Carpet and Upholstery Cleaning Technician

Industrial cleaners are always in demand; this crew works a newly built office block in eMalahleni. If you turn up on time and finish what you start, you'll fit in quickly.

You'll be based at a newly built office block in eMalahleni. Living nearby, or on a taxi route to it, really helps.

• Test sanitiser strength with test strips and record the reading
• Shampoo carpets and upholstery with an extraction machine
• Foam, scrub and rinse walls, floors and conveyors with approved chemicals
• Strip down and wash production equipment after the last run
• Run a high-pressure washer on grease, oil and slurry build-up
• Put out and check pest bait stations on the site map
• Store chemicals in the locked chemical store with safety data sheets

• Reliable, as crews are small and each person counts
• Willing to work nights and weekends when plants shut down
• Not scared of heights for window or rope crews
• Able to pass a medical fitness check for plant work
• Physically strong for wet, heavy work

• A Code 8 licence to drive the crew bakkie
• Chemical safety or HACCP hygiene training
• Experience using a high-pressure washer or carpet extractor

• Full PPE: waterproof suits, boots, goggles and respirators
• Paid training on machines and chemicals
• Night-shift and standby allowances

• Say you are available for night and shutdown work. That is when most factory hygiene cleaning happens.
• If you hold a heights or rope access ticket, attach it. It can double what you earn in this line of work.