CUSTODIAN Job at Orange County Public Schools in Orlando

Overview

Under general supervision, the purpose of the position is to perform custodial tasks for an assigned school of the district. The employee is responsible for a daily routine of custodial tasks that provide a safe, attractive, comfortable, clean, and efficient place for school personnel, students, and the public.

Responsibilities

• Responds to internal and external customers in a timely, accurate, courteous and empathetic manner, representing OCPS in a positive light.
• Uses electrical cleaning equipment in the cleaning of the assigned facility during hours assigned (e.g., vacuum cleaners, shampoo machines, high speed buffers).
• Uses appropriate chemicals and cleaners safely and productively according to instructions and regulatory guidelines to ensure safety for all.
• Ensures assigned areas are opened daily and fully secured upon completion of daily tasks (e.g., locking doors and windows, turning off electrical units).
• Performs custodial tasks (e.g., emptying and cleaning waste receptacles; washing windows; dusting furniture; cleaning vents, fans, walls).
• Performs sanitizing tasks in restrooms, kitchens, and cafeterias and other facility areas as needed.
• Performs physically demanding tasks requiring heavy custodial equipment (e.g., mopping, stripping, waxing, floor buffing).
• Responds to emergency situations to confine, resolve, or prevent hazardous conditions (e.g., spills, broken windows, broken locks).
• Moves furniture and other equipment as part of duties.
• Cleans equipment and tools after use and maintains cleanliness and order in storage areas.
• Reports equipment malfunctions and facility maintenance needs to the immediate supervisor.
• Performs routine maintenance on custodial equipment (e.g., changing vacuum cleaner belts/bags, changing pads).
• Performs non-cleaning tasks in general facility maintenance (e.g., changing light bulbs, refilling paper and soap dispensers, assisting in setup for meetings).
• Functions independently or as part of a custodial crew depending on the task (e.g., seasonal facility preparations or major custodial projects).
• Keeps up to date on current technology used by OCPS and attends training as needed to perform in the role.
• Maintains timely and accurate information as part of job responsibilities.

Minimum Training and Experience

High school diploma or GED preferred; supplemented by experience operating standard facility custodial equipment and meeting physical requirements, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

Performance Aptitudes

• Data Utilization: Ability to arrange, compare, count, differentiate, measure, and/or sort data and information; evaluate characteristics against standards.
• Human Interaction: Ability to exchange information within established policies, procedures and standards.
• Equipment, Machinery, Tools, and Materials Utilization: Ability to operate custodial equipment and cleaning tools.
• Verbal Aptitude: Ability to use reference, descriptive, and advisory data and information.
• Mathematical Aptitude: Ability to perform basic arithmetic operations.
• Functional Reasoning: Ability to follow instructions and perform semi-routine work with some independent judgment.
• Situational Reasoning: Ability to exercise judgment and creativity in changing situations with predefined duties.

ADA Compliance

• Physical Ability: Ability to exert heavy physical effort, including climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, and lifting 20-50 pounds (up to 100 pounds occasionally).
• Sensory Requirements: May require odor perception, depth perception, and visual discrimination.
• Environmental Factors: Exposure to odors, fumes, dusts, moisture, machinery, noise, and other conditions typical of custodial work.

The Orange County School District will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities to allow them to perform the essential functions of the job when such individuals request accommodation.

Seniority level

• Entry level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Management and Manufacturing

Industries

• Primary and Secondary Education