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Maid/Cleaner

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AVG. SALARY

$24,850

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EDUCATION

No standard requirement

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JOB OUTLOOK

Stable

What They Do

Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners Career Video

About This Career

Performs any combination of light cleaning duties to maintain private households or commercial establishments, such as hotels and hospitals, in a clean and orderly manner. Duties may include making beds, replenishing linens, cleaning rooms and halls, and vacuuming.

This career is part of the Hospitality and Tourism cluster Lodging pathway.

A person in this career:

  • Keeps storage areas and carts well-stocked, clean, and tidy.
  • Carries linens, towels, toilet items, and cleaning supplies, using wheeled carts.
  • Cleans rooms, hallways, lobbies, lounges, restrooms, corridors, elevators, stairways, locker rooms, and other work areas so that health standards are met.
  • Empties wastebaskets, empties and cleans ashtrays, and transports other trash and waste to disposal areas.
  • Sweeps, scrubs, waxes, or polishes floors, using brooms, mops, or powered scrubbing and waxing machines.
  • Replenishes supplies, such as drinking glasses, linens, writing supplies, and bathroom items.
  • Cleans rugs, carpets, upholstered furniture, and draperies, using vacuum cleaners and shampooers.
  • Washes windows, walls, ceilings, and woodwork, waxing and polishing as necessary.
  • Dusts and polishes furniture and equipment.
  • Disinfects equipment and supplies, using germicides or steam-operated sterilizers.

Working Conditions and Physical Demands

People who do this job report that:

  • You would often handle loads up to 20 lbs., sometimes up to 50 lbs. You might do a lot of lifting, carrying, pushing or pulling.
  • Work in this occupation involves bending or twisting your body more than one-third of the time
  • Work in this occupation involves use of protective items such as safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hearing protection, a hard hat, or personal flotation devices
  • Exposure to pollutants, gases, dust, fumes, odors, poor ventilation, etc.
  • Work in this occupation involves using your hands to hold, control, and feel objects more than one-third of the time
  • Work in this occupation requires being inside most of the time
  • Work in this occupation involves making repetitive motions more than one-third of the time
  • Work in this occupation involves standing more than one-third of the time
  • Work in this occupation involves walking or running more than one-third of the time

Working in this career involves (physical activities):

  • Bending, stretching, twisting, or reaching
  • Seeing clearly up close
  • Exerting oneself physically over long periods of time without getting out of breath
  • Using abdominal and lower back muscles repeatedly or over time without tiring

Work Hours and Travel

  • Irregular hours
  • Weekend work

Specialty and Similar Careers

Careers that are more detailed or close to this career:

  • Cottage Attendant
  • Environmental Services Aide
  • Environmental Services Worker
  • Housekeeper
  • Housekeeping Laundry Worker
  • Room Cleaner
  • Chambermaid
  • Guest Room Attendant (GRA)

Contact

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  • 1-800-GO-TO-XAP (1-800-468-6927)
    From outside the U.S., please call +1 (424) 750-3900

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