Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a building cleaner can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a building cleaner already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Building cleaners maintain the cleanliness and overall functionality of various types of buildings such as offices, hospitals and public institutions. They perform cleaning duties like sweeping, vacuuming and mopping floors, empty trash and check security systems, locks and windows. Building cleaners check air conditioning systems and notify the appropriate persons in case of malfunctions or problems.

Also known as superintendent, janitress, building caretaker, super, janitor, custodian, janitors supervisor, maintenance worker, office cleaner, janitors manager.

Elementary occupations 53 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: toilet attendant, 67%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
toilet attendant 67% covered train cleaner 52% covered domestic cleaner 46% covered window cleaner 41% covered locker room attendant 37% covered building cleaner You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from building cleaner, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a building cleaner already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A building cleaner needs 24 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • arrange furniture handling and moving
  • operate janitorial tools handling and moving
  • perform minor repairs to buildings' systems working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • report major building repairs information skills
  • inform on toilet facilities malfunctions communication, collaboration and creativity
  • clean building facade handling and moving
  • clean particular areas manually handling and moving
  • operate floor cleaning equipment handling and moving
  • manage routine waste handling and moving
  • follow organisational guidelines in the cleaning industry assisting and caring
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a building cleaner does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

Index

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Building cleaner is filed under Elementary occupations, ISCO major group 9. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a building cleaner’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.