Housekeeping Cleaner

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Ideal for those who love creating clean, welcoming spaces for others to enjoy.
Ensure health and comfort by maintaining cleanliness in homes and commercial spaces.
Discover diverse environments, from hotels to hospitals, while keeping them spotless.

💰 Earn $36K-$47K

📚 NO DEGREE REQUIRED

⏱️ 0–6 MONTH TRAINING

📈 0.8% JOB GROWTH

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What You’ll 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.

Keep storage areas and carts well-stocked, clean, and tidy.
Carry linens, towels, toilet items, and cleaning supplies, using wheeled carts.
Clean rooms, hallways, lobbies, lounges, restrooms, corridors, elevators, stairways, locker rooms, and other work areas so that health standards are met.
Empty wastebaskets, empty and clean ashtrays, and transport other trash and waste to disposal areas.
Sweep, scrub, wax, or polish floors, using brooms, mops, or powered scrubbing and waxing machines.

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Minimum Education

None

Career Prospects

Steady (Staying constant (within 1%))

Training Time

Less than 6 months

Job Openings

190,600 Annually

Median Earnings

$38,860 in California

$33,450 Nationally

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Best For You If...

YOU Like 💕

Using data or completing tasks
Working with my hands

You are skilled in 💫

Active Listening
Coordination
Monitoring
Service Orientation
Social Perceptiveness
Speaking

You value 🙏

Having support
Having freedom
Personal relationships

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Housekeeping Cleaner

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Pathways to this Career

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Associate's Degree

An associate's degree typically provides graduates with foundational knowledge and skills for entry-level jobs in the graduate's industry, or serves as a stepping stone towards further education.

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