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janitor
📅 Updated:2025-07-29
🕒 Created:2016-01-21
🆔 ID:9899
Description
A Janitor (also referred to as "custodian", "cleaner" or "caretaker") is someone who cleans and maintains buildings such as hospitals, schools, businesses, and in some cases residential accommodations.
Janitors' primary responsibility is cleaning. However, depending on the work site, a janitor may also carry out repair duties, stocking/warehouse responsibilities (in retail establishments), and/or act as a security guard on top of their cleaning work.
Clothing and Items associated with Janitorial Work:
- Baseball Cap
- Coveralls or Overalls
- Collared Shirt or Polo Shirt, worn with pants that may have extra pockets
- Apron
- Tool Belt
- Broom
- Mop and Bucket
- Gloves
