Also called: House Cleaner, Domestic Worker
Cleans and maintains private homes for families or a cleaning company, dusting, vacuuming, scrubbing bathrooms, and doing laundry, often weekly.
She cleans three homes in a day: dusting, vacuuming, scrubbing bathrooms, making beds and doing laundry, often for the same families every week.
No formal education, about 0 years after high school. No formal education; on-the-job training.
Ways in: On-the-job training. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Growing slowly (about 1% over 10 years). BLS projection for maids and housekeeping cleaners, approx.
Low risk in 5 years, medium in 10. Robot vacuums already help and home humanoid robots may take some chores by 2036; detailed cleaning stays human.
Age 16+. One way to start: Offer house cleaning to neighbors and family friends, or apply to cleaning companies (often 18+)
Classes: Health, Spanish, Foods & Nutrition class.
Official data: O*NET occupation 37-2012.
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