Porter Job Description
Porter
provides porter services for all conference rooms, which includes rearranging and tidying items in room, cleaning counters and surfaces, and emptying trash receptacles.
Porter Duties & Responsibilities
To write an effective porter job description, begin by listing detailed duties, responsibilities and expectations. We have included porter job description templates that you can modify and use.
Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Operating, cleaning, and maintaining heavy-duty cleaning equipment
Washes, scrubs and disinfects walls, windows and doors and, when necessary, determines method of removing stains using a variety of cleaning equipment and supplies
Perform daily site walks and document maintenance issues inside and outside of the building
Assist the Facilities team during setup of events, and also during day and evening events
Change light bulbs throughout the building, and water filters for kitchen equipment
Assist with internal desk moves as needed including lifting and moving of boxes and equipment
Spend large portions of a day setting up and moving furniture
Perform minor repairs to furniture and fixtures, such as door adjustments, lockset adjustments, scrapes & wobbly furniture, file cabinet adjustments and touch up painting
Assist the Mailroom with receiving, checking in and distributing mail
Restock supplies throughout our 3 locations including copy paper and supply kiosks
Porter Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Porter
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: AED, CPR
Education for Porter
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the porter job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Associate Degree in General Education, High School Education, Education, Business, Hospitality, Journalism, Associates, Marketing, Fashion, Writing
Skills for Porter
Desired skills for porter include:
Basic automotive repair and maintenance
Housekeeping and cleaning tasks
General maintenance
Make-ready of unit duties
General labor
Cleaning equipment
Cleaning procedures and janitorial techniques
Safe use of cleaning chemicals
Hazardous and non-hazardous material disposal
Menu items
Desired experience for porter includes:
Take inventory of supplies to be used for re-ordering
Make trips to Staples or local stores to purchase special-request items
Act as a messenger to deliver important or time sensitive packages on a daily basis
Be reachable by handheld radio throughout the day for special requests and urgent needs
Provide employees with timely updates on their requests, as needed
Work seamlessly with various groups, individuals and teams and handle requests from multiple parties
Porter Examples
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Porter Job Description
Job Description Example
Our growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of porter. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for porter
- Handle special request projects and one-off tasks
- Cleaning public areas and apartments
- Moving appliances and furniture
- Removing garbage and lifting furniture into a dumpster
- Using an automated compactor appropriately
- Keeping the porter supply closets neat and organized
- Writing in logs and recording information as requested by supervisor
- Assisting mechanics and providing security at the front desk or other areas of the building
- Assisting the Lead Porter and the Superintendent as needed
- Maintain all grounds
Qualifications for porter
- Manage guest flow
- Maintain the highest cleaning standards in public areas and any other cleaning duties allocated by the manager on duty
- Sell and book activities in Queenstown
- Previous experience in a similar role preferable
- Knowledge of Opera or similar PMS is an advantage, but not necessary
- Daily testing of Pools and Spas, where required
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Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is looking for a porter. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for porter
- Maintains a high standard of customer service
- Maintenance/clean up outside of the building by visually inspecting sprinkler system for proper function, picking up debris and trash that may be in the parking lot or bushes
- Compares serial numbers of incoming vehicles against invoice
- Inspect vehicles for loose or misaligned items such as trim, doors and hardware
- Sign or otherwise acknowledge an acceptance slip for each vehicle delivered
- Activate power equipment such as electric windows, seats, radio, horn, lights, and directional signals to ensure specified operating standards
- Replaces all traces of any protective films or coverings applied for shipment
- Responsible for insuring that inventory is clean and properly displayed and aligned at all times
- Responsible for assisting “auto stickers” with the replacement of printed material on vehicle inventory
- Will assist sales staff with the delivery process as needed, including, but not limited to, putting fuel in vehicles, parking vehicles in designated area, assisting with inspection process, checking on vehicle cleanliness, mileage
Qualifications for porter
- Attend all dealership and department meetings when requested
- Undertake the removal and transfer of soiled linen from wards, departments and Residential accommodation to the laundry delivery and collection point
- To assist as directed in emergency contingency procedures including Fire, Major Incident, Bomb Threat, loss or interruption to communications, loss or interruption of utility services
- To undertake the routine and periodic cleaning of patient wheelchairs as prescribed by the Deputy Portering and Domestic Manager
- Transport and escort patients between wards and departments
- Assist the transfer of patients from surface to surface
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Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of porter. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for porter
- Assist in changing and movement of cylinders to all hospital gas manifold rooms, the Nitrous Oxide bank that’s feeds the operating theatres
- Attend all mandatory and relevant training courses where required
- Patient orientated Manual Handling (mandatory)
- Fire, Health and Safety (mandatory)
- Electric Vehicle Driving (mandatory)
- Infection Control (mandatory)
- An awareness and knowledge of the porters role when a patient has a cardiac arrest
- An awareness and knowledge of the importance of the role of a porter as part of the Cardiac Arrest Team
- Be responsible for the delivering of life saving equipment to an arrest, running heart defibrillators from A&E to wards or any location within the hospital
- Be on standby at cardiac arrests to collect and deliver anything required for the patient
Qualifications for porter
- Ensure that all trust policies are adhered to, Health and Safety, C.O.S.H.H, Uniform and dress, Manual Handling
- An awareness of the Major Incident Plan
- To undertake special duties in the event of a major incident (Helping in the erection of chemical wash tents etc)
- Able to follow directions and work with minimum supervision
- Able to read, write and understand product information required for job performance
- Must adhere to cleaning schedule and be flexible
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Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is looking for a porter. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for porter
- Manipulate trolleys, wheelchairs, beds
- Assists with administration of maintenance functions, , tracking of inventory, maintaining updated records in relation to Pool Log
- Cleans in between machines, ash trays, trash cans, restrooms, offices, public areas, windows, clubhouse, counter tops, furniture, and any other decorative objects in the racing or common areas
- Must be able to stand and work in a noisy, smoke filled environment
- Instructions, responds to management direction
- Associates are expected to come to work punctually every scheduled work day, presenting a professional and positive Company image in keeping with the objectives of the Company and the residents and/or tenants welfare
- Clean and maintain all convenience centers
- Clean and maintain warehouse aisles and product slots
- Clean spills including damaged product, oil, grease, broken glass, May require use of sawdust, brooms, mops, or shovels
- May clean and maintain warehouse restrooms through use of disinfecting products
Qualifications for porter
- Able to communicate with multidisciplinary staff members
- Able to use machinery required for rug and floor maintenance
- Full-time, 7-3 pm with every other weekend
- Australian working rights
- Duties of maintaining facility involve stooping, bending, lifting, and grasping, pushing, pulling, or otherwise moving objects weighing as much as 45 lbs
- Must have fast paced work experience
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Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is hiring for a porter. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for porter
- Ensure lights are turned off and doors are locked when appropriate
- Empty and clean all wastebaskets in the soiled utility rooms, and various other areas throughout facility, and transport to the dumpster
- Cleans assigned areas by washing furnishings with appropriate cleaning solutions
- Dry and wet mop all bathroom floors and landings and operates buffing equipment
- Perform heavy duty cleaning of floors and carpets
- Clean and maintain front of building, outside and smoking areas
- Moves furniture and equipment (such as mattresses, beds and bedside stands) by use of handcarts or dollies
- Will perform the duties of housekeeping and laundry according to workload demands and staffing shortages and as scheduled
- Cleans and performs routine maintenance on equipment and reports equipment needing further repair
- Demonstrates promotes and integrates the mission of the Sisters of Providence Health Systems and its core values in daily work activities
Qualifications for porter
- Minimum 1 year experience in a similar customer focused role, with 4-5 star hotels preferred
- Ability to work varying shifts, weekends and public holidays
- Relevant certification (e.g., HVAC, CPO) preferred
- General understanding of the Microsoft suite, property management software preferred
- May be exposed to constant activity that requires intermittent standing, bending, crouching, pushing/pulling, lifting/moving/carrying (light to heavy weight material/appliances/ equipment), climbing ladders/stairs, and walking on rooftops
- Requires manual dexterity sufficient to operate small-motorized equipment (i.e., repetitive hand/wrist, gripping and elbow motion)