Commercial Cleaners

Key Tasks

• •Vacuuming carpets, curtains and upholstered furniture
• •Cleaning, dusting and polishing furniture, fixtures and fittings
• •Removing rubbish and recyclable material, and emptying containers, bins and trays
• •Stripping wax from floors, re-waxing and polishing floors
• •Cleaning and disinfecting laundry and bathroom fixtures, replenishing supplies and reporting defective plumbing fixtures
• •Operating industrial vacuum cleaners to clean floors, work areas and machines
• •Removing dust and dirt from ceilings, walls, overhead pipes and fixtures
• •Applying acids and solvents to surfaces to remove stains and dirt
• •Removing lint, dust, soot, oil, grease, sludge and other residues from machines, hulls and holds of ships, and interiors and exteriors of furnaces, boilers and tanks
• •May clean exteriors of buildings by sand-blasting and applying solvents

Employment Projections to 2034