Room Attendant (Hotel Housekeeping)

You'll clean and set up guest rooms at a casino hotel in Pietermaritzburg to a checklist standard. Bring a calm head on busy days and you'll be fine.

This post is Pietermaritzburg-based, with most of your time spent at a casino hotel. Start date: as soon as possible for the right person.

• Wash, dry and press linen and table cloths in the laundry.
• Hand in lost property with a written log entry.
• Mix chemicals safely and store them as the MSDS sheet shows.
• Update room status on the housekeeping app or board after each room.
• Clean bathrooms, showers and toilets with the correct colour-coded cloths.
• Vacuum, mop and dust rooms from top to bottom.
• Strip beds, make them up with fresh linen and square the corners.

• Honest and trustworthy around guest belongings
• Grade 10 or higher
• You work neatly and notice a hair on a pillow
• Fit enough to lift mattresses and push trolleys all day
• You can finish around 14 rooms in a shift

• Basic first aid certificate
• A supervisor course or time spent running a floor

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

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