Cleaner

This article is about the occupation. For someone who aids criminals, see Fixer (person) ยง Organized crime. For other uses, see cleaner (disambiguation).

A cleaner or a cleaning operative is a type of industrial or domestic worker who does the cleaning.

A worker sweeping the floor of a parking garage in Atlanta.

Cleaner in Cambridge English dictionary means: "a person whose job is to clean houses, offices, public places, etc.:",[1] in Collins dictionary: "A cleaner is someone who is employed to clean the rooms and furniture inside a building."[2]. However, a cleaner does not always have to be employed and perform work for pay, such as in the case of volunteer work or community service. "Cleaner" may also refer to cleaning agents e.g. oven cleaner, or devices used for cleaning, eg. vacuum cleaner.[2][3]

Cleaner cleaning the footpath in Abu Dhabi, Middle East.

Cleaning operatives may specialize in cleaning particular things or places, such as window cleaners, housekeepers, janitors, crime scene cleaners and so on.[4] Cleaning operatives often work when the people who otherwise occupy the space are not around. They may clean offices at night or houses during the workday.

  1. ^ "Cambridge Dictionary - Cleaner". www.dictionary.cambridge.org. Retrieved 2023-04-14.
  2. ^ a b "Collinsdictionary - cleaner". www.collinsdictionary.com/. Retrieved 2023-04-14.
  3. ^ "Definition of cleaner | Dictionary.com". www.dictionary.com. Retrieved 2023-04-14.
  4. ^ "Working at height whilst window cleaning". Health and Safety Executive. 9 May 2022.