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Cleaner

The cleaner maintains office buildings, hospitals, schools, hostels and high rise residential units in a clean and orderly condition. Cleaners also tidy the interiors and fixtures of vehicles such as aircraft, trains, buses and similar vehicles.

Job Characteristics
  • Dusting and polishing furniture, sweeping and vacuum-cleaning floors and floor coverings, washing windows and other fixtures, making beds and changing linen.

  • Washing and polishing floors, corridors and stairs, furniture and other fixtures in buildings, coaches, trains and aircraft.


  • Removing rubbish and maintaining general cleanliness of furnishing.


  • Helping with kitchen work, such as dish washing.

Requirements
 
Secondary Education
No special educational qualifications are required for the job of cleaner.
 
Tertiary Education
Not applicable. Cleaners receive on-the-job training.

Personality
A cleaner should be tactful, courteous, neat, reliable and trustworthy.

Work Opportunities

Opportunities exist at various offices, businesses, schools, hotels, apartment buildings, government departments, and households.

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