Huntsville School District
Job Description

Job Title: Custodian

Reports To: Director of Maintenance & Custodial

Contracted Days: Varies

Job Summary: Under general supervision, performs a variety of general custodial and light groundskeeping work in the care and maintenance of assigned school buildings and facilities. Work involves sweeping, mopping, and using vacuum cleaners to clean floors; washing walls, woodwork, and fixtures; and policing buildings to empty trash receptacles and pick up debris, etc. The employee is also responsible for requisitioning necessary cleaning supplies.

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Essential Duties:

• Sweeps, mops, vacuums, strips, waxes and buffs floor surfaces

• Cleans restroom areas and replenishes paper supplies and soap as necessary.

• Cleans windows, walls, woodwork, blinds and light fixtures.

• Clean HVAC registers and grilles.

• Clean water fountains.

• Dusts and cleans desks and other furniture.

• Empties trash receptacles; deposits recyclable material in proper receptacles.

• Sweeps sidewalks and walkways outside of buildings; polices grounds, picking up debris; shovels snow and/or applies de-icing compounds to walkways and driveways, as necessary.

• May open and secure buildings at start and end of workday, respectively; may turn on and off lights at start and end of day, respectively, and adjust heating or air conditioning, as appropriate.

• May arrange furniture for meetings or other events.

• Other duties may be assigned

Qualifications: 

• Some experience in custodial work preferred; or any equivalent combination of training and experience, which provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities

Physical Demands: 

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. 

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, talk or hear; and frequently required to reach with hands and arms; occasionally required to stand, walk, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, taste or smell. The employee must be physically able to operate vacuum cleaners, carpet shampooers, brooms, mops, leaf blowers, etc. Must be able to exert up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects. Physical demand requirements are for medium work. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision; distance vision; color vision; peripheral vision; depth perception; and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment:

 The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. 

The employee is often exposed to work near moving mechanical parts and hazardous materials and conditions. Duties are performed indoors and outdoors. The noise level in the work environment varies from quiet during evening shifts to loud during lunch periods

Other:

Note: This is not necessarily an exhaustive or all-inclusive list of responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, efforts, functions or working conditions associated with the job. This job description is not a contract of employment or a promise or guarantee of any specific terms or conditions of employment. The school district may add to, modify, or delete any aspect of this job (or the position itself) at any time as it deems necessary.