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Overview
The work can include cleaning wood, marble, upholstered and public furniture, applying polish or wax, handling cleaning agents and advising customers on furniture care.
In job descriptions, look for furniture care products, dust-removing tools, upholstered furniture, wood surfaces, stain cleaning, polishing, waxing, chemical agents, customer service, vehicles and cleaning-industry safety routines.
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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
Furniture cleaners work on furniture surfaces and materials rather than general room cleaning alone. Tasks can include dust removal, stain treatment, polishing, waxing, upholstery cleaning, marble cleaning and protecting colour or finish.
Skills and specializations
Useful skills include furniture care products, wood types, upholstered furniture, marble furniture, chemical cleaning agents, dust-removing tools, environmentally friendly cleaning and customer advice on maintenance.
Salary context
Pay context depends on material range, stain difficulty, customer-facing work, mobile service, vehicle use, chemical handling, safety routines and whether the role includes small repairs or business responsibility.
Career paths
Career paths can move toward upholstery cleaning, specialist furniture care, restoration preparation, team supervision, customer service coordination, small-business operation or broader cleaning service management.
Good to know
Check whether adverts specify wood, marble or upholstery, furniture polish, wax, stain cleaning, public furniture, chemical agents, vehicles, customer advice and cleaning-industry safety measures.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context. It is not official labour-market statistics or role-specific salary data.
Where might this occupation occur?
This occupation may occur in several kinds of economic activity. Here are some examples and other occupations that may be found in the same areas.
General cleaning of buildings
This is one example. Other occupations in this activity include toilet attendant, building cleaner and domestic cleaner.
These examples offer an overview but do not show every economic activity where the occupation may occur.
About this information
The selection is based on how occupations are connected to economic activities in ESCO and NACE. Only a few examples are shown to make the information easier to use. The occupations were selected because they are close in occupation area and important skills. The examples are not a ranking. They do not show where most people work, where demand is highest, or which occupation is best suited to a particular person.
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O*NET relationships
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O*NET relationships: 1
Furniture Finishers
51-7021.00
Close relationship
The occupations are closely related, but the official mapping does not treat them as exact equivalents.
Open in O*NETSource and method
These relationships come from the official European Commission O*NET–ESCO crosswalk.
Relationship direction: O*NET occupation to ESCO occupation.
Several O*NET occupations can point to the same ESCO occupation, and one O*NET occupation can point to several ESCO occupations.
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NACE Rev. 2.1
Economic activities linked to this occupation.
81.21General cleaning of buildings
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Occupation group
Cleaners and helpers in offices, hotels and other establishments (9112)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/23be4cb6-c5e7-449e-8d76-8edfe9a00478 |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 9112.3 |
| ISCO group | 9112 |
| Concept type | Occupation |