Location: Gallup,NM, USA
2024-2025 SY - Re-Advertised - Custodian - Secondary JobID: 4202
Position Type:
Maintenance/Custodial/Custodian
Date Posted:
11/6/2024
Location:
Hiroshi Miyamura High School
Date Available:
SY2024-2025
Closing Date:
Until Filled
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Title: 20245-2025 SY - Custodian
Work Location: Hiroshi Miyamura High School
Work Hours: 7.5 hours/Day
Contract Length: 236 Days
Minimum Salary: $32,258.00
Maximum Salary: $38,970.00
To maintain an attractive, sanitary and safe facility and to ensure a clean and safe environment for students, staff and public by cleaning designated areas, using a variety of cleaning materials and equipment and minimizing property damage, loss and liability exposure.
Received immediate supervision from higher level staff.
Essential Function Statements - Essential duties may include, but are not limited to, the following:
* Cleans assigned school facilities (e.g., classrooms, offices, restrooms, multipurpose rooms, grounds, cafeteria, storage areas, etc.) for the purpose of maintaining a sanitary, safe and attractive environment.
* Arranges furnishings and equipment for the purpose of providing adequate preparations for meetings, classroom activities and special events.
* Attends service training (e.g., blood borne pathogens, cleaning solvents, floor care, first aid, maintenance training, etc.) for the purpose of receiving information on new and/or improved procedures.
* Evaluates situation (e.g., involving staff, students, parents, the public, etc.) for the purpose of taking appropriate action and/or directing appropriate personnel for resolution.
* Inspects school facilities for the purpose of ensuring that the site is suitable for safe operations, maintained in an attractive and clean condition, and/or identifying necessary repairs due to vandalism, equipment breakage, weather conditions, etc.
* Maintains supplies and equipment (e.g., cleaning solutions, paper products, vacuum, mops, etc. for the purpose of ensuring the availability of items required to properly maintain facilities.
* Paints interior of classrooms, offices, restrooms, etc. for the purpose of maintaining an attractive facility.
* Repairs furniture and equipment as may be required (e.g., faucets, toilets, light fixtures, etc.) for the purpose of ensuring that items are available and in safe working condition.
* Responds to immediate safety and/or operational concerns (e.g., facility damage, injured and ill students, alarms, etc.) for the purpose of taking appropriate action to resolve immediate safety issues and maintaining a functioning educational environment.
* Secures facilities and grounds for the purpose of minimizing property damage, equipment loss and potential liability to organization.
* Ensures that all emergency lighting, fire extinguisher and playground equipment are maintained in property working condition on a routine and regular basis, as required by local, state and federal policies and regulations.
* Remove snow and ice from designated areas.
* Regulates furnaces or other heating systems in sue, including air conditioning and ventilating systems necessary for the comfort and safety of occupants; replaces filters as necessary.
* Empties trash and garbage containers for building and cafeteria and removes to designated areas.
* Raises and lowers the United States, State and other required agency flags daily.
Marginal Functions:
* Haul trash, mow grass, chop weeds and trim shrubs.
* Assists other personnel for the purpose of supporting them in the completion of their work activities.
* Perform related duties and responsibilities as required.
Qualifications
Knowledge of:
* Basic operational characteristics, services and activities of a school district housekeeping program.
* Basic principles and practices of housekeeping duties.
* English usage, spelling, grammar and punctuation.
* Basic mathematical principles.
Ability:
* Learn equipment use and care, storage, record keeping.
* Learn institutional housekeeping duties.
* Learn to operate basic housekeeping equipment and machinery, e.g., vacuum cleaner and carpet cleaning equipment.
* Learn to accurately and correctly apply applicable mathematical principles.
* Learn to understand to follow oral and written instructions.
* Learn to communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing in the English language.
* Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.
* Maintain mental capacity which allows the capability of making sound decisions and demonstrating intellectual capabilities.
* Maintain physical condition appropriate to the performance of assigned duties and responsibilities.
Experience and Training Guidelines: Any combination of experience and training that would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be:
* Experience: Some general custodial experience desirable.
* Education: Equivalent to completion of the twelfth grade - High School Diploma or GED Equivalency
License or Certificate: Possession of, or ability to obtain a valid New Mexico driver's license.
Working Conditions:
Environmental Conditions: Office, shop and school environment; exposure to cleaning and/or sterilization chemicals and airborne particles and vibration; exposure to loud nose and frequently works in outside weather conditions.
Physical Conditions: Essential and marginal functions may require maintaining physical condition necessary for moderate to extremely heavy carrying, lifting, and pushing; reaching, climbing in high, precarious places, crawling, sitting, kneeling, standing and walking for extended periods of time; operation of motor vehicles; and subject to random drug testing.