Domestic housekeeping trades fully explained

Domestic housework trades explained

Household domestic Cleaning work can be divided up into several different sub categories or trades much like those found in other industries such as the building industry for example where you find many trades working under the builders banner, including such trades as bricklayers, joiners/carpenters, plasterer, roofer, ceramic tiler, painter and decorator, electrician, plumber etc.

The various different trades within domestic housework as I have categorized them are as follows: -

Carpet and Upholstery Cleaners

Carpet and Upholstery cleaners specialise in shampooing carpets and household upholstery.

Chimney Sweeps

Chimney Sweeps specialise in cleaning household chimneys by the use of industrial type vacuum cleaners and chimney sweep brushes and rods.

Domestic Cleaning maid

The domestic cleaning maid will do most jobs such as general hovering, dusting throughout, mopping of tiled floors, cleaning of bathrooms, ensuites and kitchens, cob webbing and polishing of woodwork etc.

Home Help

Home-helpers will generally do cleaning, tidying up, dish washing, socializing (providing company for older clients) and general errands such as doing bits of food shopping etc

Housekeeper

The domestic housekeeper is as near as you will find to a Jack-of-all-trades within the domestic cleaning industry. Usually the housekeeper will within reason do the domestic cleaning, tidying up, ironing, clean ovens & hobs, also he/she will usually be quite prepared to include some home help type of jobs such as dishwashing, socializing and shopping errands etc.

Ironing Lady

The Ironing lady will as the job description states do your entire household ironing for you.

Oven,Hob Cleaners

Oven, hob cleaners offer a specialist oven and hob cleaning service to a high standard.

Window Cleaners

Window cleaners will clean your windows externally and increasingly these days internally also.


Also there are categories such as aupairs and live in nannies, but in both these cases I feel that you are beginning to drift a little too far away from the general domestic housekeeper.

There are also an increasing number of cleaning companies that are now offering the services of sexy cleaning maids, but I will just categorise them for this purpose as Domestic Cleaning maids.

Can you spot a trade that I have missed?

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Robin Harrison is the managing Director of Dolly Char (UK) Ltd. Dolly Char (UK) Ltd is one of the fastest growing domestic cleaning franchise companies in the UK today giving people the opportunity to work from the comfort of their own home.

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