Caretaker
Look after property and facilities on a premises.
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What's it like to be a Caretaker?
Caretakers play an important role in maintaining and ensuring the upkeep of buildings, grounds, facilities and assets in settings such as schools, community centres, aged care homes, flats and hotels, keeping them secure, clean and well-maintained. Caretakers often live on site, undertaking basic handyman work and garden maintenance as well as cleaning and preparing rooms and common areas for guests and tenants.
Tasks and duties
- Maintaining the grounds, including watering, weeding and mowing lawns.
- Maintaining equipment, including minor repairs to fixtures and fittings.
- Cleaning the building common areas including mopping and sweeping the front entrance, maintaining driveways, footpaths, stairwells, corridors and letterboxes, and removing rubbish.
- Handling emergency after hours calls.
- Providing monthly reports to stakeholders.
- Coordinating contractors and tradespeople.
- Conducting property inspections.
- Undertaking compliance audits and asset inspections.
How to become a Caretaker
You don’t need a formal qualification to become a Caretaker and some skills can be learned on the job. Experience and/or qualifications in building maintenance, cleaning, handyman work, plumbing, electrics or gardening may be beneficial.
- Consider completing a relevant qualification, such as a Certificate III in Carpentry (CPC30220) or Certificate III in Cleaning Operations (CPP30321).
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Latest Caretaker reviews
May 2021
Reviewer's Qualification
Certificate III in Pest Control
Experience
1 – 4 years
Organisation size
Small (1-19 employees)
Specialisation
Weed & Pest control
The good things
I love my work and enjoy the people and animals, properties I take care of
The challenges
Challenges included being ready and able to work alone or in a team , enjoy a solitude life on isolated properties, love animals and be able to care for them ,have a strong knowledge of the land and a...
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May 2021
Experience
5 – 9 years
Organisation size
Small (1-19 employees)
Specialisation
Promotional Manager
The good things
The great things about working in Hospitality and Tourism as a Caretaker and Promotions Manager is you are constnantly meeting new people and every day is diffetent. It gives you moments when you feel...
The challenges
The challenges are , well always being on call when it is your day,s to work and your hours are long , living on site i found was best as in the Caravan Park Hospitality and Accommodation area you are...
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