Position Description

nATURE OF THE WORK

The maintenance worker in this class of employment will carry out the maintenance work as well as the preventive and physical upkeep of buildings, grounds, and equipment based on the needs in our various buildings. You may perform duties alone or with other employees. Your tasks also consist in the handling and transportation of goods, furniture and other materials. In general, you will work according to instructions or under the supervision of a caretaker, night caretaker, foreman, maintenance workman, class I or a qualified workman. In addition, you will also be required to:

• Ensure the cleanliness of the premises and keeping equipment in good condition;
• Perform tasks such as sweeping, mopping, washing, stripping and waxing, as needed, floors and steps; washing walls and ceilings, washing and cleaning water fountains, sinks, washbasins, washroom counters, toilets and showers; dusting furniture and surfaces; removing garbage, emptying waste baskets and recycling bins and disposing of them for collection; washing windows, inside and out, as well as blinds; outdoors, removes snow from entrances, steps, sidewalks, playgrounds and roofs; spreads salt and sand, as needed;
• Clean up the schoolyard, mow the lawn, rake, pick up and discard dead leaves;
• Replace light bulbs and fluorescent tubes; fuels or ensures fueling and operation of pilot lights of heating apparatus; reports any breakdown detected when performing such work;
• Clean air supply and return grills and diffusers; carry out any type of minor repair work. May help qualified workmen by handling heavy objects and materials, holding parts in place, cleaning and providing the required tools as well as cleaning the premises where the work is carried out. May also erect and dismantle scaffolding;
• Move furniture; handle, transport and store goods and materials; operate the equipment required to carry out the work;
• Prepare rooms and halls according to the arrangements requested;
• If need be, perform any other related duty.

Requirements and Qualifications

• No specific qualifications required.
• Hold a driver’s license in the appropriate category, class 5.
• Must be available to answer phone calls or text messages between 11 am and 2 pm to determine which school the person will be assigned too for that day.

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