Occupation Atlasbuilding exterior cleaner
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/a632fb74-ef49-4f4a-9777-b7df54a0f897
building exterior cleaner
Building exterior cleaners remove dirt and litter from a building's exterior, as well as perform restoration tasks. They ensure the cleaning methods are compliant with safety regulations, and monitor the exteriors to ensure they are in proper condition.
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Job Zone
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- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 3: Medium Preparation Needed
Medium preparation. Vocational training, related on-the-job experience, or an associate degree, with one to two years of training that combines experience and informal instruction.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
RCSRealistic · Conventional · Social — the three strongest interests, in order
- R Realistic6.73
- C Conventional4.61
- S Social2.11
- E Enterprising1.67
- I Investigative1.15
- A Artistic1.00
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners (37-2011.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, a broader O*NET occupation that includes this one, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (12)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- apply spraying techniques
- assess contamination
- avoid contamination
- clean building facade
- clean building floors
- cleaning industry health and safety measures
- cleaning techniques
- identify damage to buildings
- operate pressure washer
- remove contaminants
- secure working area
- use personal protection equipment
Optional (19)
- assess waste type
- build scaffolding
- carry out pressure washing activities
- clean glass surfaces
- clean wood surface
- disinfect surfaces
- follow safety procedures when working at heights
- graffiti removal techniques
- handle chemical cleaning agents
- identify damage to public space
- maintain cleaning equipment
- microbiology-bacteriology
- perform demarcation
- perform outdoor cleaning activities
- report on building damage
- sort waste
- tend asbestos blower
- use solvents
- waste management
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
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