Domestic Worker (Live-Out, Weekdays)

Cleaning, laundry and a hand with the kids: that is the week in a large estate home in Pretoria West. If you like clear targets and knowing where you stand, this is for you.

This post is Pretoria West-based, with most of your time spent at a large estate home.

• Get children ready for school and supervise homework in the afternoon
• Change bed linen and make beds
• Clean bedrooms, bathrooms, kitchen and living areas on a weekly rotation
• Wash dishes and keep the kitchen tidy after meals
• Wash, hang, iron and fold the household's laundry
• Clean windows and patio doors once a week

• South African ID or valid work permit
• Able to speak and understand basic English
• Willing to follow the family's house rules and routines
• Neat, organised and able to work without being supervised
• Good with children and patient
• Able to handle a full-day physical routine

• Cooking experience with family meals
• Basic first aid or child CPR course

• Own room with bathroom for live-in posts
• Transport money for live-out staff
• Registered for UIF and COIDA by the employer
• Paid annual leave and public holidays as the law requires

• Say plainly what you can and cannot do: cooking, ironing, childcare, driving. It avoids arguments later and families like honesty.
• Families hire on trust, so make references your strongest part. Write the employer's name, suburb, years worked and phone number for each one.