Caretaker
What the work is
Maintains and cleans a residential building, school, office, holiday camp or caravan park and associated grounds.
Would you enjoy the work?
These are the main tasks in the official description. Mark how each one sounds to you.
- Performs general cleaning duties, simple repairs and maintenance tasks
- Ensures security and monitors access to premises
- Inspects and maintains building condition and grounds, and notifies management or owners of the need for major repairs
- Assists with event setup and room preparation
- Manages waste disposal and recycling processes
- Responds to maintenance and cleaning emergencies
Try it
A simulation and a case study from this kind of work, set in a primary school and its grounds, with a hall, a playground and a caretaker's cottage on the edge of the oval. They are fictional.
The kind of days you could have
Good days
- The school is spotless and quiet when the first children walk in
- A teacher says the hall was set up exactly right for the assembly
- You fix something small and a child's day goes a little better
Hard days
- An alarm call in the early hours and a cold walk across a dark oval
- A burst pipe or a blocked drain just before an important event
- Being asked to do three things at once by three different people
Written by Career Calling as a general guide. Real roles vary by employer and place.
Work a mission
Step into a simulated workplace in this field, with a brief from your manager.
Description and tasks: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Occupation Standard Classification for Australia, 2024, Version 1.0 (opens another site), occupation 899131, used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. The skill guide above is our plain English summary.