Public Area Cleaner (Hotel)

Housekeeping at a conference hotel in Isando is steady work with room to grow into supervising. Good for someone who wants to build a solid track record they can put on their CV.

Home base is a conference hotel on the Isando side of Gauteng. Start is planned for the beginning of next month.

• Work through a room list, marking rooms clean on the housekeeping board
• Log lost property with the guest's room number and date
• Vacuum, dust and check the minibar in each room
• Clean lobby, lifts and public toilets through the day
• Keep your trolley stocked and neat before each shift
• Do evening turndowns, closing curtains and setting out slippers

• Physically able to push trolleys and turn mattresses
• 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

• Speaking a foreign language for tourist guests
• Experience with industrial laundry machines

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