Custodian

Department/School: Chanute High School

Reports to: Building Lead Custodian

Payment Rate: According to the Classified Pay Scale

Exemption Status: Non-Exempt

Primary Purpose: The Custodian provides a safe, attractive, comfortable, and clean environment to ensure full and productive use of district facilities.  To accomplish these tasks, the Custodian must work closely with the staff and administration of U.S.D. No. 413.

Position Details: 

• Current opening
• This is a year round position with flexible hours during the summer months when school is not in session
• 3-11 pm

Qualifications: 

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Health, TB skin test results and Inoculation Certificate on file in Central Office (after employment offer is name).
• Ability to understand chemical hazards.
• Ability to work independently without supervision.
• Desire to continue career improvement

Essential Functions & General Responsibilities:

• Provide a safe, attractive, comfortable, and clean environment to ensure full and productive use of district facilities.
• Ensure that all activities conform to district guidelines.
• Communicate effectively with members of the school district and community.
• React to change productively and handle other tasks as assigned.
• Appropriately operate all equipment and machinery as required.
• Support the value of education.
• Support the philosophy and mission of U.S.D. #413.
• Keep building and premises (including sidewalks, driveways, and play areas) neat and clean at all times.
• Clean classroom and office floors daily.  Dump pencil sharpeners.  Dump trash and replace bags.  Dust furniture.  Line up desks.  Clean blackboards, erasers, and chalk trays.  Clean
• classroom sinks.
• Clean corridors each day.  Dust locker tops, wash and repair as needed.  Clean drinking fountains daily.
• Mop restroom floors and clean all sanitary fixtures daily.
• Clean mirrors.  Fill soap, towel, and toilet paper dispensers.
• Sweep bleachers, stage and stairs.  Clean behind bleachers.  Mop as needed.
• Throughout the building, replace light bulbs as needed.  Remove gum, tape, and marks from floor and walls.  Dust walls as needed.  Clean air return and vent louvers as needed.  Dust
• window ledges.  Buff and re-coat floor as needed.  Wash windows inside and outside at least twice each year, and more frequently if necessary.
• Sweep, shovel, and sand walks as directed.
• Open and close buildings each school day.
• Raise the United States and Kansas flags before school commences and take down the same after closing.
• Regulate heat, ventilation, and air conditioning systems to provide temperatures appropriate to the season and to ensure economical usage of fuel, water, and electricity.
• Check emergency lights and fire extinguishers, fill in date and initial the tag.
• Check daily to ensure that all exit doors are open and all panic bolts are working properly during the hours of building occupancy.
• Ensure that all doors and windows are secured and all lights are turned off (except as necessary for safety reasons) at the close of school each day.
• Immediately report unauthorized persons to the Principal.
• Immediately report damaged school property to the Principal.
• Move furniture or equipment within buildings as required.
• Maintain mechanical equipment as directed.
• Make minor building repairs, and promptly report needed major repairs to the Director of Buildings and Grounds.
• See that district policies are observed at all times
• Keep abreast of new information, innovative ideas and techniques.
• Adhere to all district health and safety policies, including all precautions of the Bloodborne Pathogens Exposure Control Plan.
• Other duties as assigned by the Director of Buildings and
• Grounds or administrative staff.

Physical Requirements:

• Requires physical exertion to manually move, lift, carry, pull, or push heavy objects or materials.
• Requires stooping, kneeling, crawling, bending, turning, and reaching.
• Requires climbing and balancing.
• Must work indoors and outdoors year-round.
• Must work in noisy and crowded environments.
• Must work in and around dust, fumes, and odors.

Application Process:

• Apply online
• After receipt of the application, Human Resources will call you in regards to the next steps