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Overview
The role can involve living in or regularly attending the property, watching entrances, noticing faults in plumbing or heating, contacting repairers and handling small household tasks such as mail, cleaning, plants or pets.
In job descriptions, look for property security, keys, alarms, entrance checks, written instructions, mail collection, plant care, pet care, pool cleanliness, cleaning duties and emergency contact routines.
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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
House sitters protect a home through presence, checks and careful handover. The work is practical and trust-based: entrances, keys, alarms, mail, heating, water leaks, plants, pets and repair contacts may all be part of the assignment.
Skills and specializations
Useful strengths include following written instructions, staying alert, handling keys responsibly, noticing maintenance problems, cleaning selected areas, collecting mail, feeding pets and knowing when to contact the owner or a repairer.
Salary context
Pay context depends on whether the sitter lives in the home, visit frequency, nights covered, pet care, cleaning duties, pool or garden tasks, emergency responsibility and the value of the property being watched. This guide does not provide salary amounts.
Career paths
Experience can lead toward property caretaking, residential services coordination, concierge work, pet-sitting services, facilities support or trusted household management for repeat clients.
Good to know
Check whether a vacancy names live-in expectations, exact dates, alarm routines, pets, mail, cleaning, plant care, pool checks, transport needs and emergency contacts. Those details define the real responsibility.
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.
Activities of households as employers of domestic personnel
This is one example. Other occupations in this activity include domestic housekeeper and domestic butler.
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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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Economic activities linked to this occupation.
97.0Activities of households as employers of domestic personnel
Alternative labels
Occupation group
building caretaker (5153.1)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/96430121-2757-4e96-9d6f-7517b25db4f7 |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 5153.1.2 |
| ISCO group | 5153 |
| Concept type | Occupation |