What Is a Weekend Cleaner and How to Become One

By ZipRecruiter Marketplace Research Team

As a weekend cleaner, you clean offices, commercial spaces, and residential homes on weekends. You dust furniture, take out the trash, and perform a variety of other janitorial and housekeeping duties. Your responsibilities include working independently and keeping written logs about trash collection, noting the time you clean each area. Whether you work in a large building or someone’s home, you maintain a degree of discretion, carefully working around personal spaces and objects. Other duties may involve working in a team to complete tasks, such as vacuuming or mopping a larger area.

To get a job as a weekend cleaner, you typically need to have a high school diploma, reliable transportation, and some relevant work experience. Preferred qualifications include experience working in janitorial or maid services. You also need consistent weekend availability. You must have some physical stamina, as you regularly lift, empty, and move trash bins, vacuums, and other objects in this role. You must demonstrate that you have a strong work ethic and are dependable, trustworthy, detail-oriented, and punctual. Time-management and multitasking skills are also essential. Employers may require you to pass a background check.