How can I advance my career as a Janitor?
Take electrical plumbing hvac and carpentry classes online. Go to tech school and get a boiler license
Get certified in floor covering,waxing,buffing striping then take a 1year apprenticeship job.Your on your way to opening your own company...
You need to know alot about floor care how to use each machine and the products
of it know how to use every equipment that's they using so you can be the best at it that what I done
Take online courses that correspond to the job and area you live
Yes Sir if you can start your on business. If not join a company, learn the game, in a year so strike out on your on. But do your home work first. It can lead to a profitable business.
Let's face it! Be considerate of people with allergies.
Place the bucket ahead of you and keep it on the move...
Keshawn...I would ask for a meeting with your direct manager about your career growth. Let him/her know that you are interested in moving into a next level from janitorial duties and ask wht he might suggest you do to qualify for another position. If the manager gets put off, it is because some managers do not prioritize assisting their team to grow because then they need to replace them...if this is the result you get, go to HR and ask for a meeting about career growth.
I see people move from janitorial service "doer" to managing a team of "doers". Also, see if they have facilities management which would also be a good next step.
And, if you look into procurement/supply chain as a profession, you may need sone courses/training, but that - would also be a good next step.
you probably see more things wrong around the buisness than anyone else, you know, things needing maintenance and the like. I would find value in someone reporting these things in a proactive manner rather than waiting until it breaks and be in a reactive emergency to get it fixed. So that is something you might be able to do that would not be too time consuming.