School Custodian II - Kula Elementary

Hawaii State Department of Education; Waiakoa (HI); On-site; USD 603,000 - 625,000; Full time

Job summary

Hawaii State Department of Education is seeking to fill School Custodian II positions at the Waiakoa site. The role involves cleaning classrooms, hallways and restrooms, and performing routine maintenance and light repairs.

The salary is $4,534.00 per month, with a focus on safety and cleanliness across facilities. No prior experience is required; candidates may describe relevant training or work in janitorial, grounds maintenance, or general laboring during the application process.

Qualifications

• No experience is required; applicants may describe in their application any training and/or work experiences in janitorial, grounds maintenance, or general laboring areas.
• Calculation of experience is based on full-time, 40-hour workweeks; part-time experience pro-rated.
• Temporary Assignment (TA) experience may be used to meet minimum qualifications with documented evidence.

Responsibilities

• Sweep, mop floors, hallways, stairways and classrooms; maintain cleanliness of furnishings and fixtures.
• Clean and disinfect restrooms; service water fountains and wash basins.
• Assist in grounds maintenance including watering, fertilizing, mowing, and trimming hedges and shrubs.
• Move and transport furniture, equipment and supplies; load and unload materials as needed.
• Replace light bulbs and minor repairs to doors, windows and other facilities.
• Operate industrial cleaning equipment such as vacuums and floor polishers; remove carpet stains as needed.

Job description

This posting will be used to fill various School Custodian II positions at the specified location.

Salary Range: School Custodian II, BC-02: $4,534.00 per month

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

Experience Requirement

No experience is required; however, applicants may describe in their application any training and/or work experiences that they possess in one or a combination of the following areas:

• Janitorial or related custodial work such as sweeping, dusting and cleaning of buildings.
• Grounds maintenance work experience including such activities as cleaning, watering, fertilizing, trimming, mowing, sweeping and raking.
• General laboring experience such as moving materials, furniture and equipment; loading and unloading trucks; carrying, unloading and stacking tools and supplies for skilled craftsman; and digging trenches and ditches.

Salary

The advertised salary is based on full-time employment and includes shortage and school year differentials, if applicable.

Requirements

Applicants must meet all the requirements for the position they are seeking as of the date of the application, unless otherwise specified. Unless specifically indicated, the required education and experience may not be gained concurrently. Calculation of experience is based on full-time, 40-hour workweeks. Part-time experience is pro-rated. Example: Twelve months of experience at 20 hours/week is equivalent to six months of experience, not one year. Also, hours worked in excess of 40 hours/week will not be credited. Example: Twelve months of experience at 60 hours/week is equivalent to one year of experience, not one and a half years.

Temporary Assignment

Claims of Temporary Assignment (TA) experience to meet the minimum qualification requirements must be verified and attached to the application using one of the options below:

1. A copy of the applicant’s TA History Report or equivalent system-generated report;
2. A signed letter from the applicant’s supervisor that includes the applicant’s name, his/her TA job title, the TA start and end dates (from mm/yy to mm/yy), his/her specific TA duties performed, and either the TA hours worked per week or total TA hours worked; or,
3. Copies of the applicant’s signed SF-10 Forms.

Documents

Attach all relevant supporting documents to your application. Documents that were attached to applications submitted before November 16, 2023 do not automatically attach or transfer to applications submitted on and after December 16, 2023. All submitted documents become the property of the Hawaii State Department of Education.

Information about Temporary Positions

Temporary positions may be extended year to year, dependent upon funding and departmental needs. Making yourself available for temporary positions increases your employment possibilities and may lead to permanent opportunities. A person hired for a temporary position may also become a temporary employee upon satisfactory completion of the initial probation period of at least six months. Once a temporary employee, you would be eligible to apply for promotion and transfer opportunities to permanent as well as other temporary positions. You may also enjoy other rights and benefits as afforded to an employee in a permanent position, with the exception of return rights and placement rights associated with a reduction-in-force.