DSHS Fircrest Custodian 1

DSHS Fircrest Custodian 1

• Cleaning sinks, toilets, mirrors, walls, partitions, windows, ledges, and mop boards in facility bathrooms
• Keeping restrooms and storage closets properly stocked with supplies
• Vacuuming carpets, and floor mats, and sweeping outside porches, steps, walkways, and areas where dumpsters are located
• Washing walls, ceilings, vents, lights, and windows inside and outside the building
• Shampooing carpets, dust mops, and wet mopping floors (moving furniture as needed)
• Scrubbing, stripping, waxing, and buffing floors
• Scrubbing tile floors, manually and/or with an auto scrubber
• Emptying garbage cans and taking garbage to the dumpster
• Putting linens away on shelves from hamper carts
• Preparing monthly supply orders

• Ability to use equipment in general housekeeping work, such as vacuum cleaners and electrical floor scrubbing/polishing equipment
• Ability to use supplies safely to refinish (strip or wax or top scrub) tile, concrete, and wood floors, and clean carpet/upholstery
• Ability to mix cleaning products to appropriate ratios
• Ability to work with various types of moving equipment
• Ability to apply cleaning methods and safety practices
• Ability to keep records and maintain inventories
• Ability to receive instructions, assimilate the information, and act according to those instructions
• Ability to be patient, tolerant, and respectful towards others, especially those who may demonstrate intellectual/developmental disabilities
• Ability to respond to client and facility emergencies
• Ability to effectively communicate with management, peers, clients, and the public as required to carry out the assigned duties of the role

• Competitive benefits package
• On-the-job training
• Meaningful work
• Long-term career opportunities

Washington State Department of Social and Health Services