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Overview
Housekeeping supervisors coordinate daily cleaning and housekeeping in hotels or similar establishments, assigning staff, checking rooms and public areas, and managing supplies.
In job descriptions, look for housekeeping operations, room service routines, cleanliness inspections, staff shifts, stock control, guest complaints, hygiene standards, cleaning chemicals and cooperation with reception or maintenance.
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Housekeeping supervisor work combines cleaning standards, staff coordination and guest-facing service pressure. The supervisor assigns rooms or areas, checks finished work, manages supplies and handles issues with reception or maintenance.
Skills and specializations
Useful strengths include supervising housekeeping operations, room and public-area inspections, shift planning, stock rotation, cleaning-chemical awareness, complaint handling and training staff in routines.
Salary context
Salary context depends on establishment size, number of staff, room volume, event pressure, budget responsibility, inspection duties, guest contact and whether the role covers maintenance coordination.
Career paths
Paths can move toward executive housekeeping, hotel operations supervision, facilities cleaning management, stock and procurement coordination, training roles or wider hospitality management.
Good to know
Check adverts for hotel or establishment type, team size, room count, inspection model, guest-complaint handling, stock responsibility, shift planning and cooperation with reception, laundry or maintenance.
Editorial note
This guide gives editorial career context for housekeeping supervisor work. It is not official labour-market statistics or 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.
Hotels and similar accommodation
This is one example. Another occupation in this activity is hotel butler.
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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
See occupations connected to this ESCO occupation in the official O*NET–ESCO mapping. The relationship type comes from the source and is not a ranking or recommendation.
O*NET relationships: 1
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers
37-1011.00
Exact relationship
The official mapping treats the O*NET and ESCO occupations as closely equivalent.
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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.
55.1Hotels and similar accommodation
Alternative labels
Occupation group
Cleaning and housekeeping supervisors in offices, hotels and other establishments (5151)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/fae51298-03a8-4df4-829a-685dddc1580e |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 5151.2 |
| ISCO group | 5151 |
| Concept type | Occupation |