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About This Occupation
Keep buildings in clean and orderly condition. Perform heavy cleaning duties, such as cleaning floors, shampooing rugs, washing walls and glass, and removing rubbish. Duties may include tending furnace and boiler, performing routine maintenance activities, notifying management of need for repairs, and cleaning snow or debris from sidewalk.
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Airport Attendant
Alley Cleaner
Alley Worker
Attendant
Brass Cleaner
Brass Polisher
Building Attendant
Building Custodian
Building Maintenance Custodian
Building Maintenance Superintendent
Building Maintenance Technician
Building Superintendent, Cleaning, Painting, Maintenance
Building Superintendent, Custodian, Janitor, Maintenance
Camp Attendant
Camp Tender
Campground Cleaning Attendant
Care Taker
Caretaker
Carpet Cleaner
Casino Porter
Change House Attendant
Chimney Sweep
Chore Worker
Cleaner
Cleaning and Maintenance Worker
Cleaning Custodian
Cleaning Handyman
Cleaning Laborer
Cleaning Porter
Cleaning Technician
Coach Cleaner
Commercial or Institutional Cleaner
Custodial Aide
Custodial Engineer
Custodial Laborer
Custodial Maintenance Worker
Custodial Worker
Custodian
Day Worker
Dormitory Keeper
Dry Boss
Dry House Attendant
Dry House Worker
Dry Man
Duct Cleaner
Environmental Specialist
Fixture Relamper
Floor Care Specialist
Floor Cleaner
Floor Polisher
Floor Scrubber
Floor Sweeper
Floor Technician
Floor Waxer
Floorperson
Floors Buffer
Furnace Caretaker
Furnace Operator
Hall Cleaner
Handy Man
Handyman
Head Cleaning Porter
Heavy Duty Custodian
Helper, Maintenance, Cleaning
Hired Man
Hired Worker
Home Restoration Service Cleaner
Hospital Cleaner
Housekeeper
Houseman
Hydroelectric Plant Maintainer
Industrial Cleaner
Industrial Plant Custodian
Industrial Sweeper-Cleaner
Janitor
Janitor and Cleaner
Janitor Caretaker
Janitor Cleaner
Janitor Custodian
Janitor Helper
Janitorial Assistant
Janitorial Maintenance Worker
Joss House Keeper
Labor Custodian
Laboratory Equipment Cleaner
Lamp Replacer
Latrine Cleaner
Lead Janitor
Light Bulb Replacer
Light Fixture Servicer
Maintenance Aide
Maintenance Assistant
Maintenance Worker
Marble Cleaner
Metal Polisher
Multi-Story Window/Building Exterior Cleaner
Odd Jobs Day Worker
Office Cleaner
Office Sweeper
Operational Service Worker
Paper Cleaner
Patch Worker
Plant Custodian
Pool Cleaner
Porter
Power Washer
Project Crew Worker
Sanitation Worker
School Custodian
School Janitor
Scrub Woman
Scrubber
Sexton
Station Cleaning Porter
Sweeper
Swimming Pool Servicer
Tobacco Sweeper
Utility Person
Utility Porter
Utility Worker
Venetian Blind Cleaner
Venetian Blind Cleaner and Repairer
Venetian Blind Washer
Wall Cleaner
Wall Washer
Wallpaper Cleaner
Washer
Washhouse Worker
Window Cleaner
Window Washer
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Adjustable hand wrenches
Adjustable widemouth pliers
Aerial manlifts
Air compressors
Carpet shampooers
Claw hammers
Cordless drills
Desktop computers
Dry mops
Equipment dollies
Extension ladders
Floor buffers
Floor strippers
Floor waxers
Forklifts
Hand trucks
Hedge trimmers
Industrial vacuums
Insecticide sprayers
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Word
Personal computers
Phillips head screwdrivers
Portable scaffolding
Power floor scrubbers
Power grinders
Power mowers
Power saws
Precision files
Protective ear plugs
Push brooms
Ratchet wrenches
Ride-on industrial vacuum cleaners
Safety glasses
Safety gloves
Scissor lifts
Snow blowers
Snow shovels
Snowplows
Steam cleaning equipment
Step ladders
Straight screwdrivers
Wet mops
Window squeegees
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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.
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