Custodian

Position Summary

Perform a variety of cleaning activities and related tasks to maintain campus facilities; operate floor machines and other cleaning equipment related to the job task.  Assist in moves, set ups, and college deliveries.

Key Performance Indicators

1. Maintain safe, clean facilities
2. Assist the department where needed
3. Propose and implement continuous improvement ideas

Essential Functions

1. Mop, sweep, buff, strip, and wax floors.  Vacuum carpeted floors.
2. Empty trash found in classrooms and offices.  Recycle appropriate waste materials.
3. Dust all furniture, equipment, and furnishings in classrooms and offices.
4. Keep all areas, such as stairwells, hallways, and conference rooms clean and free of debris.
5. Remove kick marks, graffiti, and other foreign matter from floors, walls, ceiling, and furnishings.
6. Clean all glass surfaces.
7. Clean bathrooms and water fountains to maintain a healthy environment.  Refill various dispensers. Clean any other areas containing kitchen facilities, sinks, and the like.
8. Clean chalk boards, white boards and erasers.
9. Identify and report areas/items which are in need of additional attention (painting, repairs, general maintenance work, and so on.)
10. Perform additional duties necessary to ensure facilities are clean, and present a favorable physical appearance.
11. Perform other duties as assigned.

Required Behaviors, Competencies, and Skills

Define behaviors and values:

Ability to relate quickly and respectfully to a variety of people, including the general public and colleagues.

Interpersonal skills:

Ability to deal with standardized situations with occasional or no variables involving routine work.

Ability to communicate effectively in English.

Technical skills:

Ability to read English at the level necessary to understand written safety rules, simple directions, product labels, and work orders and to understand simple verbal and/or written instructions.

Ability to learn and implement given set procedures and techniques such as room cleaning methods.

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out two (2) or three (3) sequential instructions.

Experience

Education:

High School Diploma or GED.

Work Experience:

At least one year full-time directly related work experience.

Industry Knowledge:

Knowledge of cleaning equipment operation.

Work Environment and Physical Requirements

Bend, reach, and stoop to operate equipment and handle tools and materials.

Lift up to fifty (50) pounds and carry or push cart with tools and equipment weighing seventy-five (75) pounds.

Perform activities requiring good balance such as climbing and maneuvering on stairs, ladders, and scaffolds frequently on uneven surfaces.

Maneuver on stairs and uneven or soft surfaces such as grassy, icy, or unpaved areas.

Perceive environmental alerting sounds such as alarms, equipment operating, paging, and telephones.

Respond to a scene quickly on foot.

Move from room to room, building to building, and worksite to worksite daily.

Stand and/or work on feet up to three (3) hours at a time.

Discriminate size, shape, temperature, color, and/or texture of objects and detect odors daily. Discern visual depth relationships, both close and long range.

Mineral Area College is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender identity, disability, age, religion, creed, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, genetic and family medical history as defined by GINA, or marital or parental status, in admission/access to, or treatment/employment in its programs and activities.

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