Cleaner CV – template and practical tips

A cleaner CV should show not only experience, but also trustworthiness, attention to detail and real working pace. Recruiters in cleaning companies, hotels, offices and production sites want specifics: what types of facilities you cleaned, what products and equipment you use, whether you follow hygiene standards and if you can work independently. Below you’ll find a practical cleaner CV template + a checklist.

Table of contents

1. Why is a cleaner CV important?
2. Cleaner CV — structure template
3. What skills should you include in a cleaner CV?
4. Experience — how to describe responsibilities
5. Equipment, products and hygiene standards
6. Most common mistakes in a cleaner CV
7. Summary
8. FAQ — cleaner CV

Why is a cleaner CV important?

In cleaning roles, what matters is precision, consistency and safety (chemicals, hygiene, procedures). Your CV should quickly show that you’re reliable and ready to work in a specific type of facility.

A good cleaner CV:

• shows the types of facilities (offices, stairwells, hotels, warehouses, production sites),
• lists the equipment and products you actually use,
• highlights your work standard (hygiene, procedures, confidentiality, punctuality).

Cleaner CV — structure template

🧼 Concrete • Reliable • One A4 page

👤 1. Personal details & contact

• 📌 first name and last name
• 📌 phone number
• 📌 email address
• 📌 city (optional)
• 📌 availability (shifts, weekends) + type of employment (optional)

📝 2. Professional summary

2–4 sentences that show: where you work (facility type), what you do, and the standard you maintain.

Summary example:

“Cleaner with 4 years of experience maintaining cleanliness in offices and stairwells. I work independently, follow hygiene standards and schedules, operate industrial vacuum cleaners and scrubbers, and use cleaning chemicals safely. I’m detail-oriented and flexible with shifts.”

💼 3. Work experience

A simple formula works best: place → scope → equipment → result. If you can, add scale (e.g. number of rooms, square meters, number of floors).

• 📌 company / facility
• 📌 employment period
• 📌 responsibilities
• 📌 equipment and products
• 📌 result (e.g. on-time completion, consistent area, no complaints)

🎓 4. Education

• 📌 school
• 📌 years

🧾 5. Courses & certificates (optional)

• 📌 health & safety training / on-the-job training
• 📌 specialist cleaning (e.g. medical facilities, industrial) — if applicable
• 📌 driving licence (if the job requires commuting)

What skills should you include in a cleaner CV?

List skills that prove independence, attention to detail and knowledge of procedures. Avoid generic claims without context.

Technical skills (examples):

• daily and deep cleaning (depending on the facility),
• disinfection and hygiene standards,
• equipment operation (industrial vacuum, scrubber, single-disc machine — if applicable),
• safe use of chemicals (mixing, dosing, H&S),
• working with schedules and checklists.

Soft skills (also important):

• attention to detail,
• reliability and trustworthiness (work in offices, apartments, facilities),
• good time management,
• work culture and discretion.

Experience — how to describe responsibilities

“Cleaning” alone is too vague. Show specifics: what, where, how often, and with what.

Equipment, products and hygiene standards

It’s worth listing what you can operate and whether you’ve worked with specific standards (e.g. medical facilities, gastronomy, production). This often decides whether you get an interview.

• Equipment: industrial vacuum, mop, scrubber, machines (if applicable).
• Products: detergents, disinfectants, safe use rules.
• Standard: working with checklists, schedules and hygiene procedures.
• Confidentiality: office/facility work requires discretion and responsibility.

Most common mistakes in a cleaner CV

• too vague descriptions (“cleaning”) without facility type and scope,
• missing info about equipment/chemicals and hygiene standards,
• no availability details (shifts, weekends),
• an overly long CV with few specifics,
• not tailoring the CV to the role (office vs hotel vs industrial).

Summary

• A cleaner CV should quickly show: facility type, scope, equipment/products and standards.
• Best format: one A4 page, bullet points, specifics (what, where, how often).
• In experience, use the formula: place → scope → equipment → result.

FAQ — cleaner CV