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soll is the modal verb sollen. In this kind of sentence it often means is supposed to / is to / should in the sense of an instruction, plan, or expectation:
- Der Hausmeister soll ... = The caretaker/janitor is supposed to ...
It can also sometimes report what someone else says (allegedly), but in this context (a task + time word morgen) it most naturally sounds like a work instruction/plan.
German modal verbs push the “main action” verb into the infinitive at the end of the clause:
- soll = conjugated modal (2nd position in a main clause)
- austauschen = infinitive at the end
So: Der Hausmeister soll morgen die Sicherung austauschen.
- der Hausmeister is nominative (the subject doing the action).
- die Sicherung is accusative (the direct object being replaced).
The verb austauschen typically takes an accusative object: etwas austauschen.