Room Attendant (Hotel Housekeeping)

Clean rooms mean good reviews, and this serviced apartment block in Bethlehem lives on reviews. It's a practical job: you'll see what you got done before you go home.

Location: Bethlehem, Free State. Applicants who already live in the area get looked at first. There's a probation period of three months before the contract is confirmed.

• Do evening turndowns with chocolates and curtain closing.
• Update room status on the housekeeping app or board after each room.
• Strip beds, make them up with fresh linen and square the corners.
• Hand in lost property with a written log entry.
• Inspect rooms against the checklist before release to front office.

• Hotel, guesthouse or domestic cleaning experience
• You work neatly and notice a hair on a pillow
• Weekend and public holiday work
• You can finish around 14 rooms in a shift
• Honest and trustworthy around guest belongings
• Fit enough to lift mattresses and push trolleys all day

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

• Meals on duty
• Monthly award for best room scores
• Uniform and protective gloves supplied

• 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.