FLSA Status: Non-Exempt (Hourly)
Pay Grade: 5
Safety-Sensitive: No

Purpose
The purpose of this classification is to perform a variety of custodial functions in order to maintain and
clean buildings.

Primary Responsibility
Provides excellent service, pursues continuous improvement and exceeds expectations.

Typical Duties
Cleans buildings: sweeps, mops, and vacuums; cleans bathrooms on a daily or weekly basis, or more often
as needed; cleans windows; and completes dusting of surfaces.

Collects and removes trash and recycled office paper from assigned buildings.

Performs necessary sweeping, mopping, vacuuming, stripping, waxing, carpet cleaning, and polishing of
floors.

Sets up rooms for meetings as necessary: replaces lighting in assigned building as needed.

Runs errands for county departments: shops for supplies and equipment when requested; and delivers
items from one department to another.

Performs other related duties as required.

Minimum Qualifications
High School Diploma or GED required; supplemented by one year of experience in custodial or building
maintenance or a related field; or any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
which provides the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities for this job.

Specific License or Certification Required: Must possess and maintain a valid Georgia driver’s license.

Performance Aptitudes
Data Utilization: Requires the ability to read, interpret and explain work directions and instructions,
policies and procedures, and a variety of operating manuals.

Human Interaction: Requires the ability to exchange and explain information with others generally within
the framework of well-established procedures, and the ability to communicate effectively and respectfully
with co-workers and members of the public.

Equipment, Machinery, Tools, and Materials Utilization: Requires the ability to start, stop, operate and
monitor the functioning of equipment, machinery, tools, and/or materials used in performing essential
functions.

Verbal Aptitude: Requires the ability to utilize a wide variety of reference, descriptive, and/or advisory
data and information.

Mathematical Aptitude: Requires the ability to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division;
the ability to calculate decimals and percentages.

Functional Reasoning: Requires the ability to carry out detailed but routine written or oral instructions.
Involves routine work according to clearly prescribed standard practices, with some latitude for
independent judgment.

Situational Reasoning: Requires the ability to exercise judgment in situations characterized by repetitive
or short cycle operations covered by well-established procedures or sequences.

ADA Compliance
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the County will provide reasonable
accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities and encourages both prospective and current
employees to discuss potential accommodations with the employer.

Physical Ability: Tasks require the ability to exert moderate, though not constant physical effort, typically
involving some combination of climbing and balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, and
prolonged standing, and which may involve some lifting, carrying, pushing and/or pulling of objects and
materials of moderate weight (20-40 pounds).

Sensory Requirements: Some tasks require the ability to perceive and discriminate colors or shades of
colors, odor, and visual cues or signals. Some tasks require the ability to communicate orally.

Environmental Factors: Performance of essential functions may require exposure to adverse
environmental conditions, such as dirt, dust, pollen, odors, wetness, humidity, rain, fumes, temperature
and noise extremes, hazardous materials, fire, unsafe structures, heights, machinery, vibrations, electric
currents, traffic hazards, bright/dim lights, toxic agents, water hazards, or rude/irate customers.

DISCLAIMER: This job description is not an employment agreement or contract. Management has the
exclusive right to make changes at any time without notice.

Created July 2019
Updated July 2023