Guesthouse Housekeeper – Entry Level

Guests at a city business hotel in Centurion will never meet you, but they will judge the stay by your work. Expect to be trusted with real work from your first week.

The work is in Centurion, Gauteng, so you'll need a reliable way to get there every day. Hours are mostly Monday to Friday, with the odd Saturday in busy months.

• Strip and make beds to the hotel's standard, hospital corners included
• Vacuum, dust and check the minibar in each room
• Log lost property with the guest's room number and date
• Clean lobby, lifts and public toilets through the day
• Keep your trolley stocked and neat before each shift
• Load, wash, dry and press linen in the hotel laundry

• Friendly and polite if you meet guests in the corridor
• Physically able to push trolleys and turn mattresses
• Available on weekends, holidays and in peak season
• Grade 10 or matric
• Well groomed
• Quick and thorough, with a target of about 14 to 16 rooms a shift

• A hospitality short course or NQF Level 2 accommodation services certificate
• Previous hotel or guesthouse housekeeping experience
• Speaking a foreign language for tourist guests

• Meals on duty from the staff kitchen
• Staff accommodation at remote lodges
• Uniform supplied and laundered

• If you worked in a star-graded hotel, say which grading. It tells them the standard you already know.
• Write how many rooms you usually cleaned per shift. Head housekeepers care about pace as much as quality.