ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
ABILITY TO:
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Perform routine custodial activities at an assigned school site or facility to maintain buildings, locker rooms and adjacent grounds areas in a clean, orderly and secure condition.
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Use cleaning materials, equipment and methods according to pre-determined standards.
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Learn and apply knowledge of the schedules, procedures and use of equipment and supplies used in custodial work.
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Learn appropriate safety precautions and procedures.
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Maintain tools and equipment assigned in clean working order and provide proper security.
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Perform minor non-technical repair.
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Observe and report need for maintenance and repair.
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Perform heavy physical labor.
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Meet schedules and time lines.
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Communicate effectively with others.
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Inspect and assure the security of facilities during assigned shift.
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Communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
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Walk, bend, lift push and stand for extended periods of time.
BASIC BODY FUNCTIONS:
Medium Work: Lifting 50 lbs. Maximum with frequent lifting and/or carrying objects weighing up to 25 lbs.
Lifting: Raising or lowering an object from one level to another (includes upward pulling).
Carrying: Transporting an object, usually holding it in the hands or arms or on the shoulder.
Pushing: Exerting force upon an object so that the object moves away from the force (includes slapping, striking, kicking and treadle actions).
Pulling: Exerting force upon an object so that the object moves toward the force (including jerking).
Climbing: Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles, ropes and the like using the feet and legs and/or hands and arms.
Balancing: Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing, crouching, or running on narrow, slippery or erratically moving surfaces.
Stooping: Bending the body downward and forward by bending the spine at the waist.
Kneeling: Bending the legs at the knees to come to rest on the knee or knees.
Crouching: Bending the body downward and forward by bending the legs and spine.
Crawling: Moving about on the hands and knees or hands and feet.
Reaching: Extending the hands and arms in any direction.
Handling: Seizing, holding, grasping, turning or otherwise working with the hand or hands (fingering not involved).
Fingering: Picking, pinching, or otherwise working with the fingers primarily (rather than with the whole hand or arms as in handling).
Feeling: Perceiving such attributes of objects and materials as size, shape, temperature, or texture, by means of receptors in the skin, particularly those of the finger tips.
Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the speaker.
Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds by the ear.
Seeing: Obtaining impressions through the eyes of the shape, size, distance, motion, color and other characteristics of objects.
WORKING CONDITIONS:
Inside: The worker spends approximately 75% or more of the time inside.
Wet Contact: Contact with water or other liquids.
Humid: Atmospheric condition with moisture content sufficiently high to cause marked body discomfort.
Dust: Air filled with small particles of any kind, such as dust, wood, etc.
