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Hotel room attendant / housekeeper

Other names

Official name: Room attendant

housekeeper, housekeeping worker, chamber maid, rooms person, chambermaid

Hotels and accommodation

They clean and tidy guest rooms and other shared places, and put new towels, bedding, and other supplies in them.

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The work

The work

The tasks come from O*NET (United States) and ESCO (Europe), the world's two occupation databases. How the work is done can differ in Uganda; our team adds the local way where it does.

  1. 1

    Keep storage areas and carts well-stocked, clean, and tidy.

  2. 2

    Carry linens, towels, toilet items, and cleaning supplies, using wheeled carts.

  3. 3

    Clean rooms, hallways, lobbies, lounges, restrooms, corridors, elevators, stairways, locker rooms, and other work areas so that health standards are met.

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Sources

Built from 6 sources · reviewed 2026-10-29

Uganda programmes: NCHE accredited programmes and the health, vocational and teacher training bodies

Official record

National Council for Higher Education, UHPAB, UVTAB, the TVET Council, UNMC, AHPC, UNITE and others. Gathered by The Collar360.

Public registers

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Uganda labour market: UBOS (NLFS 2021, LMS 2025, UNHS, NHRS), ILOSTAT, NDP IV Human Resource Development Plan

Official record

Uganda Bureau of Statistics; International Labour Organization (ILOSTAT); National Planning Authority. Gathered by The Collar360.

UBOS and NPA publications (public); ILOSTAT CC BY 4.0

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The Collar360 Uganda research (occupations, UVQF, Public Service, labour market)

Research for this platform

Compiled by The Collar360 from public Ugandan sources, each cited with its evidence level.

Collar360; each fact keeps its own source

ISCO-08, International Standard Classification of Occupations

International classification

ISCO-08 © International Labour Organization.

Free to use with attribution

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ESCO, European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations

International classification

This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission.

European Commission reuse policy (Decision 2011/833/EU): free reuse with attribution

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O*NET 31.0 Database

International classification

Includes information from the O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 licence. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA.

CC BY 4.0

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In other languages

français
valet de chambre/femme de chambre
español
camarero de pisos/camarera de pisos
العربية
خادم الغرفة / خادمة الغرفة
português
Empregado de quartos em hotelaria/Empregada de quartos em hotelaria
Deutsch
Raumpfleger/Raumpflegerin
italiano
addetto alla pulizia delle camere/addetta alla pulizia delle camere

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