Housekeeping Aide needed in Canada by Neelima Bhardwaj

Employment groups

This employer promotes equal employment opportunities for all job applicants, including those self-identifying as a member of these groups: Apprentices, Indigenous people, Persons with disabilities, Newcomers to Canada, Seniors, Students, Veterans, Visible minorities, Youth

Housekeeping aides are individuals who perform janitorial services. They are responsible for keeping an assigned area tidy and they follow orders for daily housekeeping chores from the housekeeping manager.

Housekeeping aides may work for large or small companies, regular families, and janitorial services companies; hospitals, hotels, and office and residential buildings.

The housekeeping aide job description may entail taking care of pantries used by the employees and ensuring that supplies for beverages, such as coffee, chocolate and/or tea are always available.

Their responsibilities may vary slightly depending on the place they work. However, their primary responsibility will include keeping kitchens and restrooms clean, responding to guests, visitors, or residents’ housekeeping needs.

It may also involve performing preventative infection control procedures through effective sanitation of all surfaces and furniture, and carrying out daily cleaning routine.

If employed in a health facility, their responsibility may include interacting with patients, visitors, and guests to determine their needs and attempt to execute them promptly.

They may also be required to anticipate the needs of patients and their visitors and provide them with information regarding facility policies and procedures.

To work as a housekeeping aide, interested individuals need at least High School diploma or GED. The essence of having a formal education is to guarantee that applicants for the job can read and understand instructions, as well as follow company policies and procedures.

However, extensive experience can be substituted for education.

Housekeeping Aide Job Description

Housekeeping aides perform a variety of housekeeping/cleaning functions in various areas to maintain their organizations in a sanitary, safe, and attractive, and orderly condition.

They help to guarantee that all the cleaning and laundry needs of a facility or organization are effectively handled.

The major tasks, duties, and responsibilities that commonly make a housekeeping aide work description are listed below:

• Dust and clean furniture and fixtures, walls, and baseboards; doors, ceilings, and stairwells, mirrors, etc., to maintain the facility’s appearance
• Use wet floor signs to mark wet floors, mop wet floors, and put furniture in order in the assigned area
• Avoid dusting and cleaning smoke detectors in resident rooms, isolation rooms, and nursing stations; day rooms, shower rooms, etc., using various cleaners and disinfectant chemicals
• Responsible for the terminal cleaning of resident room upon transfer, discharge, or death of occupant
• Responsible for the cleaning of utility rooms
• Maintain chrome doorplate and handles as needed
• Turn filled maintenance request slips to the supervisor as needed
• Responsible for cleaning and polishing the elevator as needed
• Carry out emergency housekeeping duties where accidents occur
• Responsible for restocking and maintenance of a clear stockroom and housekeeping cart
• Responsible for emptying and cleaning of all trash cans in the assigned area.