UH Custodial Worker

This job involves operating heavy-duty floor scrubbers, vacuums, and maintaining equipment. Key responsibilities include cleaning or replacing venetian blinds, changing light bulbs, and washing fixtures. Duties also extend to moving heavy furniture, making beds, and changing linens. A major part of the role is detailed cleaning, disinfecting restrooms (including toilets, sinks, and mirrors), and restocking supplies like soap and paper towels to ensure a clean and fully sanitized environment.

Major duties

Performs one or more of the following duties: Scrubs, strips, waxes, and polishes floors using heavy (industrial-type) powered scrubbers and buffers. Vacuum cleans rugs, using heavy (industrial-type) vacuum cleaner. Adjusts, cleans, and oils these machines, and changes brushes, rollers, buffers, and other attachments on them. Washes and replaces venetian blinds, changes light bulbs and washes ceiling fixtures and room partitions, using ladders and scaffolds. Moves heavy furniture, supplies and equipment. In living quarters, makes beds, changes linens and collects soiled linen. Keeps rest rooms in clean, orderly, and sanitary condition. Cleans, disinfects, and deodorizes lavatories, urinals, and toilet bowls. Cleans mirrors, sinks, and water fountains. Dusts ledges and woodwork. Replaces deodorizers, toilet tissue, hand towels, and soap. Maintains a stock of cleaning materials and equipment and notifies supervisor when more are needed. cleans showers, sauna, and steam room. Performs other related duties as required.

Qualifications

Knowledge and skill sufficient to read signs, follow simple oral and written instructions. Ability to work safely while moving lightweight objects. Ability to use powered equipment and perform minor maintenance on this equipment. Ability to learn Material Safety Data Sheets.

Education

This position is not in a positive education series.