Housekeeper, Job offer in Burlington, Ontario

Responsibilities

• Cleans public areas and resident’s apartments, including bathrooms, kitchens, patios & windows, floors, furniture and common areas.
• Performs all housekeeping duties including:

1. distributing laundered articles and linens
2. replacing and hanging draperies
3. changing beds
4. cleaning public restrooms and replenishing supplies as needed
5. sweeping, scrubbing, waxing, and polishing floors; cleaning rugs, carpets, upholstered furniture, and draperies
6. dusting furniture and equipment
7. polishing metalwork
8. washing walls, woodwork, windows, door panels, and sills

• Performs all laundry duties including:

1. washing, drying and ironing resident laundry and community linens and textiles in provided appliances
2. folding and/or hanging laundry appropriately
3. distributing laundered articles and linens
4. replacing and hanging draperies and changing beds.

• Maintains resident laundry areas including mopping floors and washing walls regularly.
• Washes windows at reasonable heights through out the community as requested.
• Keeps utility and storage rooms in clean and orderly condition.
• Disinfects and sterilizes equipment and supplies.
• Stocks cleaning cart with supplies.
• Empties wastebaskets, and transports trash and waste to disposal area.
• Ensures with maintenance that trash and dumpster areas are clean.
• Completes maintenance work orders for any maintenance repairs needed.
• Reports resident issues or changes in health or living status promptly.
• Reports potentially unsafe conditions or maintenance related issues promptly to Supervisor.
• May perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Must successfully complete all Atria specified training programs.
• Able to operates cleaning equipment such as: mangle, iron, washer & dryer, brooms, mops, vacuums, etc
• Able to work various schedules and shifts as needed.
• Able to read a limited number of two- and three-syllable words and to recognize similarities and differences between words and between series of numbers.
• Able to add and subtract two digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's.  Able to perform these operations using units of Unites States’ currency and weight measurement, volume, and distance.
• Able to apply common sense understanding to carry out simple one- or two-step instructions.  Able to deal with standardized situations with only occasional or no variables.