Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners

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Custodians and janitors clean and look after buildings: floors, restrooms, trash, small repairs and setting up rooms. Housekeepers clean hotel rooms, hospital rooms and homes. Laundry and dry-cleaning workers and pressers wash, clean and press clothes and linens, and locker room attendants look after gyms and clubs. Experienced workers can become supervisors who schedule and train a crew, or start their own cleaning business. The work is on your feet and uses cleaning chemicals, so safety training matters.

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High school courses that build toward it

• English 10 · English

  Builds reading and writing, which this job uses.

• Entrepreneurship · Career and Technical

  Builds business management, which this job uses.

• Physical Education · Health and PE

  Builds working with customers and clients, which this job uses.

• U.S. History · Social Studies

  Builds reading and writing, which this job uses.

Ranked by how much the job relies on what each course teaches, from O*NET's knowledge ratings. Your school's own courses and the counselor have the final word.