Guesthouse Housekeeper

Check-out to check-in in under an hour, room after room, at a conference hotel in Tzaneen. Bring a calm head on busy days and you'll be fine.

The work is in Tzaneen, Limpopo, so you'll need a reliable way to get there every day. There's a probation period of three months before the contract is confirmed.

• Keep your trolley stocked and neat before each shift
• Clean lobby, lifts and public toilets through the day
• Load, wash, dry and press linen in the hotel laundry
• Clean bathrooms, replace towels and restock guest toiletries
• Strip and make beds to the hotel's standard, hospital corners included

• Available on weekends, holidays and in peak season
• Quick and thorough, with a target of about 14 to 16 rooms a shift
• Grade 10 or matric
• Physically able to push trolleys and turn mattresses

• Speaking a foreign language for tourist guests
• A hospitality short course or NQF Level 2 accommodation services certificate
• Experience with industrial laundry machines

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

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