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Your profession: Housekeeper (m/f)

Professional activities

Housekeepers provide domestic care services. They support persons of various ages and with different requirements and interests. Their main tasks are as follows,

  • Professional provision of food and meals
  • Proper domestic cleaning and textile cleaning
  • People-based support

Fields of work

Possible places or areas of employment for housekeepers include the following,

  • Residential homes, support and care facilities
  • Visiting social services providers
  • Holiday homes and youth hostels
  • Child day care centres
  • Conference and meetings venues and educational centres
  • Hospitals, spa clinics and rehabilitation clinics
  • Restaurant and hotel companies
  • Agricultural companies and private households
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The professional profiles are based on information from berufenet at the Federal Employment Agency and BIBB (Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training).