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Housekeeper resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what housekeepers actually do day to day, not generic filler. Download and replace the bracketed placeholders with your own details.
Which resume format should you use?
Reverse chronological
You have a steady work history. This is the format almost every recruiter and ATS expects by default.
Functional
You're changing fields or have gaps in your employment. Leads with skills rather than a job-by-job timeline.
Combination
You're early career or have worked consistently but for only a few employers. Blends a skills summary with a shorter chronological history.
This template uses the reverse chronological format: the one most housekeepers should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Housekeeper with hands-on experience cleaning and maintaining bedrooms, bathrooms and common areas across hotel, aged care or health settings. Skilled in infection control, laundry workflows and stock management, with a steady focus on hygiene standards and guest or resident comfort.
Key skills
- Cleaning and grounds maintenance
- Infection control and hygiene procedures
- Laundry equipment operation
- Vacuum cleaners and carpet extractors
- Chemical cleaning products and sanitisers (SDS handling)
- Attention to detail
- Safety and compliance awareness (WHS)
- Customer service
Experience: example bullet points
- Cleaned and sanitised bedrooms, bathrooms and common areas to workplace hygiene standards, maintaining consistent turnaround times between departures and arrivals
- Managed laundry workflow including linen changes, towel replacement and stock rotation, reducing shortages during peak occupancy periods
- Restocked toiletries, towels and cleaning supplies across assigned rooms each shift, keeping inventory accurate and cutting wastage
- Inspected rooms for damage or maintenance faults and reported findings promptly to management, supporting faster repair turnaround
- Followed infection-control and chemical handling protocols, including correct use and storage of cleaning agents in line with safety data sheet requirements
Education
No formal qualification is required to start; most housekeepers train on the job, with some progressing through a Certificate III in Cleaning Operations or Hospitality through TAFE or a registered training organisation for supervisory roles.
Keywords an ATS is likely to scan for
Applicant tracking systems match your resume against terms in the job ad before a person ever sees it. Only include the ones that actually apply to your experience, but if a term below matches something you've done, use the same wording the job ad uses.
- Infection control
- WHS (Work Health and Safety)
- SDS (Safety Data Sheet)
- Certificate III in Cleaning Operations
- Room attendant
- Hotel housekeeping
- Aged Care Quality Standards
- Standard precautions
- Chemical handling
- Laundry management
Getting past ATS screening
- Match the specific skills, certifications and terms used in the job ad, not just your own wording for the same thing.
- Keep formatting simple: no tables, text boxes, columns, headers/footers or graphics. Parsers frequently drop content placed in these.
- Submit as .docx or PDF unless the job ad specifies otherwise.
- Use standard section headings (Experience, Education, Skills) rather than creative alternatives.
- List your core skills and technical competencies in their own section so a keyword scan can find them instantly.
This is a starting point, not a guarantee of interviews. Tailor every bullet point to your own real experience and the specific job ad.