Substitute Custodians

Plainville Community Schools; Plainville (OH); On-site; USD 20,664 - 27,552; Part time

Job summary

Plainville Community Schools is hiring Substitute Custodians in Plainville, Ohio. This role involves cleaning and maintaining school facilities after school hours, with a pay rate of $18.00 per hour.

Candidates must have the physical strength to perform custodial tasks and understand safety protocols when handling cleaning chemicals. Responsibilities include mopping floors, disinfecting bathrooms, and managing waste disposal.

Qualifications

• Ability to follow oral and written instructions including handling chemicals.
• Physical capability to perform routine custodial tasks.

Responsibilities

• Dust and wet mop floors using appropriate tools.
• Wash walls and windows with supplied chemicals.
• Disinfect and clean bathroom fixtures daily.
• Vacuum and clean carpets.
• Remove garbage from buildings.
• Maintain custodial equipment.
• Handle hazardous materials safely.
• Spend significant time on feet performing tasks.
• Lift and move objects weighing up to 50 lbs.

Skills

Ability to understand and perform instructions

Sufficient physical strength

Job description

Plainville Community Schools – Substitute Custodians

Position Type: Maintenance/Custodial/ Substitute Custodian

Date Posted: 5/14/2026

Schedule

Mostly After School & Evenings—Typically 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm or as needed

Varied number of days—on call.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Ability to understand and perform simple oral and written instructions such as chemical labels.
• Sufficient physical strength to perform a number of routine custodial tasks.

Job Functions and Responsibilities

• Dusting and wet mopping floors using treated dust mops, wet mops, buckets, and ringers.
• Washing walls and windows using supplied chemicals and a variety of tools.
• Daily disinfecting and cleaning of all bathroom fixtures and surfaces using school supplied chemicals and tools.
• Vacuuming, shampooing, and extracting of carpets.
• Daily removal of garbage and trash from the buildings and placing into dumpsters outside.
• Clean and maintain custodial equipment.
• Employees are required to use acid and alkaline based chemicals.
• Occasionally employees will be exposed to bodily fluids and blood spills.
• Employees are expected to wear gloves, eye protection and any PPE required for job tasks.
• Employees are expected to spend 80% of their time on their feet performing job tasks.
• Frequent bending, stooping, twisting and reaching is required.
• Lifting of objects weighing 50 lbs and pushing or pulling of objects weighing 50 or more pounds may be required.

Rate of Pay

$18.00 per hour

Equal Opportunity Employer

It is the policy of the Plainville Board of Education that no persons shall be excluded from participation in, denied the benefits of, or otherwise discriminated against under any program including employment, on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, age, gender identity or expression, physical or mental disability, genetic predisposition or carrier status, or veteran status. Any complaint should be brought to the attention of the building principal or our Title IX Coordinator, Mr. David Levenduski, Assistant Superintendent, 860-793-3210.