Job Details

Job Summary

The job of Custodian is done for the purpose/s of creating an attractive, sanitary and safe campus for students, Staff and public: providing equipment and furniture arrangements for meetings, classroom activities and events; and minimizing property damage, loss and liability exposure.

Job Description / Essential Elements:

JOB TITLE: FT Custodian *

Job Purpose and Statement/s:

The job of Custodian is done for the purpose/s of creating an attractive, sanitary and safe campus for students,

Staff and public: providing equipment and furniture arrangements for meetings, classroom activities and events; and minimizing property damage, loss and liability exposure.

Essential Job Functions:

• Dust and polish furniture, light fixtures and woodwork; clean chalkboard, trays and erasers; empty pencil sharpeners.
• Assure security of school during assigned hours; lock gates, doors and windows; turn off lights when room is not in use; monitor facilities for fire hazards and report to appropriate personnel as required. Greetsindividuals not known to be district employees, parents, etc. for the purpose of assisting campus security.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

• Empty and clean the waste receptacles; refill dispenser.

• Pick up paper and other debris from grounds and buildings.
• Clean classrooms, offices, cafeterias and other facilities of assigned site during assigned shift; (sweep, scrub, mop, wax and polish floors and vacuum rugs and carpets in classrooms, offices and other work areas.)
• Clean, scrub and disinfect student and staff restrooms; wash windows and walls; polish metal work, clean sinks, mirrors and other bathroom fixtures; restock paper supplies and soap as necessary; clean drinking fountains.
• Operate and maintain a variety of custodial equipment including a floor stripper, buffer, carpet shampooer, vacuum cleaner, and small power and hand tools; replace belts and bags on vacuum cleaners as necessary.
• Perform the thorough cleaning and restoration of the school plant during school vacations as assigned for the purpose of maintaining a sanitary, safe, and attractive environment.

Job Requirements - Qualifications: *

• Experience Required: Prior job related experience preferred

• Skills, Knowledge and / or Abilities Required:

Skill to operate custodial equipment properly.

Knowledge of appropriate safety precautions and procedures.

Ability to speak read and write in the English language at the level necessary to communicate with other staff and students correctly and efficiently.

Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions.

Ability to meet schedules and time lines.

Ability to efficiently and effectively use cleaning materials, supplies, and equipment.

*Includes day Custodian Specific-Priority Duties

• Physical Abilities include:

Lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, stooping, crouching, reaching, handling, hearing conversations and other sounds as well as near, far visual acuity, depth perception and accommodation.

• Working Conditions:

The usual and customary methods of performing the job's functions require the following physical demands: significant lifting, carrying, pushing, and / or pulling: some climbing and balancing; significant stooping, kneeling, crouching and /or crawling, and significant fine finger dexterity. Generally the job requires 5% sitting, 80% walking and 15% standing. The job is performed under minimal temperature variations, some hazardous conditions, and in varying atmospheric conditions.

• Hazards:

Exposure to fumes and vapors.

Moisture - wet surfaces.

Bathroom bacteria and odors.

Unsanitary, Blood Borne Pathogen issues.

Education Required: High School diploma; or equivalent.

License, Certifications, Bonding, and /or Testing Required:

Must possess and maintain a valid First Aid Card; Department of Justice fingerprint clearance. Valid

Driver's Licenses, Criminal Justice Fingerprint Clearance.

Work Year: 12 Months, 8 hours per day

Supervision: Site Principal

Evaluation: Following probationary period, Job Performance Evaluation will be done annually, in

accordance with Administrative Regulations.

.* *Day Custodian: Specific-Priority Duties:

• All Site's monitors and maintains external non-classroom restrooms 1st Priority.
• Health Emergency-(i.e. Kinder classroom /Pre-K, cafeteria, food fight, blood borne pathogen etc.) per direction of site Principal or designee.
• Deliver custodian supplies- Pre direction of site Principal or designee.
• Must be in radio contact during working hours.
• Monitors and maintain High School Office
• Cleans assigned school facilities, restrooms, for the purpose of maintaining a sanitary, safe and attractive environment.
• Delivers a variety of items (e.g. supplies, mail, packages, furniture, etc.) for the purpose of distributing materials to the appropriate parties.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

SUMMARY OF PHYSICAL DEMANDS RATINGS

JOB TITLE: Custodian

The following analysis entails an evaluation of the "Physical Demands" factors of the job as it exists. This method provides a basis for permitting modification to fit the capabilities and needs of workers with disabilities.

Rating Symbol Key:

NP = NOT PRESENT - Does not exist

S = Seldom - Under 5% of Time

O = Occasionally - Up TO 1/3 Time

F =Frequently - From 1/3 to 2/3 Time

C = Constantly - 2/3 or More of Time

1. STRENGTH

A. Standing 40%

Walking 40%

Sitting 20%

B. Lifting O 80 lbs.

Carrying O 40 lbs.

Pushing O 40 lbs.

Pulling O 40 lbs.

1. CLIMBING O

BALANCING F

3. STOOPING F

KNEELING F

CROUCHING F

CRAWLING S

4 READING O

HANDLING C

FINGERING S

FEELING S

1. TALKING:

Ordinary F

Other O

HEARING

Conversations F

Other Sounds C

1. SEEING

Acuity, Near C

Acuity, Far C

Depth perception C

Accommodation C

Color Vision C

Field of Vision C

1. PHYSICAL DEMANDS RATING SUMMARY: Medium (1) 2 (3) 4 (5) (6) (DOL Physical Demand Categories 1 to 6 are very significant to the customary performance of the job if contained in parenthesis).

1. PHYSICAL DEMAND COMMENTS: Examples of reaching/handling are driving, inspecting, talking/hearing are training, conversations (sometimes over student noise), engine, emergency equipment, and visual acuity/depth perception/accommodations /field of vision are driving, observing students, operating lawn equipment, steeping, weeding, lawn edges.

SUMMARY OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS RATINGS

JOB TITLE: Custodian

The following analysis represents evaluation of the surroundings in which the job is performed. Environmental conditions must be definition be specific and related to the job.

Rating Symbol Key:

NP = NOT PRESENT - Does not exist

S = Seldom - Under 5% of Time

O = Occasionally - Up TO 1/3 Time

F =Frequently - From 1/3 to 2/3 Time

C = Constantly - 2/3 or More of Time

1. ENVIRONMENT:

Outside 10% Ambient temperatures may range from winters' 30º degrees to summers' 115º degrees.

2. EXTREME COLD O

3. EXTRME HEAT O

4. WET/HUMID S

5. NOISE (in decibels) 80 decibels

VIBRATION O

6. HAZARDS

Mechanical F

Explosives S

Electrical S

Radiant Energy S

Burns S

Other Hazard/s S

7. ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS:

Fumes O

Mists S

Odors O

Gases O

Dusts F

Poor Ventilation S

Other Atmospheric Hazards NP

8. PROTECTIVE CLOTHING - DEVICES: Regulation shoes, heavy clothing, long pants sleeved shirts, other as specified on labels.

9. ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS SUMMARY: Outside Work 1 2( 3) 4( 5) (6) (7) Number encircled by

parenthesis ( ) indicate significant involvement of factors enumerated and rated above.

10. SUMMARY ENVIROMENTAL COMMENTS: Exposures are generally limited to school/Custodial hazards/conditions such as student disturbances, insect bites, contagious diseases, paper ,dust, cuts, weather and janitorial equipment, and custodial cleaning chemicals and solutions.

Requirements / Qualifications

APPLICATION: Online application MUST include the following attachments:

Resume (NOT in lieu of application)
Proof of HS Graduation (OR GED)
Letter of Introduction
Letter(s) of Recommendation

Letter of Introduction (Or Letter of Intent Letter is a general overview of your specific skills, experience and reasons you're interested in working with us)

Letter(s) of Recommendation ( of Recommendation (minimum of 2 issued within the 2 years, must include dates) Letter in which the writer assesses the qualifications, skills, abilities, interests, and capabilities of the person being recommended in terms of that individual's ability to perform a particular task or function.)

Job Requirements - Qualifications: *
Experience Required: Prior job related experience preferred
Skills, Knowledge and / or Abilities Required:
Skill to operate custodial equipment properly.
Knowledge of appropriate safety precautions and procedures.
Ability to speak read and write in the English language at the level necessary to communicate with other staff and students correctly and efficiently.
Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions.
Ability to meet schedules and time lines.
Ability to efficiently and effectively use cleaning materials, supplies, and equipment.

Selected candidate must pass a background check and employer paid pre-employment physical/drug screening.

Comments and Other Information

Please NOTE: District position assignment may be changed based on the District needs.

NOTE: We are the San Pasqual Valley Unified School District in Winterhaven, CA.
We are NEAR Yuma, AZ 85364. For more information please log on to www.spvusd.or: