Laundry Attendant (Hotel Linen Room)

Check-out to check-in in under an hour, room after room, at a beachfront holiday resort in Stellenbosch. It's the kind of job where doing the basics well every day gets you noticed.

This post is Stellenbosch-based, with most of your time spent at a beachfront holiday resort. Overtime comes up in peak season and is paid.

• Log lost property with the guest's room number and date
• Keep your trolley stocked and neat before each shift
• Work through a room list, marking rooms clean on the housekeeping board
• Do evening turndowns, closing curtains and setting out slippers
• Clean lobby, lifts and public toilets through the day
• Strip and make beds to the hotel's standard, hospital corners included

• Honest, since you work in guests' rooms alone
• Physically able to push trolleys and turn mattresses
• Quick and thorough, with a target of about 14 to 16 rooms a shift
• Available on weekends, holidays and in peak season

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

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

• Mention seasonal availability for December and Easter. Coastal and lodge properties hire heavily before those peaks.
• If you worked in a star-graded hotel, say which grading. It tells them the standard you already know.