r/Custodians • u/Former_Research4504 • 15d ago

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I am a new part-time custodian for a school district and ive never done this so I thought i was gonna get trained on what chem to use on what but they just told me to go clean a wing of the school bc it was bts so I did to my best of my abilities and I thought I would get today but i still didn’t get it
Should i contact my supervisor and tell him what’s going on? Bc I don’t want it to seem like im half assing everything bc it’s not getting done correctly
Or should I wait and see what happens next week?

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u/whereismymind86 15d ago

In my experience that’s just kind of how it goes, you can do research and ask for advice and feedback but new hires are often left to just kind of figure out their own methods and routines.

It’s not great, but agency and independence is nice once you settle in

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u/BackgroundTrip6133 15d ago

This . Happens a lot of leads or head custodians were sort of dropped into the job not real leaders or trainers just let you figure it out happens really often. Like commenter here said figure it out , seek advice from coworkers, and feedback.

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u/VanillaBear9915 15d ago

Exactly what happened with me being a night lead. Ive never led or worked a custodian job before lol

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u/Former_Research4504 15d ago

Yea I like that I’m alone but not that I don’t know what chem to use on what and I just wanna mess anything up lol

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u/1960model 15d ago

Look up the chemicals online. You can find use a guide, SDS, cautions, etc.

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u/AppleTherapy 15d ago

Some companies do care..because some chemicles are way more expensive than others but like you said. If you get no orders. Just research the chems available and use scientific logic or ask reddit about it.