CLEANER HEAVY DUTY Full-time Job

• Posting Period: 30-Sept-2024 to 15-Oct-2024
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Parks, Forestry and Recreation Division provides exceptional services that are key contributors to the quality of life for all Torontonians. Our Cleaners in the Parks branch provide services across the City to various popular public destinations such as Toronto Island, and other destination parks and golf courses. We strive to ensure a clean, safe and welcoming environment for residents and tourists alike.

Major Responsibilities:

• Maintains and ensures a high standard of cleanliness with the effective use of supplies, solutions and equipment such as floor and buffing machines, steamers, and vacuum
• Cleans, washes, strips, and waxes floors and stairs
• Vacuums and cleans carpeted areas
• Collects and sorts garbage and recyclables and removes to designated areas
• Cleans, polishes, dusts and disinfects washrooms, offices, windows, air ducts, stairwells, etc.
• Monitors and secures facilities and reports any damage, vandalism, etc.
• Cleans and stores equipment and machinery used
• Shovels snow, salts walkways and lots, cuts grass
• Stocks and maintains cleaning cart
• Maintains supply inventory in designated areas/locations
• Adheres to safe work practices
• Other duties as assigned

Key Qualifications:

Your application must describe your qualifications as they relate to:

1. Experience in performing various cleaning, housekeeping and maintenance activities in an institutionalized environment.
2. Experience in using floor maintenance machines, cleaning equipment, materials and solutions.
3. Must possess and be able to maintain a valid Province of Ontario Class "G" Driver's License and must qualify for the City's equipment operating permits and requirements.

You must also have:

• Knowledge of the Occupational Health and Safety Act and the provisions that apply to this work including WHMIS.
• Ability to lift, push, pull heavy items as well as climb ladders.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to maintain cooperative working relationships with staff, clients and the general public.
• Ability and willingness to work weekends, holidays and shifts as assigned as well as work in multiple locations.
• Ability to follow verbal and written instructions, prepare and maintain manual and electronic records.

Toronto, the capital of the province of Ontario, is a major Canadian city along Lake Ontarios northwestern shore. It's a dynamic metropolis with a core of soaring skyscrapers, all dwarfed by the iconic, free-standing CN Tower. Toronto also has many green spaces, from the orderly oval of Queens Park to 400-acre High Park and its trails, sports facilities and zoo.