Description
Position Title: Head Custodian Supervises: Custodial Staff
Reports To: School Principal Evaluated By: Principal
Term of Employment
12 months
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities
Knowledge of cleaning methods, materials, and equipment; ability to work with others and follow oral and written directions; ability to read and write.
Education/Training
High school diploma or GED, CDL with school endorsement
Position Description
Custodial work involving independent activity to keep school clean, sanitary, and in orderly
condition; to perform minor maintenance tasks; and to service surrounding school grounds. Perform assigned manual work of ordinary difficulty and responsibility and semi-skilled tasks
that follow established procedures. Job assignments are in the form of written or oral instructions and are performed under supervision and reviewed upon completion.
Responsibilities
1. Cleaning and washing floors, walls, ceilings; dusting and polishing furniture; washing
windows; stripping, spraying, buffing, waxing, and polishing floors; washing and
cleaning restrooms. Disposal of garbage and trash.
2. Set up and shift furniture and furnishings as required.
3. Provide assistance to students, teachers, public, and any other employee as assigned
by supervisor.
4. Maintain grounds by cutting grass with hand and power mowers, collecting litter,
trimming bushes and small trees, raking grounds, and performing minor repairs to
walks, paths, walls play apparatus, roads, and site improvements. Snow removal
duties as assigned.
5. Assist in building maintenance on a handyman's level by replacing window glass,
cleaning gutters and drainpipes, freeing stopped sanitary and sink plumbing, repairing
leaks, repairing furniture, doing simple painting, replacing lights, and performing other related work.
6. Transport teaching supplies and equipment as required by the teaching staff and
principal.
7. Operate heating, lighting, ventilation, and electrical controls as specified. Perform routing lubrication services and minor preventive maintenance services.
8. Perform inventory control checks.
9. Assist in key maintenance program.
10. Operate security systems and fire safety systems.
11. Inspect the school building and grounds, and report deficiencies.
12. Maintain watch over property and grounds against trespassing, vandalism, and fire
hazards. Signal police and fire departments.
13. Order miscellaneous custodial material and supplies.
14. Other duties as assigned by the immediate supervisor.
15. Obtain and maintain a Commercial Driver's License and a Pitt County Schools Pocket Card
and operate a school bus when needed.
Physical Demands
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand,
walk, reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, and talk or hear. The
employee is occasionally required to climb or balance.
The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 100 pounds and occasionally lift
and/or move more than 100 pounds. Specific vision includes depth perception and the ability
to see color.