First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping & Janitorial Workers

Also Called:

Environmental Services Supervisor (EVS),

Executive Housekeeper,

Housekeeping Supervisor,

Maintenance Supervisor

What they do: Directly supervise and coordinate work activities of cleaning personnel in hotels, hospitals, offices, and other establishments.

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Hospitality, Events, & Tourism

Career Cluster

What do they typically do on the job?

  • Supervise in-house services, such as laundries, maintenance and repair, dry cleaning, or valet services.
  • Select the most suitable cleaning materials for different types of linens, furniture, flooring, and surfaces.
  • Advise managers, desk clerks, or admitting personnel of rooms ready for occupancy.

Personality

People interested in this work like activities that include leading, making decisions, and business.

Leadership Orientation

Dependability

Attention to Detail

Cooperation

Integrity

Self-Control

Interests

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Abilities

Whether you have received formal training or not, these types of abilities are helpful in this career.

Verbal

  • Communicate by speaking

  • Listen and understand what people say

Ideas and Logic

  • Notice when problems happen

  • Order or arrange things

Skills

People who want to pursue this career have skills in these areas.

Basic Skills

  • Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements

  • Talking to others

Problem Solving

  • Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it

Social

  • Changing what is done based on other people's actions

  • Looking for ways to help people

Does this sound like something you'd like to do?

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  • Identify how your interests, values, and strengths match this occupation
  • Talk to someone who works in this field or spend a day job shadowing
  • Use the colleges and training directory to explore programs related to this career

2. Plan your next move

  • Talk to your college and career counselor or school admissions staff
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Data for NSI career cards comes from the following: Idaho Department of Labor, US Bureau of Labor Statistics, O*NET, MyNextMove, and Career OneStop