What Do Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners Do (including Their Typical Day At Work)

Job Description

Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners perform any combination of light cleaning duties to maintain private households or commercial establishments, such as hotels and hospitals, in a clean and orderly manner. Duties may include making beds, replenishing linens, cleaning rooms and halls, and vacuuming. They also carry linens, towels, toilet items, and cleaning supplies, using wheeled carts.

Other tasks include:

• Disinfect equipment and supplies, using germicides or steam-operated sterilizers.
• Clean rooms, hallways, lobbies, lounges, restrooms, corridors, elevators, stairways, locker rooms, and other work areas so that health standards are met.
• Wash dishes and clean kitchens, cooking utensils, and silverware.
• Polish silver accessories and metalwork, such as fixtures and fittings.
• Empty wastebaskets, empty and clean ashtrays, and transport other trash and waste to disposal areas.
• Observe precautions required to protect hotel and guest property and report damage, theft, and found articles to supervisors.

We asked Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners how satisfied they are with their job. Here is what they said.

55% of them said they were satisfied with their job and 54% said they find that their job makes the world a better place or helps to make someone else’s life better.

Typical Day At Work

On a daily basis, Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners replenish supplies, such as drinking glasses, linens, writing supplies, and bathroom items. They sweep, scrub, wax, or polish floors, using brooms, mops, or powered scrubbing and waxing machines.

• Clean rooms, hallways, lobbies, lounges, restrooms, corridors, elevators, stairways, locker rooms, and other work areas so that health standards are met.
• Wash windows, walls, ceilings, and woodwork, waxing and polishing as necessary.
• Keep storage areas and carts well-stocked, clean, and tidy.
• Empty wastebaskets, empty and clean ashtrays, and transport other trash and waste to disposal areas.
• Observe precautions required to protect hotel and guest property and report damage, theft, and found articles to supervisors.

We asked some Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners a few questions to find out what else does their work day look like. Here is what we found.

Other responsibilities

Besides their typical day, Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners also deliver television sets, ironing boards, baby cribs, and rollaway beds to guests’ rooms. They may also purchase or order groceries and household supplies to keep kitchens stocked and record expenditures.

On a weekly to monthly basis, Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners Prepare rooms for meetings and arrange decorations, media equipment, and furniture for social or business functions. They might also Move and arrange furniture and turn mattresses.

In addition, they Request repair services and wait for repair workers to arrive.

Although specific duties may vary, many of them Wash dishes and clean kitchens, cooking utensils, and silverware.

To some Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners, it is also their responsibility to Run errands, such as taking laundry to the cleaners and buying groceries.

Working life

Less than 40 hours per week

Regular schedule like a 9 to 5

In a typical work week as a Maid and Housekeeping Cleaner, you can expect to work less than 40 hours per week.

Is this right for me

People who are suitable for this job tends to like work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They like working with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery..

They also like following set procedures and routines. They like working with data and details more than with ideas.

You can read more about these career personality types here.

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