CASBO CUSTODIAL STAFFING
AND SERVICE TIME
STANDARDS
page content contributed by Oscar Stitt ... 02/01/06
In determining
custodial staffing, you must incorporate what standard of cleaning the client is
willing to pay for and the cleaning services that are a necessary to promote
healthy conditions. Services performed by site custodians that are not
part of the custodial service time standard would create less time for necessary
cleaning and is not reflected in the formula designed for the CASBO Custodial
Staffing and Service Time Standards.
In evaluating the
time line for a day custodian, defined as a person who works at a school site
while students are present, you will need to determine the school site's needs
and the cleaning time available.
In
developing these time standards, enough time has been allotted to clean all
areas at the school site and reflects the cleaning standards as identified in
the CASBO Custodial Handbook. Assigning custodial staff to non-cleaning
tasks not assigned in the CASBO Custodial and Service Time Standards formula
will allow necessary cleaning to be postponed or
neglected.
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8 hours
480
minutes
/
2 breaks (15 min.
each)
30 minutes
/
security check replace
tools and
equipment
20 minutes
___________
/
time available for cleaning
430 minutes
‘
non cleaning
duties:
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Open - the school check for
vandalism, safety
concerns,
maintenance
items.
40 minutes
/
Playground - field inspection
25 minutes
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Miscellaneous duties including
teacher and site manager requests,
activity set-ups, repairing
furniture/equipment, ordering and
delivering supplies
60 minutes
Put up flag and p.e. equipment.
20
minutes
‘
Cleaning
duties
/
Clean front of school daily
30 minutes
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Clean drinking fountains daily
2 min each
/
Clean child care facilities
30 min. each
/
Set up for lunch
30 min daily
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Clean hallway
6 min per 1000 sq. ft.
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Clean multi-use room
9 min per 1000 sq. ft.
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Clean kitchen
20 minutes per 1000 sq. ft.
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Rest room care
2 min. Per fixture
/
Clean patio areas
15 min per 1000 sq. ft.
The first step in
determining a cleaning schedule for the night custodian is to calculate how much
cleaning time is available in a given time shift:
6
8
hours
480 minutes
6
less 2
breaks
(30) minutes
6
less 2 security checks
(35) minutes
____________
6
time available to clean
415
minutes
The procedure for
cleaning classrooms is listed below:
Regular
classroom
*
Sweep or vacuum the
floor
9 minutes
*
Clean sinks, dump trash,
check pencil
sharpener
3 minutes
*
For science rooms for each sink add
45 sec.
Weekly duties one
each
day
5 minutes
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Monday
Dust horizontal surfaces
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Tuesday
Clean chalk trays and
Spot clean doors and walls
ê
Wednesday
Clean table tops and/or desk tops
ê
Thursday
Clean sink counters and
spot clean carpets
ê
Friday
Clean chalk/white boards and trays
* Note in
cleaning sinks do not forget to clean fixtures, dispensers, and
edges.
TIME LINE
FOR OTHER CLEANING:
*
Multipurpose
room
9 minutes per 1000 sq. Ft.
*
Home
EC. Including wet mop
30 minutes per. Rm.
*
Kitchen and rest rooms if applicable
including damp
mopping
20 min./ 1000 sq. ft
*
Gymnasium
6 min./ 1000 sq. ft
*
Shops
10 min./ 1000 sq. ft
*
Clay
and art rooms including
damp
mopping
17 min/ 900 sq. ft.
*
Office
20 min /1000 sq. Ft.
Rest Room Care Is
the Most Important Function that we perform and Carries the Highest Priority of
Our Time!!
Rest rooms should be maintained
accordingly: all dispensers checked for paper and soap, floors should be swept
and damp mopped (paying close attention to
the borders and behind the doors), sinks, toilets and urinals should
be sanitized (paying close attention to
cleaning under the rim & lip of toilet and urinals), mirrors
should be cleaned and trash bins emptied, partitions, walls, and fixtures should
be dusted daily (including vents
weekly). Rest rooms with less than 10 fixtures will take 2
minutes per fixture to clean, and rest rooms with 11 or more fixtures will take
1.5 minutes per fixture to clean.
Upgrade of the original CASBO
FORMULA
(1) One custodian for every 13
teachers.
Plus
(2) One custodian for every 325
students
Plus
(3) One custodian for every 13
rooms
Plus
(4) One custodian for every 18,000
sq. ft.
(5) Total the above and divide by
four to indicate the number of custodians needed
(6) Schools of less than 450
students need to add .30 FTE (Full Time Equivalent) to the
final
calculation
(7) Community
usage
§
Elementary
School
.06 FTE
§
Middle
School
.25 FTE
§
High
School
.50 FTE
This will provide the correct number
of custodians to clean and maintain a building to the above timelines and the
standards found in the CASBO Custodial Handbook. We will use a large elementary
and a small elementary.
To determine the number of
custodians needed for a school of 38,000-sq. ft. with 25 teachers, 685 students,
and 23 classrooms, we add and divide and round to the highest tenth as
follows:
25 Teachers divided by
13
=
1.92
685 students divided by 325
=
2.10
23 classrooms divided by 13
=
1.78
38,000 Sq ft divided by 18,000
=
2.11
______________________________
_____
Total divided by
4
= 7.91 = 1.97
Community
usage
.06
Less than 450
Allowance
NA
Total
2.03 FTE
You need 2.00
custodians
14 Teachers divided by
13
=
1.08
304 students divided by 325
=
.94
25 classrooms divided by 13
=
1.92
41,580 Sq. ft. divided by 18,000
=
2.31
______________________________
_____
Total divided by
4
= 6.25 = 1.56
Community
usage
.06
Less than 450
allowance
.30
1.92 FTE
You need 2.00
custodians
Remember, this formula takes into
consideration the total campus including restrooms, gyms, outside areas,
offices, classrooms and ECT. How you allocate each assignment will be in
the District Custodial Handbook.