Each area of Custodial Services at Purdue includes many tasks that are performed on both a recurring and non-recurring basis, and are not generally included in the APPA standards at specific levels of cleanliness. Deemed “non-traditional” tasks by the various areas of oversight, these tasks are critical to the maintenance of facilities and/or the student, staff, faculty or guest experience. Building Services
Cleaning Tasks
x Manage to LEED’s Silver certification with use of green cleaning products and methods x Provide weekend cleaning by work-order for weekend classes and presentations per SMAS x Provide project work cleaning involving lifts or scaffold for high cleaning and dusting x Remove, clean, and re-install all campus blinds on an annual basis
x Provide increased cleaning frequencies for all libraries during dead week and finals week of all semesters (additional 200 hours per)
x Oversee subcontractor cleaning of exterior windows for 102 buildings on bi-annual basis x Provide cleanup and flood emergency response
x Provide setup and cleanup coverage for 4th of July, Bug Bowl, and all graduations.
x Pickup recycling 2 times a week at desk-side, daily in classrooms, as needed in central areas x Sidewalk and entrance snow and Ice removal for 102 academic buildings as needed, 10 feet
from all entrances; Discovery Park uses special product
x Lock and unlock service for academic buildings daily, weekend, holidays, and by work order. x Lock and unlock gates daily to service property
x Respond to lock-outs (when building occupants are locked out of a building or room) x Repair blinds as needed
x Install blinds in new construction
x Staff safety committees on all three shifts with time to meet and investigate safety issues x Set battery clocks twice a year at time changes.
x Provide additional eyes for security of staff and safety of property
x Raise, Lower, and maintain 5 campus flags and flag poles; PMU flag requires lift x Turn in lost items to Lost and Found
x Provide perimeter security during building emergencies x Collect feminine product money and stock dispensers x Submit work-orders for repairs
x Provide signs for Farmers Market x Management/Supervisor tasks:
o Document statistics through Sightlines for benchmarking with peer institutions and to measure efficiencies using APPA standards.
o Conduct annual employee evaluations for 340.5 staff o Maintain OSHA and Purdue documentations for safety Intercollegiate Athletics
Non-Traditional
x Minor plumbing, construction, remodel calls x Lock repair
x Office décor x Painting x Repair tile walls x Ballast replacement x Re-lamp fixtures x Repair door closers
x Pick up and deliver towels to AQUA Basketball Games x Remove goals x Replace nets x Replace goals x Adjust goals x Test goals
x Set-up tables and chairs
x Park and power TV trucks overtime
x Assist camera hook-ups with TV crew overtime x Hang banners for TV crews
x Sweep floor during games Track Event Lambert
x Install/remove throwing cage off lift x Install/remove high vault pit
x Install/remove high jump pit x Set-up track for events
x Cover Lambert track for events Volleyball Games
x Set up nets, score benches, bleacher, media benches, scaffolding x Set-up 4-6 nets for practices
x Uncover floor from basketball games x Set-up sound systems/check
x Work with TV crews on televised games x Work the event
Football Games
x Set-up sound systems/check x Set-up half time room after kick off x Set-up Kissell Center for 3 meals
x Provide security for building not being used
x Set-up/tear down 3 floors in Ross Ade Pavilion for football game day events x Set-up football mud room for lunch
x Set-up Mollenkopf Athletic Center for game day visitors/recruits x Assist with Street Fest
x Clean additional restrooms/visitors’ locker room x Set-up/tear down football meeting rooms x Scrub half-time room
Tennis Event
x Vacuum tennis courts during events Baseball/Softball/Soccer Events
x Clean and scrub trailers/restrooms x Relocate goals/nets/batting cages x Clean and scrub press boxes
Division of Recreational Sports
AQUA Tasks
x Turn in lost items to Lost and Found
x Report any power outages, air quality problems and water level or spa problems x Extra cleanup/irregular hours for swim meets
x Clean exterior windows x Flush perimeter drain Recreational Sports Center
x Serve as first responder for blood borne pathogen and body fluid clean-up x Assist male maintenance staff in areas occupied by females
x Set-up events:
o Registration tables and chairs
o Events for badminton, volleyball, ping pong, drop cords o Special lighting for outdoor activities
x Custodial and operational support for large scale special events x Assist with hardwood floor refinishing
x Assist in snow removal by operating snow blower, using snow shovel and applying ice melt in season
x Assist in outside maintenance around facility including weeding landscape beds, operating weed eater and push mower, and distribution mulch in season
x Maintain dumpster to assure quality of storm water runoff x Gather and turn in all lost and found items
x Assist with towel and jersey laundry x Clean exterior windows
Purdue Memorial Union
Non-traditional tasks
x Refinish South Tower wooden stage & steps Building Emergency & Safety Issues
x Assist with building evacuation during fire alarms x Assist guests to a safe location during tornado alarms
x Shovel snow from all entryways, loading dock, emergency exits of the building x Assist in cleanup during water flood due to pipe breaks, grease trap overflow, etc. Departmental Maintenance
x Perform monthly & annual preventative maintenance on cleaning equipment:
x Check operation, clean housing, cords, check motors, adjust settings, replace worn parts, etc. x Repair all setup equipment as needed: including repairing tables, chairs, replacing worn
operational parts, repairing carts, installing new wheels, etc
x Maintain setup equipment in good working order: lubricating moving parts, installing missing shoes, legs, feet on tables & chairs, tightening loose fittings. Install bumpers on carts, lubricate wheels on carts.
x Fabricate equipment as needed for both cleaning and setup needs: carts for tables, post/ropes, chairs, etc.
x Assist maintenance department as needed during emergencies. Union Club Hotel
Additional Duties
x Flip mattresses on floor periodically x Assist in Union Club laundry as assigned “Pull a Room”
x Each housekeeper is expected to deep clean all of the rooms on the assigned floor each month as time permits
Residence Halls
x Signage-updating and removal x Policing outdoor trash and grounds x Develop rapport with residents x Security
x Assist & complete minor maintenance tasks x
x Event setups and tear down
x Building a working relationships with resident assistants x Exterior building cleaning
x Apartment inspections
x Assist Main Office in the delivering and picking up of various items x Unlocking doors for vendors and providing escorts
x Furniture moving
x Maintaining safe sidewalks and entrance areas during inclement weather, includes snow removal.
x Emergency clean-ups (i.e. floods, fire, resident health issues) x Report to GM/RLM any student conduct and policy violations
x Assist students & parents during Fall, Spring and Summer check-ins and check-outs x Pack/Move student belongings during temporary housing relocation
x Window screen and window well cleaning x Maintain hall vehicle
x Assist with Project Move Out and Operation Clean Sweep x End of school year bike removal
x Interior and exterior painting, including the scheduled rotational painting of all areas in multiple years.
x Assist with the installation & removal of lofted beds for the University Residences loft rental program
x Exchange/Wash entry matting
x Inventory control on chemicals/supplies x Supply ordering & updating the MSDS manual x Curtain/drapery cleaning and maintenance.
x Wax fiberglass showers quarterly – First Street Tower only x Sewage checks for Hilltop Apartments
x Maintain fire pit for Hilltop Apartments
x Provide all services necessary to maintain the summer housing of commencement guests, sports camps, conferences & other specialty housing requirements.
Veterinary Medicine
x Occasionally must handle animals (i.e., greyhound blood donor dogs)
x Occasionally assist veterinary clinicians, technicians, and students with animal patients x Assist in minor repair and maintenance
x Work conditions include presence of body fluids (including blood), removal of deceased animal carcasses, tasks in isolation areas, removal of animal urine and feces from the hospital floors and grounds