Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners

Keep buildings in clean and orderly condition. Perform heavy cleaning duties, such as cleaning floors, shampooing rugs, washing walls and glass, and removing rubbish. Duties may include tending furnace and boiler, performing routine maintenance activities, notifying management of need for repairs, and cleaning snow or debris from sidewalk.

Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others.

Realistic

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Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow.

Conventional

Enterprising occupations frequently involve starting up and carrying out projects. These occupations can involve leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes they require risk taking and often deal with business.

Enterprising

Social occupations frequently involve working with, communicating with, and teaching people. These occupations often involve helping or providing service to others.

Social

Investigative occupations frequently involve working with ideas, and require an extensive amount of thinking. These occupations can involve searching for facts and figuring out problems mentally.

Investigative

Artistic occupations frequently involve working with forms, designs and patterns. They often require self-expression and the work can be done without following a clear set of rules.

Artistic

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Job Zone Two: Some Preparation Needed

Clean building floors by sweeping, mopping, scrubbing, or vacuuming.

Follow procedures for the use of chemical cleaners and power equipment to prevent damage to floors and fixtures.

Mix water and detergents or acids in containers to prepare cleaning solutions, according to specifications.

Clean windows, glass partitions, or mirrors, using soapy water or other cleaners, sponges, or squeegees.

Notify managers concerning the need for major repairs or additions to building operating systems.

Requisition supplies or equipment needed for cleaning and maintenance duties.

Dust furniture, walls, machines, or equipment.

Move heavy furniture, equipment, or supplies, either manually or with hand trucks.

Remove snow from sidewalks, driveways, or parking areas, using snowplows, snow blowers, or snow shovels, or spread snow-melting chemicals.

Monitor building security and safety by performing tasks such as locking doors after operating hours or checking electrical appliance use to ensure that hazards are not created.

Clean laboratory equipment, such as glassware or metal instruments, using solvents, brushes, rags, or power cleaning equipment.

Mow or trim lawns or shrubbery, using mowers or hand or power trimmers, and clear debris from grounds.

Set up, arrange, or remove decorations, tables, chairs, ladders, or scaffolding to prepare facilities for events, such as banquets or meetings.

Make adjustments or minor repairs to heating, cooling, ventilating, plumbing, or electrical systems.

Clean and restore building interiors damaged by fire, smoke, or water, using commercial cleaning equipment.

Spray insecticides or fumigants to prevent insect or rodent infestation.

Drive vans, industrial trucks, or other vehicles required to travel to, or to perform, cleaning work.

Clean chimneys, flues, and connecting pipes, using power or hand tools.

Adjustable hand wrenches

Adjustable widemouth pliers

Aerial manlifts

Air compressors

Carpet shampooers

Claw hammers

Cordless drills

Desktop computers

Dry mops

Equipment dollies

Extension ladders

Floor buffers

Floor strippers

Floor waxers

Forklifts

Hand trucks

Hedge trimmers

Industrial vacuums

Insecticide sprayers

Personal computers

Phillips head screwdrivers

Portable scaffolding

Power floor scrubbers

Power grinders

Power mowers

Power saws

Precision files

Protective ear plugs

Push brooms

Ratchet wrenches

Ride-on industrial vacuum cleaners

Safety glasses

Safety gloves

Scissor lifts

Snow blowers

Snow shovels

Snowplows

Steam cleaning equipment

Step ladders

Straight screwdrivers

Wet mops

Window squeegees

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Microsoft Office

Microsoft Word

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Think up a back up plan just in case if what you have chosen o do with your life does not turn out as expected or you run into anything that may spell disaster.

I go in to my job, do what is asked of me from my boss and fellow employees, and i always ask if they need anymore help before I leave.

Stocker/Janitor

When i ran cross country, one of my teammates would mess with me about how poorly I ran when I lacked the stamina and discipline of my fellow teamates.

Jeffrey Stevens

Stocker / Janitor

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Jeffrey Stevens

Stocker / Janitor

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