Maids & Housekeeping Cleaners

Summary of What they do:

Perform 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.

Tasks On The Job

1. Carry linens, towels, toilet items, and cleaning supplies, using wheeled carts.
2. Clean rooms, hallways, lobbies, lounges, restrooms, corridors, elevators, stairways, locker rooms, and other work areas so that health standards are met.
3. Clean rugs, carpets, upholstered furniture, and draperies, using vacuum cleaners and shampooers.
4. Deliver television sets, ironing boards, baby cribs, and rollaway beds to guests' rooms.
5. Disinfect equipment and supplies, using germicides or steam-operated sterilizers.
6. Dust and polish furniture and equipment.
7. Empty wastebaskets, empty and clean ashtrays, and transport other trash and waste to disposal areas.
8. Hang draperies and dust window blinds.
9. Keep storage areas and carts well-stocked, clean, and tidy.
10. Move and arrange furniture and turn mattresses.
11. Observe precautions required to protect hotel and guest property and report damage, theft, and found articles to supervisors.
12. Polish silver accessories and metalwork, such as fixtures and fittings.
13. Prepare rooms for meetings and arrange decorations, media equipment, and furniture for social or business functions.
14. Replace light bulbs.
15. Replenish supplies, such as drinking glasses, linens, writing supplies, and bathroom items.
16. Request repair services and wait for repair workers to arrive.
17. Sort clothing and other articles, load washing machines, and iron and fold dried items.
18. Sort, count, and mark clean linens and store them in linen closets.
19. Sweep, scrub, wax, or polish floors, using brooms, mops, or powered scrubbing and waxing machines.
20. Wash windows, walls, ceilings, and woodwork, waxing and polishing as necessary.