying principal of staff desires for repairs, installations, or furniture moves
- Maintain confidentiality

**Examples of Duties and Responsibilities**:
Ø Under general direction, job involves performance of routine cleaning and maintenance work on school equipment and buildings.

Ø Job activities include:
Ø Sweeping, scrubbing, mopping, waxing, oiling and buffing floors; vacuuming rugs and carpets

Ø Operating floor scrubbers, vacuum cleaners, buffers and other powered cleaning equipment

Ø Cleaning and disinfecting lavatories, drinking fountains and waste containers

Ø Cleaning and polishing chrome in restrooms & kitchens

Ø Dusting, washing, waxing and polishing furniture, woodwork and countertops

Ø Refilling toilet paper and paper towel holders

Ø Non technical repair and maintenance of buildings or equipment: replacing light fixtures, repairing door closers and stops, cleaning toilet valves, replacing broken tile, cleaning sink traps, cleaning roof drains and resetting clocks, painting.

Ø Picking up paper and other refuse from grounds; emptying waste baskets and hauling and emptying waste in dumpsters

Ø Moving and rearranging chairs, tables, desks and other furniture and equipment

Ø Cleaning blackboards and whiteboards

Ø Washing windows

Ø Set-up and cleanup for special events

Ø Order, store and account for custodial supplies

Ø Routine grounds maintenance; sweep sidewalks, water lawns, shrubs and trees, pull weeds

During summer months, major cleaning of school buildings is required, including stripping/waxing floors, high cleaning, high dusting and working from ladders. Work is more physical during summer months.

**Physical Demands**

Terms used in this section are defined as follows: Rarely= 1 to 10%; Occasionally= 11 to 33%;
Frequently= 34 to 66%; and Continuously= 67 to 100%

Ø **Standing/Walking**: Continuously; throughout work shift

Ø **Sitting**: Rarely

Ø **Lift/Carry**:Frequently, 1-10 lbs. weights moved up to 100 yards at a time

Occasionally, 11-50 lbs. weights moved 20 to 30 feet at a time Occasionally, often with assistance, weights over 50 feet moved several feet at a time

Ø **Push/Pull**:Continuously, using both hands and arms while using buffers, mopping, dust mopping, moving furniture and materials exerting a force of 15 to 35 pounds. Occasionally exert push/pull force up to 60-75 lbs. while moving heavy furniture, filing cabinets, etc.

Ø **Climbing**:Rarely; ladders up to a distance of 12 feet while cleaning upper areas or changing lights.

Ø **Balancing**:Rarely; while working at heights while cleaning or changing lights

Ø **Bending/Twisting**:Constantly, with forward flexion at waist while vacuuming, sweeping/mopping and cleaning and side to side twisting and flexion extension of neck throughout work shift.

Ø **Kneeling/Crouching**:Occasionally; while cleaning lower areas, retrieving supplies from lower shelves.

Ø **Hands/Arms**: Frequent to Continuous use in forward reaching/handling, simple & power grasping/fingering while operating equipment, wiping and cleaning surfaces and while using hand tools and other cleaning equipment. Occasional above shoulder reaching required.

Ø **Sight**:Continuously; in performing cleaning tasks and maintaining safety standards on the job. Requires depth perception, hand/eye coordination required in operation of equipment and tool use.
- Must have normal vision, corrected or uncorrected.

Ø **Speech/Written Communication**: Frequently; to interact with co-workers, teachers, supervisors and students and record data.

**Mental Demands**

Ø Must be able to work independently and follow through on all work as assigned.

Ø Must be able to communicate with co-workers and supervisor and establish/maintain effective working relationships with students, staff, district personnel and the public.

Ø Must be able to read, write and speak English, follow an assigned work schedule and perform basic mathematical calculations.

**WORK CONDITIONS**

The following conditions are present:
Ø Exposure to fumes from cleaning solutions, floor stripper and waxes

Ø Exposure to dust, dirt and wetness and slippery surfaces

Ø Exposure to biohazards when cleaning restrooms and cleaning up bodily fluids

Ø Exposure to temperature variation