Job Description

Position Type:
Buildings and Grounds/Custodian - General

Date Posted:
12/6/2023

Location:
TSC Operations Center

Closing Date:
until filled Please be advised that this posting may or may not reflect a current opening in Building and Grounds as a General Custodian. If you've applied and there becomes an opening, at that time individuals that have applied to this position will be a candidate.


Any candidate recommended for hire will be asked to complete an expanded criminal history clearance at their cost (starting at $24.90).



JOB TITLE: General Custodian

START DATE: Immediately

FLSA CLASSIFICATION: Non-exempt, hourly employee.

WORK DAYS: 260 days (per calendar year)

STANDARD HOURS PER DAY: 8 Hours per day

WORK YEAR: 12-month position (260 days)

SALARY SCHEDULE & BENEFITS: See salary Schedule & Benefits Schedule A

REPORTS TO: Head Custodian or current supervisor

HOURLY RATE : $17.11 when permanently hired through TSC, $0.10 premium on nights



BENEFITS: See attached link (Full-Time Support Staff Benefit Enrollment)

• Eligible for health Insurance
• TSC / LSC Health & Wellness Center
• Paid leave days
• Access to telemedicine at no cost to the employees
• Dental/Vision Insurance for $1/year for employee or $2/year for employee + family
• Group Life Insurance $1/year
• Long Term Disability $1/year
• Supp Life Insurance

GENERAL SUMMARY OF DUTIES:
Under general supervision, the Custodian performs custodial tasks for an assigned school of the district. Employees in this class are responsible for accomplishing a daily routine of custodial tasks that provide school personnel, students, and the public with an environmentally safe, clean, attractive, comfortable, and efficient place in which to work and conduct school activities. Performs related work as directed.



ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

1. Uses electrical cleaning equipment (i.e., vacuum cleaners, shampoo machines, high-speed buffers, etc.) in the cleaning of the assigned facility during hours assigned.
2. Uses appropriate chemicals and cleaners safely and productively according to instructions and established rules/regulations to ensure the safety of students, the public, and all staff (including the custodian).
3. Ensures that the assigned areas are properly opened daily and fully secured upon completion of daily tasks (i.e., locking doors and windows, turning off electrical equipment, etc.).
4. Performs custodial tasks (i.e., emptying and cleaning waste receptacles; washing windows; dusting furniture; cleaning vents, fans, walls, etc.).
5. Performs sanitizing tasks in various facility areas (i.e., restrooms, kitchen and food areas, cafeterias, etc.).
6. Performs physically demanding tasks requiring use of heavy custodial equipment (i.e., mopping, stripping, waxing, floor buffing, etc.).
7. Responds to emergency situations in order to confine, resolve or prevent injurious or otherwise hazardous conditions (i.e., spills, broken windows, broken locks, etc.).
8. Moves furniture and other equipment in the performance of duties.
9. Cleans equipment and tools after use, and maintains cleanliness and order in storage areas.
10. Reports equipment malfunctions and facility maintenance needs to immediate supervisor.
11. Performs routine maintenance on facility custodial equipment, such as changing vacuum cleaner belts and bags, and changing buffer machine pads.
12. Performs non-cleaning tasks in general facility maintenance (i.e., changing light bulbs, filling paper and soap dispensers, assisting in setting up for meeting/conferences, etc.).
13. Functions independently or as part of a custodial crew depending on the nature of the task, such as in seasonal facility preparations or other major custodial projects.
14. Responsible for keeping up to date on current technology, as job appropriate, being used by Tippecanoe School Corporation.
15. With the support of the district, attends training to ensure skill level in various technologies is at the level required to perform in current position.
16. Responsible for timely and accurate information they maintain as part of their job responsibilities.

NON-ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
While the following tasks are necessary for the work of the unit, they are not an essential part of the purpose of this position and may also be performed by other unit members.

1. Performs related duties as directed.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Must have reliable transportation
• Ability to lift and carry 50 pounds a short distance.
• Ability to climb and perform work on a 6- foot ladder.
• Ability to work from a lift 30 feet or more in the air.
• Ability to bend, stoop, reach and do repetitive motions
• Ability to read and write English.
• Must have basic math skills for measuring products, etc.
• Ability to learn to operate and care for automatic cleaning equipment.
• Ability to learn and remember cleaning schedules and times.
• Will need good health and stamina, do heavy lifting frequently during a shift.
• Work outside in all type of weather conditions.
• Mandatory overtime when required.
• Must be able to be in a building at night by yourself.
• Ability to work different shifts during summer, winter, & spring break.
• Must be able to be on your feet for an 8-hour shift.
• Must be self- motivated, when working alone or in a team.
• Excellent attendance.
• Previous custodial experience is not required; however, it is mandatory that individual accepts and follows instructions to become efficient in the assigned task, is reliable and maintains good relationships with others.

ENTRY-LEVEL REQUIREMENTS:
1. EDUCATION/TRAINING: High school diploma or GED preferred.
2. EXPERIENCE: Previous work experience that demonstrates the ability to safely and effectively operate standard facility custodial equipment, and ability to fulfill the physical requirements of the work; or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
3. CERTIFICATION &/OR LICENSURE: None required.
4. OTHER : Ability to perform the essential functions, meet the performance aptitudes, and fulfill the physical/sensory/environmental requirements of the job (with or without reasonable accommodations) is required.



PERFORMANCE APTITUDES:

1. Data Utilization : Requires the ability to arrange, compare, count, differentiate, measure and/or sort data and/or information. Includes judging whether readily observable functional, structural or compositional characteristics are similar to or divergent from prescribed standards, procedures or routines.
2. Human Interaction : Requires the ability to exchange information for the purpose of obtaining information or clarifying details. Performs such within well established policies, procedures and standards.
3. Equipment, Machinery, Tools, and Materials Utilization : Requires the ability to operate, maneuver and/or control the actions of electrically powered custodial equipment, and hand-held supplies and cleaning tools.
4. Verbal Aptitude : Requires the ability to utilize a wide variety of reference, descriptive, and advisory data and information.
5. Mathematical Aptitude : Requires the ability to perform addition and subtraction.
6. Functional Reasoning : Requires ability to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagrammatic form. Involves semi-routine standardized work with some latitude for independent judgment concerning choices of action.
7. Situational Reasoning : Requires the ability to exercise the judgment, decisiveness and creativity in situations involving a variety of generally pre-defined duties which are often characterized by frequent change.
8. Climbing a ladder
9. Grounds care: The following functions include, but are not limited to mowing, mulching, string trimming, and snow removal.

Physical Requirements : Tasks involve the ability to exert heavy physical effort in heavy work, with greater emphasis on climbing and balancing, but typically also involving some combination of stooping, kneeling, crouching, and crawling, and the lifting, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling of moderately heavy objects and materials (20-50 pounds); may occasionally involve heavier objects and materials (up to 100 pounds).



Sensory Requirements : Some tasks require the ability to perceive and discriminate odors. Some tasks require the ability to perceive and discriminate depths. Most tasks require visual perception and discrimination.



Environmental Factors : Tasks are regularly performed with potential exposure to adverse environmental conditions, such as strong odors, fumes, dusts, wetness, humidity, machinery, vibrations, temperature and noise extremes, disease, pathogenic substances, and toxic/poisonous agents.

Attachment(s):

• FT SUPPORT STAFF BENEFIT ENROLLMENT .pdf

Job Tags

Hourly pay, Full time, Work experience placement, Summer holiday, Seasonal work, Immediate start, Work alone, Gangs, Shift work, Night shift,

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