KIT CARSON UNION ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT

BUS DRIVER/MAINTENANCE & REPAIR/CUSTODIAN/GROUNDSKEEPER

DEFINITION:

Under the general and direct supervision of the Director of Facilities, Operations and Transportation, carries our duties related to transportation, maintenance and repair, custodial work, and groundskeeping for the District.  Perform a variety of skilled work related to the job as necessary or required.

TRANSPORTATION  FUNCTIONS:

• Responsible for timely and safe transportation of District school children on scheduled school days to and from designated routes in accordance with time schedules, loading and unloading students.  Assists disabled students as required.  Escorts students across streets and roadways in accordance with the laws when necessary.  Transports students and staff on field trips to various locations making departure and arrival times as scheduled.

• Inspects bus prior to operation for safety purposes, promptly reporting all defects immediately, performs any required cleanliness of windows and interior of bus on a daily basis; washes bus exterior, sweeps bus interior, and fuel and oil bus as necessary.  Record and submit timely and accurate reports on driving time, mileage, pupil count and safety inspections.

• Maintains required records, file accident reports, maintain records of all trips and reports (Prepare Daily Logs)

• Learns designated bus routes, bus stops and district traffic hazards

• Enforces appropriate behavior standards and District policy and procedures among students on bus and at bus stops

• Provides emergency first aid as required or emergency assistance

• Operates a two-way radio, knowledge of radio codes and proper usage

CUSTODIAN FUNCTIONS:

• Moves or rearranges furniture and other equipment; sets up rooms for school events

• Sweeps, scrubs, waxes, and polishes tile and wood floors in school rooms/buildings

• Vacuums rugs and carpets in school rooms/buildings

• Cleans and dusts walls, furniture, woodwork, and other surfaces in school rooms/buildings

• Polishes metal surfaces where needed

• Cleans and disinfects restrooms

• Washes windows, glass doors, doors, door knobs, and drinking fountains

• Empties and cleans trash containers

• Pressure washes busses, other equipment and exterior surfaces

• Be responsible for securing schools grounds, locking gates, and setting alarm system

• Operates, inspects, diagnosis, installs, repairs and maintains a wide variety of machinery, tools, equipment, systems and machinery related to job duties

MAINTENANCE FUNCTIONS:

• Checks fire extinguishers and fire safety equipment

• Performs minor building and equipment maintenance as necessary

• Operates, inspects, diagnosis, installs, repairs and maintains a wide variety of machinery, tools, equipment, systems and machinery related to job duties

• Maintains and services grounds equipment as needed

• Performs general carpentry work in the alteration, repair, and maintenance of buildings, partitions, cabinets, floors, roofs, doors, windows, screens, wood fixtures and furniture

• Cleans, sands, seals and prepares interior and exterior walls and surfaces to be painted

• Paints walls, ceilings and trims using rolls, brush or spray as required

• Installs and makes routine repairs to or replace building wiring, switches, outlets, fixtures, appliances, clocks and motors in a variety of electrical appliances

• Makes emergency repairs and adjustments to plumbing equipment and apparatus involving replacement of broken pipe, cleaning clogged drains, replacing washers and gaskets, faucets, floats and valves

• Repairs equipment or steel furniture and fixtures

• Performs preventive maintenance on heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems

• Makes minor repairs on locks and motors

• Keeps tools in proper location,condition and repair

• Lays floor and wall tiles and install carpets

• Makes minor repairs to roofs

• Performs tasks involving fabrication using metal,wood, or other materials

• Keep school playground equipment in safe working order