Custodian

Custodian

Performs a broad range of custodial services necessary to maintain a college campus or facility in a clean and orderly condition for effective use by students, faculty, staff, and the public.

Typical duties include :

• Cleans, dusts, scrubs, and disinfects restrooms, offices, classrooms, and hallways.
• Gathers and disposes of rubbish, paper and debris; empties and washes refuse containers from interior and exterior locations.
• Collects materials deposited in interior and exterior recycling receptacles; transports the materials to a recycling farm on campus; sorts recyclables in specific containers and discards foreign non-recyclable debris.
• Services soap dispensers, paper towel and toilet tissue boxes, toilet seat covers, and similar fixtures.
• Cleans chalkboards / whiteboards, trays, and erasers.
• Washes, spot cleans, and disinfects walls, windows, furniture, plumbing, light fixtures, window coverings, sinks, and related items.
• Vacuums, shampoos, cleans, and treats carpeting.
• Sweeps, dust mops, wet mops, scrubs, strips, seals, waxes, and polishes floors.
• Sweeps and cleans outdoor tennis courts, lunch areas, walkways, parking lots, stadiums, and other paved areas using manual and power equipment.
• Washes interior and exterior ground level windows.
• Hoses down and / or power washes exterior paved areas and building exteriors as required.
• Moves, sets-up, arranges, and adjusts chairs, desks, tables, and other furniture and equipment as required for classrooms, offices, and special activities.
• Replaces various types of existing light fixture lamps.
• Unlocks, locks and secures assigned areas.
• Refinishes hardwood floors.
• Provides information in regard to locations of various campus facilities and otherwise assists students, faculty, staff, and the general public using the campus facilities.
• Removes graffiti.
• May operate a trash compactor and other equipment such as sweepers, blowers, power washers, electric carts, scrubbing machines, and steam cleaning machines.
• May perform flag care and etiquette duties.
• May operate college-owned vehicles on public streets.
• Performs related duties as assigned.

Distinguishing characteristics :

A Custodian performs a wide variety of custodial duties to keep assigned areas of buildings and paved areas in a clean, safe, sanitary, and orderly condition.

Supervision :

Immediate supervision is received from higher-level custodial supervisory staff. No supervision is exercised.

Class qualifications :

Knowledge of :

Ability to :

Entrance qualifications :

Education and experience :

A. Graduation from high school or its equivalent AND successful completion of a custodial training course of at least 60 hours.

OR

B. Graduation from high school or its equivalent AND one year of full-time, paid janitorial or custodial experience with a single employer.

Special :

A valid Class "C" California driver's license may be required for some positions.

Travel to locations throughout the District may be required for some positions.

Physical requirement :

Ability to lift and move items weighing up to 50 pounds

Benefits :

Selection process :

The examination process may consist of one or more parts which may include a training and experience evaluation, written test, performance test and / or oral interview.

Reasonable accommodations :

In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Los Angeles Community College District provides reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with covered disabilities on a case-by-case basis throughout the application, examination, and hiring processes and throughout employment. If an individual is in doubt about their ability to perform the duties and responsibilities of a position or possession of any other requirement noted in a class specification or job announcement, they should always apply for a position and request reasonable accommodation at the appropriate time.