Public Area Cleaner (Hotel)

Guests at a city business hotel in Polokwane will never meet you, but they will judge the stay by your work. If you like clear targets and knowing where you stand, this is for you.

You'll be based at a city business hotel in Polokwane. Living nearby, or on a taxi route to it, really helps. The first two weeks are spent shadowing someone experienced.

• Keep your trolley stocked and neat before each shift
• Report maintenance faults like dripping taps or broken lights
• Work through a room list, marking rooms clean on the housekeeping board
• Clean lobby, lifts and public toilets through the day
• Strip and make beds to the hotel's standard, hospital corners included

• Physically able to push trolleys and turn mattresses
• Honest, since you work in guests' rooms alone
• Available on weekends, holidays and in peak season
• Friendly and polite if you meet guests in the corridor
• Grade 10 or matric

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

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

• 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.