Cleaners perform a variety of routine manual tasks requiring light, medium, and heavy physical effort in cleaning and caring for an assigned area in public buildings and adjacent grounds and sidewalks.Cleaners work independently or as part of a work team that performs a wide range of specialized and routine cleaning activities such as stripping and polishing floors, window washing, vacuuming, trash and recycling removal, dusting and cleaning walls, office space, kitchens and common areas, hospital and clean rooms, laboratories, residential facilities, and restrooms. The nature of the cleaning assignments ranges from light, medium, to heavy physical effort. The class is non-supervisory. * Washes floors, corridors, stairs and stairwells, walls, partitions, windows from the inside or outside of buildings using mops, brushes, detergents, buffers, floor scrubbers, and other cleaning implements. * Cleans blood spills and bodily fluids, including urine, vomit, and feces. * Strips and waxes floors; vacuums and shampoos carpets; and dusts assigned areas using manual or mechanical equipment. * Cleans and scrubs all areas of lavatories and locker rooms, such as sinks, urinals, toilets, showers, shower walls and drains, tile floors, and locker room common areas. * Replaces light bulbs, dusts or washes light fixtures and high places such as ceilings using ladders and scaffolds. * Cleans and polishes furniture, metal fixtures, and equipment. * Removes hazardous articles on floors, furniture, and equipment and places them in designated receptacles or in appropriate places. * Moves furniture and equipment in connection with cleaning activities, or sets up for meetings or special events. * Changes curtains and drapes, and hangs pictures and other decorative objects. * Empties trash, recyclables, and waste, in accordance with cleaning schedule. * Assembles cleaning cart to conform to assigned cleaning duties, and mixes and properly dilutes cleaning solutions in accordance with manufacturer directions. * Wears appropriate protective clothing, and other specialized protective equipment as required by the cleaning assignments. * Checks supplies and equipment functioning, and notifies supervisor of low supply levels, equipment malfunction, and building maintenance issues noted during cleaning. * May be assigned to remove snow and salt walkways; clean sidewalks, yards, and drives; and mows lawns with manual or mechanical equipment. * May be assigned to laboratories, clean rooms, operating rooms, or hospital, school, or custodial care settings that require a high degree of cleanliness and disinfectant processes that must be followed to minimize the spread of infection. ## Requirements:Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. If you currently need sponsorship or will need it in the future to maintain employment authorization, you do not meet eligibility requirements. Additionally, please note that SUNY Cobleskill is not an E-Verify employer.Minimum Qualifications * Valid NYS drivers' license * Ability to perform manual laborPreferred QualificationsIn addition to the aforementioned minimum qualifications, it is preferred the candidate also have: * Cleaning experience. * Other trades experience