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School Custodian II

This posting will be used to fill various School Custodian II positions at Kealakehe High: 74-5000 Puohulihuli Street, Kailua-Kona, HI 96740. Salary Range: School Custodian II, BC-02: $4,534.00 per month.

Examples of duties include:

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.

Minimum qualifications include no experience required, but 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, grounds maintenance work experience, or general laboring experience.

Equal opportunity statement: The Hawaii State Department of Education does not discriminate in its educational policies, programs, and activities on the basis of sex, race, color, religion, national origin, age, and disability. The Department does not discriminate in its employment policies, programs, and activities on the basis of sexual orientation, arrest and court record, and National Guard participation, as well as on the basis of sex, race, color, religion, national origin, age, and disability.

Payday: New employees can expect their first paycheck within the first 3 pay periods of their start date. Payday is on the 5th and 20th (or previous business day) of every month.