Maids & 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.

On the job, you would:

Keep storage areas and carts well-stocked, clean, and tidy.
Carry linens, towels, toilet items, and cleaning supplies, using wheeled carts.
Clean rooms, hallways, lobbies, lounges, restrooms, corridors, elevators, stairways, locker rooms, and other work areas so that health standards are met.

Personality

A3	Your Strengths	Importance	Characteristics of this Career
		83%	Self-Control - Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.
		82%	Attention to Detail - Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
		81%	Dependability - Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
		81%	Cooperation - Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
		79%	Integrity - Job requires being honest and ethical.
		79%	Independence - Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done.
		76%	Stress Tolerance - Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations.
		76%	Adaptability/Flexibility - Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.
		76%	Concern for Others - Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job.
		71%	Initiative - Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
		67%	Persistence - Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles.
		64%	Achievement/Effort - Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.
		61%	Social Orientation - Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job.
		53%	Leadership - Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction.
		52%	Analytical Thinking - Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems.

A3	Your Strengths	Importance	Strengths
		95%	Realistic - Work involves designing, building, or repairing of equipment, materials, or structures, engaging in physical activity, or working outdoors. Realistic occupations are often associated with engineering, mechanics and electronics, construction, woodworking, transportation, machine operation, agriculture, animal services, physical or manual labor, athletics, or protective services.
		67%	Conventional - Work involves following procedures and regulations to organize information or data, typically in a business setting. Conventional occupations are often associated with office work, accounting, mathematics/statistics, information technology, finance, or human resources.

A3	Your Strengths	Importance	Values of the Work Environment
		72%	Relationships - Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service.

Aptitude

A3	Your Strengths	Importance	Abilities \| Cognitive, Physical, Personality
		53%	Trunk Strength - The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without "giving out" or fatiguing.

Job Details

Responsibilities

Move materials, equipment, or supplies.

Clean facilities or sites.

Dispose of trash or waste materials.

Inventory materials or equipment.

Clean facilities or sites.

Inventory materials or equipment.

Clean furniture or fixtures.

Clean equipment or supplies.

Clean building walls or flooring.

Clean furniture or fixtures.

Clean building walls or flooring.

Clean furniture or fixtures.

Clean building walls or flooring.

Clean furniture or fixtures.

Decorate indoor or outdoor spaces.

Clean equipment or supplies.

Monitor building premises to ensure occupant or visitor safety.

Clean equipment or supplies.

Clean facilities or sites.

Remove debris from work sites.

Sort materials or products.

Operate garment treatment equipment.

Deliver items.

Purchase products or services.

Inventory materials or equipment.

Clean furniture or fixtures.

Move furniture.

Decorate indoor or outdoor spaces.

Schedule repair, installation or maintenance activities.

Maintain equipment or systems to ensure proper functioning.

Instruct staff in work policies or procedures.

Plan employee work schedules.

Answer telephones to direct calls or provide information.

Move furniture.

A3	Your Strengths	Importance	Attributes & Percentage of Time Spent
		95%	Spend Time Standing - How much does this job require standing?
		94%	Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions - How much does this job require making repetitive motions?
		87%	Spend Time Walking and Running - How much does this job require walking and running?
		87%	Spend Time Bending or Twisting the Body - How much does this job require bending or twisting your body?
		85%	Face-to-Face Discussions - How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job?
		82%	Indoors, Environmentally Controlled - How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions?
		77%	Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets - How much does this job require wearing common protective or safety equipment such as safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hard hats or life jackets?
		76%	Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls - How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls?
		73%	Work With Work Group or Team - How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job?
		73%	Time Pressure - How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines?
		69%	Contact With Others - How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it?
		69%	Exposed to Contaminants - How often does this job require working exposed to contaminants (such as pollutants, gases, dust or odors)?
		66%	Importance of Being Exact or Accurate - How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job?
		64%	Spend Time Kneeling, Crouching, Stooping, or Crawling - How much does this job require kneeling, crouching, stooping or crawling?
		59%	Structured versus Unstructured Work - To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals?
		57%	Deal With External Customers - How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job?
		55%	Freedom to Make Decisions - How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer?
		54%	Responsible for Others' Health and Safety - How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job?

A3	Your Strengths	Importance	Tasks & Values
		71%	Performing General Physical Activities - Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling materials.
		60%	Assisting and Caring for Others - Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients.
		58%	Performing for or Working Directly with the Public - Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests.
		58%	Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates - Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
		57%	Getting Information - Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
		54%	Handling and Moving Objects - Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
		52%	Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work - Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.

Getting Started

Education:

45%

Less than a High School Diploma

36%

High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED)

Maids & Housekeeping Cleaners

What they do:

On the job, you would:

Personality

Characteristics of this Career

Strengths

Values of the Work Environment

Aptitude

Abilities | Cognitive, Physical, Personality

Job Details

Attributes & Percentage of Time Spent

Tasks & Values

Getting Started