Domestic Cleaners

Domestic Cleaners clean and tidy private dwellings such as houses, units, flats, apartments and townhouses.

**Indicative skill level:**

Most occupations in this unit group have a level of skill commensurate with the qualifications outlined below.

#### In Australia:

- AQF Certificate I, or compulsory secondary education (ANZSCO Skill Level 5)

#### In New Zealand:

- NZQF Level 1 qualification, or compulsory secondary education (ANZSCO Skill Level 5)

For some occupations a short period of on-the-job training may be required in addition to or instead of the formal qualification. In some instances no formal qualification or on-the-job training may be required.

**Tasks include:**

- vacuuming carpets, curtains and upholstered furniture - sweeping, mopping, waxing and polishing tiled, vinyl, timber and concrete floors - tidying rooms, emptying wastepaper bins and removing refuse and recyclable material - cleaning, disinfecting and deodorising kitchens, bathrooms and toilets - dusting, cleaning and polishing furniture and other homewares - cleaning windows and other glass surfaces