Worker, carpet cleaner

This unit group includes cleaning workers not classified elsewhere in minor group 912 Vehicle, window, laundry and other hand cleaning workers. Other cleaning workers clean surfaces or items such as carpets, walls, swimming pools and cooling towers using special cleaning equipment and chemicals.

• cleaning carpets and upholstered furniture using cleaning machines and various attachments;
• selecting and using cleaning agents to remove stains from carpets;
• treating carpets with chemicals to protect against moths;
• cleaning stone walls, metal surfaces and cladding with pressurised water and cleaning solutions;
• using chemicals and high-pressure cleaning methods to remove microorganisms from water and filtration systems;
• using vacuum equipment to remove scale, accumulated dirt and other sediment from swimming pools, cooling towers and sewer pipes.
• Examples of occupations in this unit group:
• Worker, carpet cleaner
• Worker, swimming pool cleaning