Ivan Cervantes
Ontario,CA
Summary
Adept Senior Custodian with a proven track record at Nogales High School, enhancing facility cleanliness and safety through meticulous maintenance and staff training. Demonstrates exceptional organizational abilities and interpersonal communication, achieving a 40% improvement in efficiency. Skilled in chemical handling and team management, ensuring top-notch facility standards. Pursuing full-time role that presents professional challenges and leverages interpersonal skills, effective time management, and problem-solving expertise.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Custodian
Nogales High School
05.2013 - Current
- Monitored employees to enforce proper use of personal protective equipment, supplies and equipment.
- Led, oversaw and trained team to perform routine custodial duties and basic maintenance and repair.
- Sanitized and maintained floors by sweeping, mopping and refinishing.
- Performed custodial duties to maintain area in clean and habitable condition.
- Vacuumed and shampooed carpets, upholstery and other fabrics.
- Used power scrubbing and waxing machines to scrub and polish floors.
- Assisted with special facility events by preparing rooms, installing decorations, and transporting supplies.
- Used hand trucks or manually lifted supplies, equipment and heavy furniture.
- Emptied waste paper and other trash from premises and moved to appropriate receptacles.
- Performed daily facility checklists for cleaning floors, wiping down glass entryways and collecting trash.
- Identified repair needs and major maintenance concerns, and escalated issues to management.
- Operated buffers and burnishers to clean and polish floors.
- Followed safety standards and established SOPs when handling, mixing and storing hazardous chemicals.
Custodian
Oswalt Academy
04.2007 - 04.2013
- Moved furniture for cleaning and set up for special events.
- Checked in and stocked inventory throughout facility.
- Maintained clean and comfortable environments in commercial buildings by vacuuming, cleaning windows, and dusting.
- Ran variety of cleaning machines such as floor machines designed to strip, wax, extract, and top scrub floors and carpets.
- Inspected facility and grounds and picked up trash or other debris impacting appearance or movement flows between spaces.
- Reported vandalism or other damage to property to supervisor.
- Mixed, used, and properly stored hazardous chemical cleaners to reduce risk of injury or illness.
- Kept building spaces premises clean inside and outside.
- Handled spills, accidents and other cleaning emergencies to maintain cleanliness standards throughout assigned shift.
- Emptied trash cans and recycling bins to keep building clean and free of germs.
- Used vacuum and shampooers to clean carpeted areas in offices, lobbies and corridors.
- Cleaned walls and ceilings with special reach tools following regular schedule.
- Maintained optimal supply levels to meet daily and special cleaning needs.
- Used power scrubbing and waxing machines to scrub and polish floors.
- Responded immediately to calls from personnel to clean up spills and wet floors.
- Operated buffers and burnishers to clean and polish floors.
- Emptied waste paper and other trash from premises and moved to appropriate receptacles.
- Vacuumed and shampooed carpets, upholstery and other fabrics.
Education
Fire Technology
Rio Hondo Community College
Whittier, CANogales High School
La Puente, CA06.2002
Skills
- Staff Training and Development
- Health and Safety Regulations
- Organizational abilities
- Quality Control Standards
- Maintenance Scheduling
- Groundskeeping
- Facility Preparation
- Chemical Handling
- Cleaning
- Team Management
- Pest Control
- Power Equipment Operation
- Painting
- Facilities Maintenance
- Furniture Moving
- Stainless Steel Polishing
- Lawn Mowing
- Restroom Servicing
- Special Event Preparation
- Minor Mechanical Repair
- Facilities Inspection
- Operating Heavy Machinery
- Communication and Interpersonal Skills
- Adaptability and Flexibility
- Facility Maintenance
- Goal Setting
- Interpersonal Communication
Iron work, using a forge to make utensils and some welding (not certified)
I use scraps of metal to make spoons, knives and forks. Sometimes a small weld machine is used.
Languages
Latin
Limited Working
Software
Excel, Adobe, One Drive
Interests
Carpentry and Forge iron work are a big interest and hobby of mine Welding is also something I just began to look into
Timeline
Senior Custodian
Nogales High School
05.2013 - Current
Custodian
Oswalt Academy
04.2007 - 04.2013
Fire Technology
Rio Hondo Community College
Nogales High School
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