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Street Cleaners

Street cleaners clean, sweep and remove refuse from public thoroughfares.

Wages

New workers
AVERAGE
Experienced
Ā£8,853
Ā£24,024
Ā£52,960

New workers start around Ā£8,853. Normal pay is Ā£24,024 per year.
Highly experienced workers can earn up to Ā£52,960.

Available jobs

In the past year there were 15,655 vacancies for this type of job

6.64%

Projected job growth over the next 8 years

Related courses

People work towards these careers by taking these courses at college and uni.

What they do most days?

  • Transfers refuse into containers and empties public litter bins into containers..

  • Collects litter using hand tools.

  • Sweeps pavements, gutters and roadways with hand broom or mechanical sweeper.

Hard Skills

Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Machinery

  • Waste Collection

  • Furniture Cleaning

  • Large Goods Vehicle

  • Waste Management

  • Housekeeping

  • Mowing

  • Pruning

  • Renovation

  • Risk Analysis

Soft Skills

Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Communication

  • Collections

  • Customer Service

  • Management

  • Quality Control

  • Reservations

  • Self-Motivation

  • Clerical Works

  • Lifting Ability

  • Operations

How do I get a job like this?

People in these types of job started their career paths after studying courses like the ones below.