Apprentice Cleaner
MAYLIM LIMITED
London (SE26 6UF)
Closes in 12 days (Wednesday 24 September 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 12 September 2025
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Summary
The Apprentice Cleaner will be responsible for creating and maintaining a quality standard of cleaning on our construction sites. The Level 2 Cleaning Hygiene Operative Apprenticeship is a structured training programme, that will equip them with the essential skills required for their role as a cleaning operative.
- Wage
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£12,240 a year
- Training course
- Cleaning hygiene operative (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday, 9am to 3.30pm. Can be flexible with the hours.
30 hours a week
- Start date
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Sunday 5 October 2025
- Duration
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1 year
- Positions available
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1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
- Clean and maintain site offices, welfare cabins, washrooms and communal areas
- Remove construction debris and ensure walkways are clear
- Replenish cleaning supplies and report any maintenance issues
- Follow health and safety protocols at all times
Where you'll work
Crystal Palace Park Road
London
SE26 6UF
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
HIT TRAINING LTD
Training course
Cleaning hygiene operative (level 2)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Conduct tasks according to documented safe ways of working.
- Select and use the most appropriate cleaning agent appropriate to different surface types.
- Use and dispose of chemicals following COSHH regulations and apply safety data sheets and dilution rates.
- Deal with routine and non-routine waste in line with organisation policies and environmental disposal legislation.
- Prepare cleaning materials and machinery and check that all electrical equipment complies with PAT testing requirements.
- Clean cleaning equipment and machinery after use.
- Identify potential sources of infection and put controls in place.
- Recognise the signs of infestation and report and monitor the problem according to local procedures.
- Recognise and respond to rapid response clean requests.
- Conduct scheduled and periodic cleaning, prioritising work where required.
- Conduct cleaning and disinfection tasks.
- Deliver housekeeping services including maintaining a clean storage environment, maintenance of equipment, stock control and rotation.
- Take measures to ensure the security of cleaning equipment and materials, and premises.
- Communicate with colleagues, clients, and other stakeholders professionally.
- Use visual checks and objective auditing techniques to ensure that cleaning has been completed to contractual standards.
- Identify and use correct methods for removal of contaminating material.
- Comply with data protection legislation.
- Use procedures for obtaining support.
- Apply colour coding correctly to conduct cleaning safely and effectively.
- Apply sustainable practices when carrying out duties.
- Apply procedures for reporting shortages, incidents, accidents, and issues with delivering cleaning services.
- Carry out and record different types of cleaning methods.
- Use supplied data to plan cleaning tasks.
- Engage with the audit and quality assurance process.
- Use PPE and comply with the organisational uniform policy to maintain required levels of hygiene.
- Conduct cleaning tasks to the appropriate hygiene standard to ensure infection prevention and control of the healthcare environment.
- Disassemble and reassemble healthcare service user equipment in line with manufacturers’ instructions and National Standards of Healthcare Cleanliness.
- Communicate with service users considering their possible emotional, mental health and physical issues.
- Safely prepare an area for commercial cleaning.
- Conduct cleaning tasks according to specialist commercial requirements.
- Carry out routine cleans in line with client contract requirements.
- Conduct tasks according to documented safe ways of working.
- Select and use the most appropriate cleaning agent appropriate to different surface types.
- Use and dispose of chemicals following COSHH regulations and apply safety data sheets and dilution rates.
- Deal with routine and non-routine waste in line with organisation policies and environmental disposal legislation.
- Prepare cleaning materials and machinery and check that all electrical equipment complies with PAT testing requirements.
- Clean cleaning equipment and machinery after use.
- Identify potential sources of infection and put controls in place.
- Recognise the signs of infestation and report and monitor the problem according to local procedures.
- Recognise and respond to rapid response clean requests.
- Conduct scheduled and periodic cleaning, prioritising work where required.
- Conduct cleaning and disinfection tasks.
- Deliver housekeeping services including maintaining a clean storage environment, maintenance of equipment, stock control and rotation.
- Take measures to ensure the security of cleaning equipment and materials, and premises.
- Communicate with colleagues, clients, and other stakeholders professionally.
- Use visual checks and objective auditing techniques to ensure that cleaning has been completed to contractual standards.
- Identify and use correct methods for removal of contaminating material.
- Comply with data protection legislation.
- Use procedures for obtaining support.
- Apply colour coding correctly to conduct cleaning safely and effectively.
- Apply sustainable practices when carrying out duties.
- Apply procedures for reporting shortages, incidents, accidents, and issues with delivering cleaning services.
- Carry out and record different types of cleaning methods.
- Use supplied data to plan cleaning tasks.
- Engage with the audit and quality assurance process.
- Use PPE and comply with the organisational uniform policy to maintain required levels of hygiene.
Training schedule
The Cleaning Hygiene Operative Level 2 Apprenticeship offers a specialised training plan for those in the early stages of their careers in the commercial cleaning sector, or for more experienced cleaners who do not currently hold a formal qualification. It will involve a mix of practical and on-the-job training, coaching and theory-based learning.
Requirements
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Team working
- Initiative
Other requirements
Previous experience of working within the cleaning industry (desirable).
About this employer
Maylim is a landscape contractor specialising in both hard and soft landscaping, paving, highways and civil engineering.
https://www.maylim.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
Paid holidays Employer pension contributions
Disability Confident
A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.
You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.
After this apprenticeship
An apprenticeship as a cleaner provides a foundation for diverse career progression, potentially leading to roles such as a cleaning supervisor, team leader, manager, or even establishing your own cleaning business. Specialised roles, like in healthcare or facilities management, are also possible through further training and experience, leveraging your apprenticeship skills and knowledge to advance into senior positions.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
HIT TRAINING LTD
aoife.mcclements@maylim.co.uk
02077856996
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000340504.
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Closes in 12 days (Wednesday 24 September 2025 at 11:59pm)
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