Cleaning Service Supervisors
Job description
These individuals coordinate the activities of the housekeeping staff:
- Housekeeping and Cleaning Attendants - Light Duty
- Specialized Cleaners
- Janitors and Superintendents
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
Main tasks
- Supervise and coordinate the work of Housekeeping Attendants, Cleaners, and Janitors.
- Inspect premises or facilities to ensure that cleanliness and safety standards are met.
- Recommend the use of additional services (painting, repairs, etc.), as required.
- Recruit and train staff and set work schedules.
- Coordinate activities with other departments.
- Prepare the budget, assess costs, and maintain financial records.
- Collect monies owed for specialized cleaning work.
- Execute certain cleaning tasks as required.
Hourly wage
The hourly wage is calculated by averaging wages from 2022 to 2024.- Minimum
- $19.23
- Median
- $24.04
- Maximum
- $38.00
Job prospects for 2024-2028
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Job prospects for 2024-2028
Job prospects
All of Québec
Good
All of Québec
Non available
Total jobs for 2023
All of Québec
2,000
All of Québec
na
Gender distribution
All of Québec
Not available.
- 35.9% Female
- 64.1% Male
Not available.
- 35.9% Female
- 64.1% Male
Job types
All of Québec
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Yearly wage on 2020
All of Québec
$46,400
All of Québec
Other characteristics
All of Québec
- Non traditional for women
- None
All of Québec
- Non traditional for women
- None
Sectors of activity
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 55, 5659% of jobs
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NAICS 728% of jobs
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NAICS 621, 622, 6238% of jobs
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NAICS 615% of jobs
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NAICS 815% of jobs
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Others15% of jobs
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 55, 5659% of jobs
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NAICS 728% of jobs
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NAICS 621, 622, 6238% of jobs
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NAICS 615% of jobs
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NAICS 815% of jobs
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Others15% of jobs
Training and requirements
Formation
No specific training
Sometimes required
- Completion of secondary school is usually required.
- Experience in a particular area of cleaning work usually required.
- Supervisory experience may be required.
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Data collection
- Result evaluation
- Oral expression
- Human resource management
- Time management
- Social perception
- Coordination
- Reading comprehension
- Active listening
- Judgment and decision-making
- Service oriented
- Critical thought
- Learning strategies
- Active learning
- Teaching
- Negotiation
- Persuasion
- Solving complex problems
Abilities
- Verbal skills
- Oral comprehension
- Speech clarity
- Written comprehension
- Speech recognition
- Awareness of issues
- Near vision
- Information organization
- Written expression
- Deductive reasoning
- Inductive reasoning
Knowledge and attributes
- Leadership
- Focussed on results
- Knowledge of personnel and human resource management
- Sense of responsibility
- Capacity to influence and mobilize
- Capacity to adapt
- Capacity to delegate
- Sense of initiative
- Attention to detail
- Sense of observation
Interests
- Direct, organize, and manage
- Work in transportation and maintenance
- Work manually
- Exercer une activité sportive ou physique
Personality profiles (RIASEC)
- Enterprising
- People with this profile prefer having responsibilities, influencing others and responding to challenges.
- Social
- People with this profile prefer to be in contact with others, in particular to entertain, help or teach them.
- Conventional
- People with this profile prefer specific, well-defined tasks. They like to respect the order of things and follow established rules.
Official name of the NOC 62024
Cleaning supervisors
Job titles
- Head caretaker
- Head cleaning man/woman
- Head cleaner
- Industrial plant cleaning supervisor
- Custodian supervisor - cleaning services
- Window washer supervisor
- Chambermaid supervisor
- Cleaner supervisor
- Housekeeping supervisor
- Carwash supervisor
- Cleaning supervisor
- Window washing supervisor
- Building cleaning supervisor
- Carpet cleaning supervisor
- Cleaning and maintenance supervisor
- Building cleaning and maintenance supervisor
Skill type
Sales and service
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