Housekeepers are required to organise hotel staff to ensure all rooms are tidy and clean. They also are responsible for recruiting and training new members for the staff. These workers prepare budgets and buy supplies when necessary. They can work for residential and hotel facilities, including holiday centres, luxury health spas, small hotels, among others.

A Housekeeper usually performs many of the following tasks:
• Hiring new employees.
• Checking if anything is broken, replacing supplies if necessary.
• Controlling costs.
• Helping room attendants.
• Arranging maintenance tasks.

• Having leadership skills.
• Being able to work with a team.
• Having high attention to details.
• Being able to stay calm under stressful situations.
• Having abilities to delegate tasks and duties.
• Being proactive and flexible.
• Having good communication skills.
• Being physically fit.
• Having interpersonal abilities.
• Having good organisational skills.

Housekeeping jobs do not frequently require academic qualifications, but many applicants have relevant experience in the hospitality industry as a minimum. Examples of specific qualifications for this area are NVQ/SVQ or GNVQ/GSVQ in Catering and Hospitality, BTEC HND/HNC in Hospitality Management, BTEC National Diploma in Hospitality Supervision, among others.

This area is open to all people over 18 years old including GCSE´s in English and Math.