Laundry Attendant (Hotel Linen Room)

Check-out to check-in in under an hour, room after room, at a city business hotel in Krugersdorp. Expect to be trusted with real work from your first week.

Location: Krugersdorp, Gauteng. Applicants who already live in the area get looked at first. Most weeks are 45 hours, in line with the BCEA.

• Load, wash, dry and press linen in the hotel laundry
• Do evening turndowns, closing curtains and setting out slippers
• Strip and make beds to the hotel's standard, hospital corners included
• Work through a room list, marking rooms clean on the housekeeping board
• Log lost property with the guest's room number and date
• Clean bathrooms, replace towels and restock guest toiletries
• Clean lobby, lifts and public toilets through the day

• Physically able to push trolleys and turn mattresses
• Honest, since you work in guests' rooms alone
• Well groomed
• Available on weekends, holidays and in peak season
• Grade 10 or matric
• 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
• Speaking a foreign language for tourist guests
• Experience with industrial laundry machines

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

• Mention seasonal availability for December and Easter. Coastal and lodge properties hire heavily before those peaks.
• Write how many rooms you usually cleaned per shift. Head housekeepers care about pace as much as quality.