Job Description

About the role:
Part time hours (worked across either 2 or 3 days per week)
Maximum term contract, commencing immediately, until the end of 2027.

We seek self-motivated candidates who possess excellent communication skills & can work unsupervised as well as part of a team. Undertake maintenance and repair work to the school buildings and grounds to ensure a safe setting for the school community.

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Key Responsibilities:
Ensure building systems and machines run smoothly e.g. air conditioning, pumps
Undertake repair/maintenance work as required to school buildings e.g. replacing locks, windows & light bulbs, patching holes, woodwork repairs
Perform routine maintenance of equipment
Estimate repair costs and document repairs undertaken
Handle, store, and distribute goods/materials
Move equipment/furniture as required
Upkeep school grounds e.g. mowing, pruning, weeding,



planting, disposing of litter
Assist with school improvements e.g. fencing, paving, gardening projects
Complete daily grounds maintenance reports
Train recent employees in groundskeeping duties
Drive school vehicles as required.

About the School:

Aspect Hunter School provides placement for approximately 270 students on the autism spectrum from Kindergarten to year 12 at its main school at Thornton, and across its satellite classes within the Catholic and Department of Education schools in Newcastle, Hunter and Port Macquarie regions. Aspect Hunter School also offers a Distance Education program for students on the autism spectrum in years 3 to 8 from across NSW.

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📌 School General Maintenance Thornton
🏢 Aspect
📍 Thornton