job as a cleaner.

[Heyyyyou]

Despiste what many can say, im really excited hoping to get this job as a cleaner in a school. I'm so anxious, the interview is tomorrow and i've been working in warehouses picking, so don't know how could it be? would it be hard to get the job or easy peasy? i've applied and 10 min later i had a call for interview. I've just finished maternity leave and really don't wanna go back to the job i had as it would take me 50 hours a week away from my baby plus it's a 0 hour contract and they want me to go back to night shift, saying that if there's early finishes i would need to leave as well, mind you it's an hour journey on the bus and i haven't got a car, there's no transports at night. and this one is just perfect close to home, a part time, perfect!

i've been thinking about it all week hoping to get this job, but i'm so scared if i don't what am i gonna do😭 i need to go to work so i would need to keep looking

Where I am we find it hard to fill cleaner vacancies in school. Good luck!

Cleaning is ime a rewarding job!! Get some earbuds and listen to some tunes or podcast while you work. Makes the time pass!
Been a cleaner for 13 years now!!

thank you!! i'm praying to be lucky this time 😊😊😊

hard to find people who want to work or hard to meet the expectations??

I send you all the best for your interview. I hope it goes well.

I’m a cleaner in a primary school and while some aspects of the job are fairly disgusting… the hours are good and I’m left alone to crack on. I stick a podcast on and off I go and four hours later, I’m all done. I’ve definitely had worse jobs - civil service, I’m looking at you lol

my interview asked me how I would clean a bathroom ( I went through the steps methodically - top to bottom, focussing on high touch zones, no cross contamination with dirty toilet areas etc), they asked me about safeguarding of the children, and also about chemical handling and storage (look at COSHH).

good luck - you’ve got this.

I’ve been a school cleaner for almost 20 years now, just be you at the interview, term time is a normal clean ie wipe tables , hoovering, empty bins, toilets that type of thing , holidays windows , skirting, cupboards etc.
you home skills will be your work/interveiw skills, routines to establish within the hours offered , if there’s a bit of rubbish on the floor on your way in pick it up shows you’ve got an eye for making it look presentable
good luck let us know how it goes

Good luck OP, look them in the eye when you reply. Maybe emphasise on standards, perhaps have your own list. Perhaps ask if there are other things when performing the role that you should look out for, faulty light, leaking window etc.

Hard to get applicants.

Health and safety will possibly come up, wet floor signs, chemicals locked away and follow measures /dilution,hoover wire is a trip hazard so be aware of your surroundings

Good luck. As above, if you need to pad out time or ask questions talk about colour coding to prevent cross contamination ie red clothes and mops for bathroom, blue for classroom, green for kitchen just to show you get the gist of it...or whatever their way is. Spill kits for accidents/sick.
That you know not to mix chemicals but will be learning their coshh policy and procedures anyway.
Log maintenance issues to cover health and safety.
Deep cleaning/weekly or monthly schedules on top of daily stuff.
Will you have to go in extra in holidays to do heavy duty stull like stripping and buffing the assembly hall floor, if that is still a thing now?

You have plenty of cleaning experience in your home - emphasise this but also that you will need to learn how they do things

Say you are a good timekeeper, have a good attendance record and are hard working.

Good luck op, hope you get the job.

Just wanted to jump on and say good luck. Don't put pressure on yourself, be yourself and keep in the back of your mind that you're doing them a favour 🙂

They will ask you about safeguarding children. That's important to you and you would report anything at all that was untoward to your supervisor or head of safeguarding.

Good luck today!

Good luck op! You've had some good advice here. I reckon the most obvious "mixing chemicals" danger that everyone should know about is not mixing bleach with anything apart from cold water. It might be a good idea to google what you must never mix with bleach (I'm not sure exactly because I don't use bleach in my house). The caretaker at my children's primary school once mixed cleaning products up by mistake and he ended up in hospital and the school had to be shut for the day! So having knowledge about that sort of thing might be helpful for an interview

Good luck xx

thank you all for the support ❤️ xx

got the job !!! ❤️❤️

Well done @Heyyyyou Im sure you will be brilliant!!

Well done OP!

Excellent news OP.

Well done that’s lovely news

Great news well done OP and thanks for updating