Day Porter

Title: Janitorial Day Porter

Pay Rate: $14

Hours and Days: M-F 9am - 5pm

Location: High Point University Building 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES may be assigned. Include any or all of the following. Other duties ● Cleans offices, hallways, lobbies, lounges, rest rooms, corridors, elevators, stairways, and locker rooms and other work areas. ● Sweeps, mops, vacuums and/or refinishes floors. ● Cleans rugs, carpets, upholstered furniture, and draperies, water fountains. ● Washes walls, ceilings, vents and woodwork, windows, blinds, door panels, ledges and sills. ● Dusts furniture and equipment. ● Assists in the completion of the workload in the absence of other employees. ● Assists in providing project cleaning of buildings which includes lifting and removing furniture from rooms, refinishing hard surface floors, shampooing carpets, cleaning blinds, light fixtures/shields, washing walls, windows, doors and furniture. ● Operates various types of equipment and machinery, which include wet vacuums, hand trucks, vacuum cleaners, carpet extractors, floor buffers, automatic scrubbers, etc. ● Empties wastebaskets, and empties and cleans ashtrays. ● Transports trash and waste to disposal area. ● Sets up tables and chairs in auditorium or conference room. ● Replenishes paper and soap products in bathrooms, cleans mirrors, walls, showers, sinks, metal work and toilets. ● Replaces light bulbs. ● Reports any malfunctions and maintenance problems to the supervisor. Discusses work problems and/or schedule problems with supervisor and/or management. ● Provides assistance with any outside cleaning chores, which may include sweeping sidewalks, and picking up trash. ● May be required to lock and/or unlock doors at the appropriate times daily. ● Attends training meetings and sessions as directed. ● Other duties as assigned by the supervisor.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES QUALIFICATIONS This job has no supervisory responsibilities. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE REASONING ABILITY No prior experience or training is required. - Ability to apply commonsense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions: to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations. Ability to learn basic principles and techniques. Also, the ability to perceive identification numbers marked on material: to read and understand numbers and volumes. 

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS PHYSICAL DEMANDS None needed.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle or feel, and reach with arms and hands. The employee frequently is required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to talk or hear. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The employee may be subject to exposure to infectious waste, diseases, conditions, etc. including AIDS and Hepatitis B viruses. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.