62024 Cleaning supervisors

What this occupation covers

Cleaning supervisors supervise and coordinate the activities of workers in the following unit groups: Light duty cleaners (65310), Specialized cleaners (65311), and Janitors, caretakers and building superintendents (73201). They are employed by hospitals and other health care institutions, hotels, motels, schools and other educational institutions, commercial and industrial establishments, home and office cleaning establishments and by various specialized cleaning companies.

Official main duties

The NOC profile lists 8 main duties for this code.

• Supervise and coordinate the work of light duty, industrial or specialized cleaners and janitors
• Inspect sites or facilities to ensure established safety and cleanliness standards are met
• Recommend or arrange for additional services required such as painting, repair work, renovations or replacement of furnishings and equipment
• Hire and train cleaning staff
• Prepare work schedule and coordinate activities with those of other departments
• Prepare budget, estimate costs and keep financial records
• Receive payment for specialized cleaning jobs
• May perform certain cleaning duties.

Do not copy these lines into your reference letter. The letter has to describe what you actually did, in your employer’s words. DUTYPROOF flags wording lifted from the NOC as something to review, and an officer reading a letter that mirrors the NOC reads it the same way.

What DUTYPROOF screens for

This is DUTYPROOF’s screening threshold, not IRCC’s decision. For this NOC, screening requires at least 2 of its 8 official duties to be evidenced in your own words, plus the required letter elements. IRCC asks that you performed the actions in the occupation’s lead statement and a substantial number of its main duties — so treat the duty coverage as the number that matters, not the badge.

Codes this one is confused with

The NOC profile names these itself. Choosing the wrong code of a look-alike pair is the most common way genuine work experience fails to establish eligibility.

• 72014 Contractors and supervisors, other construction trades, installers, repairers and servicers
• 62021 Executive housekeepers
• 65311 Specialized cleaners

Excluded from this code

• Building maintenance supervisor (See 72014 Contractors and supervisors, other construction trades, installers, repairers and servicers)
• Executive housekeepers (See 62021 Executive housekeepers)
• Specialized cleaners (See 65311 Specialized cleaners)

Job titles filed under this code

A title on this list does not by itself put your experience in this code — the duties in your letter decide that.

building cleaning and maintenance supervisor · building cleaning supervisor · carpet cleaning supervisor · carwash supervisor · chambermaid supervisor · cleaner supervisor · cleaning and maintenance supervisor · cleaning supervisor · custodian supervisor - cleaning services · head caretaker · head cleaner · head cleaning man/woman · head custodian · head custodian - cleaning services · head janitor · housekeeping room attendant supervisor · housekeeping supervisor · industrial plant cleaning supervisor · janitor supervisor · window washer supervisor · window washing supervisor

Employment requirements

• Completion of secondary school is usually required.
• Previous experience in a particular area of cleaning is usually required.
• Previous supervisory experience may be required.