Janitor

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Janitor

• By C. Goetz

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Nature of the Work

• There nature or work consists of cleaning offices
  and schools. There are also like maids and things
  that are like house hold janitors and they clean
  house hold things like mop the floor, clean the
  toilet and ect.

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Other types of janitors

• There are other types of cleaning people but
  there are also maids, housekeepers, carpet
  shampooers, people who go door to door showing
  how there cleaners work and many others.

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Working conditions

• Janitors use a Varity of tools to clean places
  like brooms mops chemicals vacuums toilet
  scrubbers and ect.

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Working conditions continued

• Janitors usually clean in the evening when no one
  is there so they wont get in the way of the
  office workers and the teachers

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Back ground needed

• No special education is required for most
  janitorial or cleaning jobs, but beginners should
  know simple arithmetic and be able to follow
  instructions. High school shop courses are
  helpful for jobs involving repair work .
• www.dol.gov

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Working your way up

• Most building cleaners learn their skills on the
  job. Beginners usually work with an experienced
  cleaner, doing routine cleaning. As they gain
  more experience, they are assigned more
  complicated tasks. In some cities, programs run
  by unions, government agencies, or employers
  teach janitorial skills.

www.dol.gov
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pay

• Elementary and secondary schools22,910
• Local government 22,860
• Colleges, universities, and professional
  schools21,860
• Lessors of real estate21,050
• Services to buildings and dwellings16,820
• www.dol.gov

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safety

• Janitors have to learn how to handle chemicals
  and use them safely and use common sense

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Credits

• http//www.bls.gov/oco/ocos174.htm