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Custodian Open Competitive Exam 60112026Posting header — JOB TYPE Open Competitive; JOB NUMBER 60112026; OPENING DATE 06/11/2026; CLOSING DATE 7/1/2026 11:59 PM Eastern; EXAM DATE August 22, 2026; FEE $50.00.
Custodian Promotion Exam 61012026Posting header and Salary & Other Information → amendments — JOB TYPE Promotion; JOB NUMBER 61012026; OPENING DATE 06/11/2026; CLOSING DATE 7/5/2026 11:59 PM Eastern; EXAM DATE August 22, 2026; FEE $50.00. APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED TO JULY 5, 2026 for this added jurisdiction only.
Custodian Promotion Exam 61012026Salary & Other Information → amendments dated 6/18/2026 and 6/26/2026 — Announcement amended 6/18/26 to add the following jurisdiction: LYNBROOK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT (S185). Announcement amended 6/26/26 to add the following jurisdiction: JERICHO PUBLIC LIBRARY (L345). APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED TO JULY 5, 2026 for this added jurisdiction only.
Maintained Nassau Custodian factbasedocs/FACTBASE.md — introductory current-status note — The announcements for exams 60112026 / 61012026 list 2026-08-22 as the exam date. That date has passed, but no official post-administration notice or result/list record was located in the 2026-08-25 read-only refresh, so actual administration status remains unconfirmed.
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Opened June 11, 2026 and closed July 1, 2026 at 11:59 PM Eastern.
Open-competitive announced exam date
August 22, 2026.
Open-competitive application fee
$50.00.
Open-competitive employer and residency scope
Announced for Nassau County school districts, school district libraries, BOCES, villages, and special districts. The announcement states the standard one-year Nassau residency/continuation rule, a Farmingdale UFSD No. 22 Suffolk-resident exception limited to that district, and a special Village of Freeport residence requirement.
Open-competitive minimum qualifications
By the closing date, one of three routes: one year of satisfactory building-cleaning-and-maintenance experience; six months of satisfactory experience in a listed trade or other related maintenance work; or one year of satisfactory experience as Cleaner in a Nassau County school district.
Actual 2026 administration status
Not confirmed The announced date passed, but the refresh did not locate an official post-administration or result/list record confirming administration occurred as announced.
What it tests
Both controlling Nassau announcements use the three subject areas in the official New York entry-level guide.
1
Cleaning Tools and Their Uses
Recognizing cleaning tools from a drawing or a description, and matching each one to the job it is meant for.
Custodian Open Competitive Exam 60112026Posting header — JOB TYPE Open Competitive; JOB NUMBER 60112026; OPENING DATE 06/11/2026; CLOSING DATE 7/1/2026 11:59 PM Eastern; EXAM DATE August 22, 2026; FEE $50.00.
Open-competitive announced exam date
Checked August 25, 2026.
Custodian Open Competitive Exam 60112026Posting header — JOB TYPE Open Competitive; JOB NUMBER 60112026; OPENING DATE 06/11/2026; CLOSING DATE 7/1/2026 11:59 PM Eastern; EXAM DATE August 22, 2026; FEE $50.00.
Open-competitive application fee
Checked August 25, 2026.
Custodian Open Competitive Exam 60112026Posting header — JOB TYPE Open Competitive; JOB NUMBER 60112026; OPENING DATE 06/11/2026; CLOSING DATE 7/1/2026 11:59 PM Eastern; EXAM DATE August 22, 2026; FEE $50.00.
Open-competitive employer and residency scope
Checked August 25, 2026.
Custodian Open Competitive Exam 60112026Salary & Other Information → ANNOUNCED FOR — NASSAU COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTS, SCHOOL DISTRICT LIBRARIES, BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, VILLAGES AND SPECIAL DISTRICTS
Custodian Open Competitive Exam 60112026Supplemental Information → RESIDENCY; General Information → 5. RESIDENCY — To fulfill the standard residency requirements, each candidate for open competitive examination must have been a bona fide resident and dweller of Nassau County for at least one year immediately preceding the advertised date of examination and maintain that residency until appointed from the eligible list established as a result of the examination. NOTE: RESIDENTS OF FARMINGDALE UFSD NO. 22 WHO LIVE IN SUFFOLK COUNTY MAY PARTICIPATE IN THIS EXAMINATION BUT WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR APPOINTMENT ONLY IN THAT SCHOOL DISTRICT. NOTE: THE VILLAGE OF FREEPORT HAS A SPECIAL RESIDENCE REQUIREMENT WHICH MUST BE SATISFIED.
Open-competitive minimum qualifications
Checked August 25, 2026.
Custodian Open Competitive Exam 60112026Minimum Qualifications → Training and Experience, items 1–3 — Must be met on or before the closing date: 1. One year of satisfactory experience in building cleaning and maintenance work; or 2. Six months of satisfactory experience as a carpenter, plumber, electrician, painter, mechanic, steam firer, or other related maintenance work; or 3. One year of satisfactory experience as a Cleaner in a Nassau County school district.
Announced subject plan
Checked August 25, 2026.
Custodian Open Competitive Exam 60112026SUBJECT OF EXAMINATION, areas 1–3 — SUBJECT OF EXAMINATION: A written test designed to evaluate knowledge, skills and /or abilities in the following areas: 1. CLEANING TOOLS AND THEIR USES; 2. TOOLS USED FOR MINOR MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR; 3. HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUES IN CUSTODIAL WORK.
Custodian Promotion Exam 61012026SUBJECT OF EXAMINATION, areas 1–3 — SUBJECT OF EXAMINATION: A written test designed to evaluate knowledge, skills and /or abilities in the following areas: 1. CLEANING TOOLS AND THEIR USES; 2. TOOLS USED FOR MINOR MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR; 3. HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUES IN CUSTODIAL WORK.
Custodian Open Competitive Exam 60112026SUBJECT OF EXAMINATION, areas 1–3 — SUBJECT OF EXAMINATION: A written test designed to evaluate knowledge, skills and /or abilities in the following areas: 1. CLEANING TOOLS AND THEIR USES; 2. TOOLS USED FOR MINOR MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR; 3. HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUES IN CUSTODIAL WORK.
Custodian Promotion Exam 61012026SUBJECT OF EXAMINATION, areas 1–3 — SUBJECT OF EXAMINATION: A written test designed to evaluate knowledge, skills and /or abilities in the following areas: 1. CLEANING TOOLS AND THEIR USES; 2. TOOLS USED FOR MINOR MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR; 3. HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUES IN CUSTODIAL WORK.
Official item count
Checked August 25, 2026.
Maintained Nassau unresolved-fact ledgerdocs/OPEN.md — C2 item count/weighting/conversion — No controlling source located for item count, equal weighting, conversion formula, or unscored items.
Official subject weights
Checked August 25, 2026.
Maintained Nassau unresolved-fact ledgerdocs/OPEN.md — C2 item count/weighting/conversion — No controlling source located for item count, equal weighting, conversion formula, or unscored items.
Official score conversion and section minima
Checked August 25, 2026.
Maintained Nassau unresolved-fact ledgerdocs/OPEN.md — C2 item count/weighting/conversion — No controlling source located for item count, equal weighting, conversion formula, or unscored items.
Maintained Nassau unresolved-fact ledgerdocs/OPEN.md — C8 section/subdivision passing minima — Rule allows such action with notice; no Custodian-specific exercise has been established.
Maintained Nassau unresolved-fact ledgerdocs/OPEN.md — C4 shared OC/promotion form identity — When Nassau administers OC and promotion Custodian exams on the same date with the same subject plan, do candidates receive the same booklet/form?
Actual 2026 administration status
Checked August 25, 2026.
Maintained Nassau Custodian factbasedocs/FACTBASE.md — introductory current-status note — The announcements for exams 60112026 / 61012026 list 2026-08-22 as the exam date. That date has passed, but no official post-administration notice or result/list record was located in the 2026-08-25 read-only refresh, so actual administration status remains unconfirmed.
Exam preparer identity
Checked August 25, 2026.
Maintained Nassau unresolved-fact ledgerdocs/OPEN.md — C1 preparer identity — This makes DCS preparation probable, but the announcement language itself does not expressly identify the preparer.
Exam number 60112026. Profile version 2. Content reviewed August 25, 2026.
Promotion
Custodian
Nassau Custodian open-competitive and promotion candidates whose controlling announcements use the statewide three-subject entry plan.
Opened June 11, 2026. Applications for the later-added Jericho Public Library jurisdiction alone were accepted through July 5, 2026.
Promotion announced exam date
August 22, 2026.
Promotion application fee
$50.00.
Current promotion jurisdiction list
43 jurisdictions: the original 41 named jurisdictions, plus Lynbrook Union Free School District and Jericho Public Library; the Jericho-only application extension ran through July 5, 2026.
Promotion minimum qualifications
Employment in the jurisdiction in which promotion was sought; two continuous years there in the non-competitive class as Cleaner immediately before the written test; continued service through appointment; qualifying part-time employees eligible. Under the announcement's Civil Service Law §52.10(a) note, qualifying provisional time immediately preceding permanent appointment counts toward time in title.
Actual 2026 administration status
Not confirmed The announced date passed, but the refresh did not locate an official post-administration or result/list record confirming administration occurred as announced.
What it tests
Both controlling Nassau announcements use the three subject areas in the official New York entry-level guide.
1
Cleaning Tools and Their Uses
Recognizing cleaning tools from a drawing or a description, and matching each one to the job it is meant for.
Custodian Promotion Exam 61012026Posting header and Salary & Other Information → amendments — JOB TYPE Promotion; JOB NUMBER 61012026; OPENING DATE 06/11/2026; CLOSING DATE 7/5/2026 11:59 PM Eastern; EXAM DATE August 22, 2026; FEE $50.00. APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED TO JULY 5, 2026 for this added jurisdiction only.
Custodian Promotion Exam 61012026Salary & Other Information → amendments dated 6/18/2026 and 6/26/2026 — Announcement amended 6/18/26 to add the following jurisdiction: LYNBROOK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT (S185). Announcement amended 6/26/26 to add the following jurisdiction: JERICHO PUBLIC LIBRARY (L345). APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED TO JULY 5, 2026 for this added jurisdiction only.
Promotion announced exam date
Checked August 25, 2026.
Custodian Promotion Exam 61012026Posting header and Salary & Other Information → amendments — JOB TYPE Promotion; JOB NUMBER 61012026; OPENING DATE 06/11/2026; CLOSING DATE 7/5/2026 11:59 PM Eastern; EXAM DATE August 22, 2026; FEE $50.00. APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED TO JULY 5, 2026 for this added jurisdiction only.
Promotion application fee
Checked August 25, 2026.
Custodian Promotion Exam 61012026Posting header and Salary & Other Information → amendments — JOB TYPE Promotion; JOB NUMBER 61012026; OPENING DATE 06/11/2026; CLOSING DATE 7/5/2026 11:59 PM Eastern; EXAM DATE August 22, 2026; FEE $50.00. APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED TO JULY 5, 2026 for this added jurisdiction only.
Current promotion jurisdiction list
Checked August 25, 2026.
Custodian Promotion Exam 61012026Salary & Other Information → ANNOUNCED FOR — BALDWIN UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT (S103); BELLMORE MEMORIAL LIBRARY (L305); BELLMORE-MERRICK CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT (S105); BETHPAGE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT (S113); BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES (S290); EAST MEADOW UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT (S120); EAST ROCKAWAY UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT (S123); FARMINGDALE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT (S133); FLORAL PARK-BELLEROSE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT (S135); FRANKLIN SQUARE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT (S140); FREEPORT UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT (S143); GARDEN CITY UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT (S145); GREAT NECK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT (S150); HERRICKS UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT (S155); HEWLETT WOODMERE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT (S160); ISLAND TREES UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT (S170); JERICHO UNION FREE PUBLIC SCHOOL (S172); LAWRENCE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT (S175); LEVITTOWN UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT (S180); LOCUST VALLEY UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT (S183); MANHASSET UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT (S193); MASSAPEQUA UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT (S195); MERRICK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT (S200); NORTH BELLMORE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT (S210); NORTH MERRICK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT (S213); NORTH SHORE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (S215); PLAINEDGE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT (S225); PLAINVIEW-OLD BETHPAGE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (S230); PORT WASHINGTON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT (S233); ROCKVILLE CENTRE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT (S235); SEWANHAKA CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT (S250); SYOSSET CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (S253); SYOSSET PUBLIC LIBRARY (L390); UNIONDALE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT (S255); VALLEY STREAM CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT #1 (S270); VALLEY STREAM UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT #13 (S260); VALLEY STREAM UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT #24 (S263); WANTAGH UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT (S273); WESTBURY MEMORIAL PUBLIC LIBRARY (L395); WESTBURY UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT (S275); WEST HEMPSTEAD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT (S280).
Custodian Promotion Exam 61012026Salary & Other Information → amendments dated 6/18/2026 and 6/26/2026 — Announcement amended 6/18/26 to add the following jurisdiction: LYNBROOK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT (S185). Announcement amended 6/26/26 to add the following jurisdiction: JERICHO PUBLIC LIBRARY (L345). APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED TO JULY 5, 2026 for this added jurisdiction only.
Promotion minimum qualifications
Checked August 25, 2026.
Custodian Promotion Exam 61012026Minimum Qualifications — Must be met on or before the date of the written test: Candidates must be employed by the JURISDICTION IN WHICH PROMOTION IS SOUGHT and must be serving and have served continuously, in the jurisdiction in which promotion is sought, on a continuous basis in the non-competitive class for two years immediately preceding the date of the written test as CLEANER and, for promotion to the title of CUSTODIAN such service must continue to the date of appointment. NOTE: Part-time employees who meet the minimum qualifications would qualify for this promotion.
Custodian Promotion Exam 61012026Minimum Qualifications → Civil Service Law §52.10(a) note — NOTE: According to Civil Service Law, section 52.10(a) which became effective September 4, 2024, time served provisionally immediately preceding permanent appointment shall count towards meeting the time in title and the employee shall be eligible to take the promotion examination.
Announced subject plan
Checked August 25, 2026.
Custodian Open Competitive Exam 60112026SUBJECT OF EXAMINATION, areas 1–3 — SUBJECT OF EXAMINATION: A written test designed to evaluate knowledge, skills and /or abilities in the following areas: 1. CLEANING TOOLS AND THEIR USES; 2. TOOLS USED FOR MINOR MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR; 3. HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUES IN CUSTODIAL WORK.
Custodian Promotion Exam 61012026SUBJECT OF EXAMINATION, areas 1–3 — SUBJECT OF EXAMINATION: A written test designed to evaluate knowledge, skills and /or abilities in the following areas: 1. CLEANING TOOLS AND THEIR USES; 2. TOOLS USED FOR MINOR MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR; 3. HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUES IN CUSTODIAL WORK.
Custodian Open Competitive Exam 60112026SUBJECT OF EXAMINATION, areas 1–3 — SUBJECT OF EXAMINATION: A written test designed to evaluate knowledge, skills and /or abilities in the following areas: 1. CLEANING TOOLS AND THEIR USES; 2. TOOLS USED FOR MINOR MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR; 3. HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUES IN CUSTODIAL WORK.
Custodian Promotion Exam 61012026SUBJECT OF EXAMINATION, areas 1–3 — SUBJECT OF EXAMINATION: A written test designed to evaluate knowledge, skills and /or abilities in the following areas: 1. CLEANING TOOLS AND THEIR USES; 2. TOOLS USED FOR MINOR MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR; 3. HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUES IN CUSTODIAL WORK.
Official item count
Checked August 25, 2026.
Maintained Nassau unresolved-fact ledgerdocs/OPEN.md — C2 item count/weighting/conversion — No controlling source located for item count, equal weighting, conversion formula, or unscored items.
Official subject weights
Checked August 25, 2026.
Maintained Nassau unresolved-fact ledgerdocs/OPEN.md — C2 item count/weighting/conversion — No controlling source located for item count, equal weighting, conversion formula, or unscored items.
Official score conversion and section minima
Checked August 25, 2026.
Maintained Nassau unresolved-fact ledgerdocs/OPEN.md — C2 item count/weighting/conversion — No controlling source located for item count, equal weighting, conversion formula, or unscored items.
Maintained Nassau unresolved-fact ledgerdocs/OPEN.md — C8 section/subdivision passing minima — Rule allows such action with notice; no Custodian-specific exercise has been established.
Maintained Nassau unresolved-fact ledgerdocs/OPEN.md — C4 shared OC/promotion form identity — When Nassau administers OC and promotion Custodian exams on the same date with the same subject plan, do candidates receive the same booklet/form?
Promotion seniority credit
Checked August 25, 2026.
Custodian Promotion Exam 61012026Supplemental Information → SENIORITY — SENIORITY: One tenth (.10) of a point will be added to a passing score for each six months of continuous permanent competitive class service (such service to include time served in the examination title on provisional promotion basis) in the jurisdiction in which promotion is sought, up to a maximum of twenty years (4 points). Such service must continue to the date of appointment.
Actual 2026 administration status
Checked August 25, 2026.
Maintained Nassau Custodian factbasedocs/FACTBASE.md — introductory current-status note — The announcements for exams 60112026 / 61012026 list 2026-08-22 as the exam date. That date has passed, but no official post-administration notice or result/list record was located in the 2026-08-25 read-only refresh, so actual administration status remains unconfirmed.
Exam preparer identity
Checked August 25, 2026.
Maintained Nassau unresolved-fact ledgerdocs/OPEN.md — C1 preparer identity — This makes DCS preparation probable, but the announcement language itself does not expressly identify the preparer.
Exam number 61012026. Profile version 2. Content reviewed August 25, 2026.
Statewide study plan
New York Entry-Level Custodians and Janitors
Learners preparing for a jurisdiction whose controlling announcement uses the statewide entry-level plan.
Test Guide for the Entry-Level Custodians and Janitors SeriesTitle and Introduction, PDF pages 1–2 — Test Guide for the Entry-Level Custodians and Janitors Series. The New York State Department of Civil Service has developed this test guide to familiarize you with the multiple-choice test for the Entry-Level Custodians and Janitors Series.
Multiple choice; two hours for this series. Follow your admission notice.
Drawings
Used in all three subject areas. Tool drawings are not necessarily to scale.
Questions
No official count verified. Practice lengths are site-designed.
Where the format facts come from
The state’s entry-level guide, Introduction (PDF page 2), describes the multiple-choice format, two-hour allowance, and drawings. Your announcement controls the exact subjects.