Entire Hogwarts Caretaker

**Caretaker** was the title and occupation held at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry by a witch, wizard, or Squib in charge of overseeing the cleanliness and hygiene of Hogwarts Castle. Aside from this, they could patrol the corridors at night to make sure that no students wandered in the late hours. In the past, they were also in charge of corporal punishment (e.g. caning) until ***Headmaster*** Albus Dumbledore banned it. However, the job did still entail helping to oversee punishments, as in 1992, when Ronald Weasley's ***detention*** was to help Argus Filch polish the school's trophies without using any ***magic***.Template:Official-Post
The caretaker of Hogwarts also possessed some disciplinary powers, being able to award and dock house points. In ***1987***, Argus Filch reluctantly awarded ***Jacob's sibling*** ten house points at the behest of the Gryffindor house ghost, Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington.

## Duties

Some duties of the caretaker included:

* Enforcing hygiene of the school and the students.
* Patrolling corridors for students out of bed after hours or in forbidden areas.
* Handing out corporal punishment (formerly).
* Putting students in ***detention***.
* Doing jobs that the ***Headmaster*** required.
* Investigating things such as Dungbombs or mayhem.
* Being in charge of security for ***Hogsmeade*** trips, mail, and people entering and leaving the castle.

## Known caretakers

### Argus Filch

 File:Filch & mrs. norris-1-.jpg  By at least ***1973***, Argus Filch, a ***Squib***, had replaced Pringle as the caretaker of Hogwarts School. He, along with his cat, Mrs Norris, frequently patrolled the corridors at night and delighted in punishing students; he desired torturous methods for punishments, such as those inflicted by Pringle, but Dumbledore did not grant him such rights. He also waged an endless war with the school's ***poltergeist***, Peeves. He constantly hassled students over the littlest infraction and took delight in the doling out of detention-worthy write-ups.

## Behind the scenes

### Translations

* Faroese: *umsjónarmaður* ("supervisor")
* German: *Hausmeister* ("caretaker")
* Greek, Modern: *Επιστάτης (superintendent)* ("overseer")
* Hebrew: שרת ("sharat") ("caretaker")
* Russian: *завхоз* ("zavkhoz") ("superintendent")
* Icelandic: *húsvörður* ("janitor")

## Appearances

* *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone* (film) (First appearance)
* *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets* (film)
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## Notes and references

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1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone* (film), Chapter 8
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone* (film), Chapter 9
3. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone* (film), Chapter 12
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Template:GOF
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets* (film), Chapter 7
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7. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets* (film), Chapter 8
8. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone* (film), Chapter 15
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10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Template:OOTP
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