Custodial Worker (Housekeeping - Non-Driving)
Pacific Air Forces
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Custodial Worker
Pacific Air Forces
Department of the Air Force
Location
Alaska
Salary
$18.23 - $21.28
per hour
Type
Full-Time
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Job Description
Summary
This job is for a custodial worker at an outdoor recreation center on a military base in Alaska, where you'll keep facilities like showers, restrooms, cabins, and campgrounds clean and tidy.
It involves routine cleaning tasks, using equipment to maintain sanitary conditions, and handling light seasonal outdoor work like snow shoveling or mowing.
It's a good fit for reliable individuals who don't mind flexible hours, physical activity, and working in a military environment, with no strict experience needed as long as you can handle basic cleaning duties.
Key Requirements
- Knowledge of using various cleaning and sanitizing solutions to remove stains from different surfaces
- Ability to clean and adjust power cleaning equipment like scrubbers and buffers
- Light physical effort including standing, bending, stooping, reaching, and lifting up to 20 pounds
- Experience in maintaining restrooms, floors, windows, and outdoor areas in a clean and sanitary condition
- Ability to perform seasonal tasks such as shoveling snow, applying ice control materials, mowing grass, and picking up litter
- Reliability for flexible work schedules, including on-call duties, up to 40 hours per week
- Possess or ability to obtain a valid driver's license for operating government vehicles
Full Job Description
About the position: This position is Non-Appropriated Fund (NAF) and will be assigned to the Outdoor Recreation Center on JBER, AK.
Flexible employees have work schedules that depend on the needs of the activity. You may work a minimum of 0 to a maximum of 40 hours per week.
Flexible employees may be subjected to "on call" work in addition to hours posted on the schedule. Who May Apply: Open to everyone.
Applicants will be categorized by preference(s) and/or priority consideration eligibilities.
An applicant's eligibility will be determined based on eligibility claimed in the questionnaire and proof of eligibility MUST be provided with application by the closing date, 03/16/2026 Business Based Action, Military Spouse Preference, Outside Applicant Veteran, Spouse/Widow/Parent of Veteran, and Transition Hiring Preference In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below.
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social).
You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if the position allows for qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.
Qualifying Experience: Must know the proper uses of a variety of special cleaning and sanitizing solutions and how to remove different kinds of stains from a wide variety of surfaces.
Must be able to clean and adjust power cleaning equipment.
The work involves light physical effort, such as that involved in using vacuum cleaners and dry mops; running lightweight powered scrubbers and buffers; continually standing, bending, stooping, and reaching; frequently lifting and emptying wastebasket; frequently pushing carts loaded with dirty laundry or wastepaper; occasionally lifting and carrying items weighing up to 20 pounds.
Major Duties:
Maintains areas of Outdoor Recreation in an orderly and clean manner. These areas include, Famcamp showers & restrooms, Otter Lake Cabins, Black Spruce Campgrounds, and administrative areas within ODR.
Dusts ledges and woodwork. Empties ashtrays and waste baskets. Occasionally works on ladders/scaffolds to clean.
Cleans glass partitions, inside and outside windows, using stepladders and extension ladders. Maintains restrooms in clean, orderly, and sanitary condition.
Cleans, disinfects, and deodorizes, lavatories, urinals, and toilet bowls. Cleans, mirrors, and water fountains.
Sweeps, mops, strips, waxes and/or polishes floors using brooms, industrial-type floor scrubbers and other heavy powered cleaning equipment. Replace deodorizers, toilet tissue, hand towels, and soap.
Reports water leaks, clogged drains, and other conditions requiring maintenance to supervisor.
Maintains supply of cleaning materials, and advises supervisor when more supplies are needed, or when equipment needs repair or replacement.
Performs seasonal tasks as required, such as, applying ice control material to entrances of buildings, shoveling snow, picking up litter around buildings, mowing grass, and watering lawns around buildings.
May be required to operate a GOV to travel to work locations. Performs other related duties as assigned.
If interested in applying for this position you may preview the online application: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12906413
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