Guesthouse Housekeeper – Experienced

Check-out to check-in in under an hour, room after room, at a beachfront holiday resort in Sandton. It's a practical job: you'll see what you got done before you go home.

The work is in Sandton, Gauteng, so you'll need a reliable way to get there every day. The first two weeks are spent shadowing someone experienced.

• Load, wash, dry and press linen in the hotel laundry
• Log lost property with the guest's room number and date
• Clean lobby, lifts and public toilets through the day
• Work through a room list, marking rooms clean on the housekeeping board
• Keep your trolley stocked and neat before each shift
• Strip and make beds to the hotel's standard, hospital corners included

• Friendly and polite if you meet guests in the corridor
• Honest, since you work in guests' rooms alone
• Quick and thorough, with a target of about 14 to 16 rooms a shift
• Well groomed
• Available on weekends, holidays and in peak season

• Experience with industrial laundry machines
• A hospitality short course or NQF Level 2 accommodation services certificate

• Share of the service charge or guest tips
• Staff accommodation at remote lodges
• Meals on duty from the staff kitchen
• 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.