JOB DESCRIPTION

POSITION SUMMARY:

Under general supervision, the purpose of the position is to perform custodial tasks for an assigned school or location 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, attractive, comfortable, clean, and efficient place in which to work and conduct school activities.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

High school diploma or GED preferred; supplemented by any previous experience demonstrating 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.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

1.     Uses electrical cleaning equipment in the cleaning of the assigned facility during hours assigned, i.e., vacuum cleaners, shampoo machines, high speed buffers.

2.     Uses appropriate chemicals and cleaners safely and productively according to instructions and established State Department of Education regulatory to ensure personal, student, public, and staff safety.

3.     Ensures assigned areas are properly opened daily, and fully secured upon completion of daily tasks, i.e., locking doors and windows, turning off electrical units.

4.     Performs custodial tasks, i.e., emptying and cleaning waste receptacles; washing windows; dusting furniture; cleaning vents, fans, walls.

5.     Performs sanitizing tasks in various facility areas, i.e., restrooms, kitchen and food areas, cafeterias.

6.     Performs physically demanding tasks requiring use of heavy custodial equipment, i.e., mopping, stripping, waxing, floor buffing.

7.     Responds to emergency situations in order to confine, resolve or prevent injurious or otherwise hazardous conditions, i.e., spills, broken windows, broken locks.

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.

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.  Performs other miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.

NOTE: This job description is a summary of primary duties and responsibilities of the position. It is not intended to be comprehensive listing of all duties and responsibilities.   The Natchez-Adams School District School Board reserves the right to change this description at its discretion.

ADA COMPLIANCE

Physical Ability:

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 the essential functions.

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, keeling, 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:

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 the essential functions.

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.

The information contained in this job description is for compliance with the American with Disabilities Act (A.D.A.) and is not an exhaustive list of the duties performed for this position.   Additional duties are performed by the individuals currently holding this position and additional duties may be assigned.

The Natchez-Adams 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 an accommodation.

The above job description supersedes all previous descriptions. This job description is intended to be a tool to describe the primary purpose of the job and the KEY duties and responsibilities. The job description may not be inclusive of all duties and job responsibilities. Management has the right to add to or change the job responsibilities at any time.