What do a Cleaner Job’s involve?
A Cleaner’s job involves cleaning across a range of locations both private and public.
This includes offices, private households, retail spaces, outdoor areas, restaurants and events. Cleaning Jobs offered by cleaning agencies often involve working across multiple sites. However, Cleaning Jobs offered in-house, by offices or restaurants, stay in one location. Cleaning Jobs require a Cleaner to maintain a tidy and hygienic environment, using cleaning equipment such as brooms, vacuums and mops. Cleaning Jobs often require the completion of mild maintenance tasks too, accommodating for light bulbs or broken-office furniture.
Cleaning skills and qualifications
Cleaning Jobs require excellent knowledge of cleaning products and equipment alongside practical skills, knowledge of health and safety and keen attention to detail. The key skills and qualifications of a Cleaning Job include the following:
- Ability to select the appropriate cleaning equipment and chemicals for a particular job
- Application of deep cleaning procedures, including limescale or grease removal
- Physical strength to spend multiple hours on their feet while also bending over at times
- Dexterity to lift large, heavy objects safely without injury or harm to others
- Ability to keep to a timetable or cleaning rota, knowing which days to place rubbish for collection or which days to clean specific areas of the building
- Ability to work independently with minimal on-the-job supervision
- Ability to warn Colleagues of wet surfaces or chemicals by using appropriate warning signs
- Application of COSHH procedures when using industrial chemicals
Cleaning Job experience requirements
Cleaning Jobs require a minimum of one year of experience working in a similar role.
Employers can consider applicants with other cleaning experience too, even if it’s cleaning their own homes or the homes of friends and relatives. Industrial Cleaning Jobs and Medical Cleaning Jobs require more experience than domestic or office-based Cleaning Jobs. In medical facilities, employers look for at least two years of cleaning experience in a professional capacity.
Cleaning education and training requirements
Cleaning Jobs require GCSEs in English and maths. However, employers do not often require further formal education than that. Candidates can gain training through Cleaning apprenticeships, which employers look favourably upon. Employers can also look for candidates with existing health and safety training or COSSH training. These are often provided on the job and directly to new employees.
A Cleaner’s salary expectations
According to Indeed Salaries, the average salary for a Cleaner Job is £9.21 per hour. Salary may be dependent on experience, location and company.
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