Laundry Attendant (Lodge)

You'll clean and set up guest rooms at a bush lodge in Bloemfontein to a checklist standard. Expect to be trusted with real work from your first week.

Home base is a bush lodge on the Bloemfontein side of Free State. There's a probation period of three months before the contract is confirmed.

• Vacuum, mop and dust rooms from top to bottom.
• Clean bathrooms, showers and toilets with the correct colour-coded cloths.
• Report broken fittings, leaks and damage to maintenance.
• Strip beds, make them up with fresh linen and square the corners.
• Inspect rooms against the checklist before release to front office.
• Update room status on the housekeeping app or board after each room.

• Weekend and public holiday work
• You can finish around 14 rooms in a shift
• Hotel, guesthouse or domestic cleaning experience
• Honest and trustworthy around guest belongings
• Grade 10 or higher
• You work neatly and notice a hair on a pillow

• Laundry machine and steam press experience
• A supervisor course or time spent running a floor
• Basic first aid certificate

• Monthly award for best room scores
• Staff transport from nearby townships for early shifts
• Uniform and protective gloves supplied
• Meals on duty

• Write how many rooms per shift you managed at your last job; supervisors look for that number.
• Many hotels recruit through walk-ins at the staff entrance, so ask for the housekeeping office and leave your CV there.