School Custodian II: Grounds, Cleaning & Maintenance

Hawaii State Department of Education; Kahului (HI); On-site; USD 46,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Hawaii State Department of Education seeks School Custodian II at Kahului. Responsibilities include cleaning, maintenance and basic repairs across classrooms, offices and facilities, with use of industrial cleaning equipment and routine inventory duties.

No prior experience required, but training or related work in custodial or grounds tasks is welcomed. The posting notes a monthly salary and emphasizes full-time employment and standard Hawaii school-year considerations.

Qualifications

• No experience is required; applicants may describe training or work experiences in janitorial, grounds maintenance, or general laboring.
• Calculation of experience is based on full-time, 40-hour weeks; part-time hours are pro-rated.

Responsibilities

• Sweeps and mops floors, hallways, stairways and classrooms.
• Wipes, dusts and polishes furniture and metal work.
• Cleans woodwork, walls, venetian blinds, electrical fixtures and windows and other places not easily accessible.
• Mops, cleans, disinfects and services lavatories and restrooms.
• Cleans water fountains and wash basins.
• Waters, rakes, weeds and spreads top soil on lawns.
• Mows areas not accessible to gang power mowers.
• Picks up rubbish, leaves and other refuse.
• Assists in trimming and pruning hedges, trees and shrubbery.
• Assists in planting and fertilizing shrubbery, grass and flowers.
• Assists in propagating and transplanting young plants and shoots.
• Moves and transports heavy objects such as office and classroom furniture, benches, platforms and refuse disposal barrels.
• Loads, unloads and distributes school and janitorial supplies and equipment.
• Replaces toilet floats, faucets, fluorescent and standard light bulbs and fuses.
• Makes simple repairs to doors, windows, jalousies, stairways, venetian blinds, chairs, sprinkler systems and other school facilities and equipment.
• Operates heavy-duty industrial cleaning equipment such as vacuum cleaners, scrubbing machines and floor polishers.
• Removes spots and stains from carpets and may operate a shampoo machine to clean carpets.
• May be in charge of janitorial supplies and equipment for the school and assist in taking inventories of such supplies and equipment.

Job description

Hawaii State Department of Education seeks School Custodian II at Kahului. Responsibilities include cleaning, maintenance and basic repairs across classrooms, offices and facilities, with use of industrial cleaning equipment and routine inventory duties.

No prior experience required, but training or related work in custodial or grounds tasks is welcomed. The posting notes a monthly salary and emphasizes full-time employment and standard Hawaii school-year considerations.