Janitor resume examples

Rigoberto's resume is the closest match for most janitors: a contract cleaner, an office building and a shift that runs past midnight. His first bullet gives the building, the four floors, the square footage and the hours, so a supervisor can picture the route before reading anything else.

Notice how the machines and the keys appear as nightly work with numbers attached, and how his CMI certificate and two employer trainings sit in credentials with their years.

Pick the example whose building and experience match yours, then swap in your own route, shift and machines. Each one names different equipment and screening items, so copy from the one closest to the job you're applying for.

Your numbers come from the route itself: the square feet or floors you cover, how many restrooms, classrooms or workstations are on it, and the hours of the shift. The work repeats every night, so these counts are what tell a supervisor how much building you can handle alone.

If you don't know the square footage, ask your supervisor or check the work order for your account. A rounded figure such as "about 42,000 sq ft" is fine, and floors or rooms work when nobody has measured. Write shift times in full, such as 5:00 PM to 1:30 AM, so a contract cleaner can match you to an opening.

Add a quality number if you have one: a client inspection score, audits the building passed or a record of zero re-cleans in a month. Skip invented percentages such as "30% fewer slips", which a supervisor can ask you to explain.

Name each machine by type, because a supervisor reads "auto scrubber" or "burnisher" as work you can start on the first night. Add the floor or area you use it on and how often. If an ad asks for a rider scrubber and you've only run a walk-behind, list the walk-behind with its square footage.

For chemicals, name the type and how you prepare it: neutral floor cleaner, degreaser, glass cleaner or restroom disinfectant, mixed at a wall-mounted dilution dispenser or from premixed jugs. A line such as "Dilute floor cleaner and disinfectant at a proportioning station and label every spray bottle" shows safe chemical handling in one bullet.

Janitors don't need a license, so the training you've had is what fills your credentials section. Under OSHA's hazard communication standard, employers train workers on the hazardous chemicals in their work area when they're first assigned and again when a new chemical hazard is introduced. Under the bloodborne pathogens standard, employers train workers whose tasks could expose them to blood or other infectious material when they're first assigned to those tasks and at least once a year after that.

List each one with the employer that gave it and the year, such as "Bloodborne Pathogens Training, Brookhallow Building Services, 2026". This is training your employer provides, so don't call it an OSHA certification or an OSHA card.

An optional certificate you can add is the CMI Certified Cleaning Technician from ISSA's Cleaning Management Institute, which some CMI pages still call Certified Custodial Technician. It has Basic and Advanced levels, and Advanced requires Basic, so list the highest level you hold. Each level is valid for two years, so give the year you earned or renewed it and keep it current if you list it.

School districts add their own clearances. California, for example, requires fingerprinting for a Department of Justice record check and a TB risk assessment before a district hires classified staff such as custodians, and the TB assessment is repeated at least every four years. If you already work for a district, list both with the year cleared.

Write trust into your bullets as things you do with the building: which keys and alarm codes you hold, what you lock and arm at the end of the shift, and who you report problems to. Night janitors often work alone in an empty building, and ads for these jobs often ask for a background check for that reason.

Name the scope, such as "Hold keys and alarm codes for floors 9 to 12", and the closing routine, such as checking every exterior door before setting the alarm. If you sign out of a security log or send an end-of-shift report, say so.

Put attendance in its own bullet when it's strong. "Hold a perfect attendance record across 8 months of 5:00 AM starts" is easy for a reference to confirm. Weekend callouts and covering open shifts belong here too, with how often you take them.

The daily work overlaps, but each kind of building screens for different things, so lead with what matches the job you're applying for. Use the title the employer posts: districts and colleges often say custodian, while contract cleaners and plants usually say janitor.