Also called: Housekeeper, Room Cleaner
Cleans and resets guest rooms to a hotel's standards.
You get a list of 14 rooms, a cart, and about 30 minutes per room to make beds, scrub bathrooms, and restock. It is physical and fast-paced work. Strong attendants move up to inspector and housekeeping supervisor.
No formal education, about 0 years after high school. No education required; hotels train you on the job to clean and reset rooms to their standards.
Ways in: On-the-job training. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Growing slowly (about 0% over 10 years).
Low risk in 5 years, medium in 10. Robot vacuums help now and home-style robots may take some cleaning by 2036; making beds and detail work stay human.
Age 16+. One way to start: Apply to hotels for housekeeping or room attendant openings
Classes: Hospitality CTE class, Health, Spanish.
Official data: O*NET occupation 37-2012.
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