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Building Cleaning WorkersBuilding cleaning workers are composed of rug shampooers, window washers, housekeeping cleaners, maids, and janitors. They are responsible for cleaning, sanitizing, and maintaining the good condition of residences, hotels, apartments, stores, hospitals, office buildings, and other structures. Cleaning is the basic work, at times there will be other duties. Some of these duties involve heavy cleaning (removing rubbish, washing glass and walls, shampooing rugs, cleaning floors).
Other work may also include seeing if the air conditions or the heater is functioning properly, mowing loans, replenishing bathroom supplies, carpentry, painting, fixing leaky faucets, and more. Depending on what the job description is (maid, janitor, cleaning supervisor, etc), the work will vary accordingly. Usually, if the work is done in large buildings and establishments, the work is delegated to teams. There will be a team for cleaning floors, for washing windows, and the likes.
The usual is to clean a building when it is empty; so housekeeping services are usually done during night time. In hospitals and schools, cleaning services are provided during the day. Full time building cleaning workers spend 40 hrs at most working. Weekends and evenings are for the part timers. Shifting is done when there is a necessity for house cleaning for 24 hours.
Usually, building cleaning workers work in heated and lighted environments. There are times though that work is done outside (shoveling snow, mowing lawns, sweeping walkways). Some work would involve dirt and unpleasantness (cleaning bathrooms, removing trash). Work hazards include burns, bruises, cuts, machine injuries, body strain (standing and moving around always).
There is no required special education for building cleaning workers. The only requirements are the ability to follow instructions properly and knowledge of some basic arithmetic. Those whose work involves repairing things, shop courses in high school are great help. The skills for building cleaning workers are mostly learned and harnessed on the job. Those who are still beginning will be assigned with more experienced ones. The work will usually involve a routine. The more experience means the more complex jobs are given.
Janitors, carpet cleaners, maids, building cleaning workers in general hold millions of job positions in the country. Almost all building or establishment has home cleaning workers employed. The employment rate is projected to grow averagely fast. This is because there will be more establishments in the future that needs cleaning services. Earnings vary from every establishment and from the kind of work done.
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