Public Area Cleaner (Hotel) – Experienced

You'll turn rooms around at a city business hotel in Middelburg (MP) so every guest walks into a room that feels new. This is a good step for someone who wants proper routine and a manager who notices good work.

Location: Middelburg (MP), Mpumalanga. Applicants who already live in the area get looked at first. The first two weeks are spent shadowing someone experienced.

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

• Quick and thorough, with a target of about 14 to 16 rooms a shift
• Physically able to push trolleys and turn mattresses
• Available on weekends, holidays and in peak season
• Well groomed
• Grade 10 or matric
• Friendly and polite if you meet guests in the corridor

• Experience with industrial laundry machines
• Speaking a foreign language for tourist guests
• A hospitality short course or NQF Level 2 accommodation services certificate

• Share of the service charge or guest tips
• Meals on duty from the staff kitchen
• Uniform supplied and laundered

• 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.