High-Pressure Wash Operator

You'll do the heavy cleaning at a newly built office block in Isando, the kind that needs machines, chemicals and training. It's a practical job: you'll see what you got done before you go home.

This post is in Isando (Gauteng). Please only apply if you can travel there daily. Most weeks are 45 hours, in line with the BCEA.

• Test sanitiser strength with test strips and record the reading
• Clean drains and grease traps in commercial kitchens
• Put out and check pest bait stations on the site map
• Shampoo carpets and upholstery with an extraction machine
• Clear builders' dust, paint and cement off floors and windows after construction
• Lock out machines before cleaning, as the safety file requires

• Not scared of heights for window or rope crews
• Grade 10 or better; you must read chemical labels and safety data sheets
• Physically strong for wet, heavy work
• Respect for chemical safety and PPE
• Reliable, as crews are small and each person counts
• Willing to work nights and weekends when plants shut down

• Pest control registration under the fumigation rules
• Working-at-heights or IRATA rope access ticket

• Higher hourly rate than standard cleaning
• Night-shift and standby allowances
• Paid training on machines and chemicals

• Put the machines and chemicals you have used at the top of your CV. Industrial cleaning companies hire on skills, not just willingness.
• If you hold a heights or rope access ticket, attach it. It can double what you earn in this line of work.