Floor Maintenance Technician

Legislative Branch

This position is located in the Architect of the Capitol, Senate Office Buildings, Client Services Division, Labor and Custodial Branch, Night Labor and Custodial Section, Floor Care Unit. The Floor Maintenance Technician is responsible for cleaning floors, carpets, and walls along with surfaces made of bronze, concrete, glass, plastic, linoleum, marble, porcelain, sandstone, stainless steel, title, and wood throughout the Senate Office Buildings.

• TOUR OF DUTY: Monday (Night) - Friday (Night) 9:30 p.m. to 6:30 a.m. Work schedule may require some occasionally mandatory overtime on holidays AND weekends. Duties and responsibilities for this position include the following: - Uses carpet cleaning equipment to shampoo and vacuum carpets. Uses electrically powered sweeping equipment to clean and polish hard surfaces. Uses wall washing equipment in conjunction with lifting equipment and scaffolding to clean walls. Uses polishing, burnishing, and grinding equipment to restore damaged floor and wall surfaces. - Restores surfaces and finishes of flooring and walls subject to wear and tear. Receives general instructions from the supervisor on required floor and carpet care duties and performs assigned responsibilities without supervision. - Cleans carpets using shampooing techniques and chemicals appropriate to the type and amount of soil or discoloration. Restores carpets damaged by water and other fluids or substances using appropriate methods based on the nature of the substance. - Notices details of equipment in work areas that are not functioning as intended and need adjustment or maintenance, e.g., nonfunctional lamps, lighting fixtures or outlets, worn or marred flooring. Notifies supervisor of findings. - Monitors assigned work areas for spillage and incidental scrapes and blemishes. Performs maintenance on such areas as soon as possible to reduce possibility of lasting damage. - Uses hand tools and cleaning and polishing materials. Choose proper equipment based on flooring type. Maintains equipment in good working order by performing preventative maintenance. Cleans, adjusts, and replaces brushes, rollers, and buffing pads as needed along with checking and replenishing battery fluid levels in portable machines as needed. - Participates in Institution of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification (IICRC) or equivalent training to be certified to perform work in accordance with industry standards. Trains Floor Maintenance Trainees and Helpers to carry out the tasks of cleaning and maintaining floors, carpets, and walls. Performs other related duties as assigned.

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