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Hotel housekeepers make sure that hotel accommodation is clean and tidy and ready for guests.
You could work: days / nights / weekends; on shifts
As a hotel housekeeper, you would:
If you work as a supervisor or manager, you could:
You could work in a hotel, in holiday accomodation or on a cruise ship.
Your working environment may be physically demanding.
You can get into this job through:
You could take a college course to get some of the skills needed in this job. Courses include:
You can apply to do a Hospitality Accommodation Team Member Level 2 Intermediate Apprenticeship with a hotel group.
You might also apply to do a Hospitality Supervisor Level 3 Advanced Apprenticeship if you're already working in the industry.
You can complete a Hospitality Manager Level 4 Higher Apprenticeship, if you want to become a housekeeping manager.
You'll usually need:
You may be able to start as a hotel cleaner, porter or kitchen staff and become a room attendant or housekeeper through company training and promotion.
You can apply directly if you have experience of working in other roles in the hospitality industry, such as customer service.
Employers will be interested in your personal qualities and will expect you to be hardworking, honest and a reliable timekeeper.
You can find work with large hotel groups or chains, and independent hotels, guesthouses and holiday parks.
You can find out more about how to become a hotel housekeeper from Caterer.com.
With experience and training, you could progress to roles like head housekeeper or accommodation services manager.
You could also move into other areas of hotel work, such as front-of-house management, staff training, or events and operations management.