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A cleaner CV should show where you clean, what you are trusted with and that you turn up: the buildings or homes, the equipment and chemicals you use safely, any hospital or food-area cleaning, and keys or alarm codes you hold. Reliability is the first thing a cleaning supervisor looks for.

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Maria Santos
Cleaner
Southampton · 07700 900164 · maria.santos@example.com

Profile

Cleaner with six years in office and hospital cleaning, working early mornings and evenings alone and in small teams. Uses cleaning chemicals safely, follows infection control procedures on wards and keeps to a cleaning schedule without supervision. Keyholder for two office buildings. Looking for a part-time or full-time cleaning role.

Employment

Domestic Assistant | Southgate General Hospital, Southampton | 2022–present

Clean two surgical wards to the hospital schedule, including bed spaces, bathrooms and sluices.

Follow infection control procedures for isolation rooms, using colour-coded equipment and the right dilutions.

Restock cleaning materials and report repairs and spills to the ward sister.

Office Cleaner | Brightway Cleaning Services, Southampton | 2020–present

Clean two office buildings each evening, five days a week, holding keys and alarm codes for both.

Vacuum, mop, clean kitchens and washrooms and empty bins to each building's checklist.

Training

Infection prevention and control (2025)

COSHH awareness: safe use of cleaning chemicals (2024)

Manual handling (2024)

Skills

Hospital and office cleaning schedules

Safe use and dilution of cleaning chemicals

Floor machines: scrubber dryer and buffer

Working alone and keyholding

Additional information

Available early mornings, evenings and weekends. Portuguese (native), English (fluent).

Fictional example for a cleaner. Every person and employer in it is invented. Replace every detail with your own.

What cleaning employers look for, and where this CV shows it

The job asks you toWhere this CV shows it
Mix cleaning chemicals and detergents safely and in the right amountsThe right dilutions and COSHH awareness training
Clean offices, houses or vehiclesTwo office buildings each evening to a checklist
Follow infection control procedures, if working in hospital wards and operating theatresIsolation rooms cleaned with colour-coded equipment
Maintain stock levels of cleaning productsRestocking cleaning materials on the wards
Follow health and safety regulationsManual handling and COSHH training, and reporting spills and repairs
Be able to work on your ownEvening office cleaning alone, with keys and alarm codes

The left column follows the National Careers Service job profile for a cleaner. If the advert you are answering describes a duty in other words, use its words for work you have actually done.

Inside this example
  • Profile: 50 words here
  • Employment: 93 words here
  • Training: 19 words here
  • Skills: 26 words here
  • Additional information: 10 words here

How to write yours

01

Name the places

Wards, offices, schools and homes need different standards. Say where you clean and how big the area is.

02

Show you can be trusted

Keys, alarm codes and working alone are trust. Give them their own bullet.

03

List your training

Infection control, COSHH and manual handling training with years show you clean safely.

04

Give your hours

Cleaning jobs are often early mornings or evenings. Say exactly when you can work.

Checks and qualifications to mention

  • No set entry requirements. You need to show that you are reliable and able to do the job (National Careers Service). Attendance and keyholding are your best evidence.
  • Background checks. The National Careers Service lists enhanced background checks for this job, which hospitals, schools and care settings ask for. If your DBS certificate is on the Update Service, say so.
  • Hospital work. Experience in a medical setting helps for specialised cleaning (National Careers Service). Put ward or theatre cleaning first if you have it.

One page is plenty. A short CV with your places, hours, training and keyholding answers everything a cleaning supervisor needs.

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