Overview
Caretakers maintain and clean residential buildings, schools, offices, holiday camps, caravan parks and associated grounds.
Day-to-day
- filling out registration forms and providing tenants with copies of rules
- collecting rent, and filling out and issuing receipts
- cleaning common facilities, grounds and gardens, replacing light bulbs, checking fire hoses and extinguishers, and performing other cleaning and maintenance tasks
- notifying management and owners of buildings of the need for major repairs
- cautioning tenants regarding excessive noise, disorderly conduct and abuse of property
- patrolling buildings to ensure security is maintained
- purchasing cleaning supplies.
Considerations
- Physically demanding
To become a Caretaker
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You can work as a Caretaker without formal qualifications, however, a certificate III or IV in a related area such as plumbing, carpentry or electrical may be useful.
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