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Cleaner resume examples from 2026

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Updated March 26, 2025
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How to write a cleaner resume

Craft a resume summary statement

Your resume summary sums up your experience and skills, making it easy for hiring managers to understand your qualifications at a glance. Here are some tips to writing the most important 2-4 sentences of your resume:

Step 1: Start with your professional title, or the one you aspire to.

Step 2: Detail your years of experience in cleaner-related roles and your industry experience.

Step 3: What are your biggest professional wins? Here is your opportunity to highlight your strongest accomplishments by placing them at the start of your resume.

Step 4: Don't forget, your goal is to summarize your experience. Keep it short and sweet, so it's easy for recruiters to quickly understand why you're a great hire.

These tips will help you demonstrate why you are the perfect fit for the cleaner position.

Please upload your resume so Zippia’s job hunt AI can draft a summary statement for you.

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List the right project manager skills

Use your Skills section to show you have the knowledge and technical ability to do the job. Here is how to make the most of your skills section and make sure you have the right keywords:

  1. Look to the job listing. You often need to include the exact keywords from the job description. Take note of the skills listed for the job.
  2. Put all relevant hard and soft skills in your skills section.
  3. Be specific. If you are too broad, you may not be giving the best picture of your skills and leave the hiring manager uncertain of your abilities.
  4. Be up to date. Software names change and companies merge. Don't look out of touch by being careless.
  5. Be accurate. Spelling and even upper or lowercase can dramatically change meanings. Make sure you are correctly listing your skills.
These five steps should give you a strong elevator pitch and land you some cleaner interviews.

Here are example skills to include in your “Area of Expertise” on a cleaner resume:

  • Commercial Cleaning
  • Building Floors
  • Ventilation
  • Cleanliness
  • Customer Service
  • Work Ethic
  • Window Sills
  • Safety Procedures
  • Scrubbers
  • Public Restrooms
  • Light Fixtures
  • Bathroom Fixtures
  • Urinals
  • Trash Receptacles
  • Office Buildings
  • Clean Bathrooms
  • Clean Environment
  • Mop Floors
  • Industrial Cleaning
  • Chrome
  • Waste Receptacles
  • Floor Care
  • Groceries
  • Trash Removal
  • Glass Partitions
  • WAX Floors
  • Snow Removal
  • Shampoo Carpets
  • Paper Towels
  • Clean Windows

Zippia’s AI can customize your resume for you.

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How to structure your work experience

Your work experience should be structured:

  1. With your most recent roles first, followed by earlier roles in reverse chronological order.
  2. Job title, along with company name and location on the left.
  3. Put the corresponding dates of employment on the left side.
  4. Keep only relevant jobs on your work experience.

How to write cleaner experience bullet points

Your resume is not a list of responsibilities or a job description. Instead, it is your chance to show your accomplishments and show why you're good at what you do.

  • Use the What, How, and Why format. Answering these questions turns a bland job description into an effective showcase of your abilities.
  • What were your responsibilities or goals?
  • How did you accomplish them?
  • Why were your results important? (How did it impact your company? Can you quantify the results in numbers? )

Here are great bullet points from cleaner resumes:

Work history example #1

Trolley Cleaner

G2 Secure Staff

  • Cleaned the interior of the airplanes before take-off
  • Cleaned interiors and exteriors of transportation vehicles, such as airplanes, automobiles, buses ,railroad cars, and streetcars.

Work history example #2

Cleaner

ABM Industries

  • Worked at Nation Wide Insurance offices under ABM Company.
  • Trained OSHA's Hazard Communication standard (HCS).
  • Refinished hardwood floors Cleaned carpets Stripped and waxed floors Detailed cars
  • Followed oral and written communication.

Work history example #3

Steam Cleaner

ServiceMaster

  • performed various work as to dusting of office mopping floors.vacuuming, changing trash receptacles.also cleaning carpet shampoo,also cleaning windows.
  • Performed cleaning services as required by customer, i.e, upholstery, carinterior and carpet cleaning.

Work history example #4

Cleaner

Burger King

  • Sanitized the dishes and floors!
  • Washed and sanitized dishes and equipment.
  • Worked closely with other employees to provide exceptional hospitality through communication.
  • Maintained a good, clean environment for customers Cooked an assortment of food Washed dirty dishes

Zippia’s AI can customize your resume for you.

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Add an education section to your resume

Employers are looking for a few things when looking at the Education section of your resume:
  • The highest degree you have achieved.
  • TWhere you attended school, and the dates (Although if you graduated some time ago, leave the date off to avoid ageism)
  • TField of study
  • TAny honors, relevant coursework, achievements, or pertinent activities

Here are some examples of good education entries from cleaner resumes:

High School Diploma

2018 - 2018

Highlight your cleaner certifications on your resume

If you have any additional certifications, add them to the certification section.

Start simple. Include the full name of the certification. It's also good to mention the organization that issued the certification. Next, specify when you obtained the certification.

Here are some of the best certifications to have on cleaner resumes:

  1. EPA Amusement Operators Safety Certification (EPA)
  2. Certified Medical Office Manager (CMOM)
  3. Nationally Certified Medical Office Assistant (NCMOA)
  4. Computer Service Technician (CST)
  5. Air System Cleaning Specialist (ASCS)
  6. Certified Maintenance Technician (CMT)
  7. Certified Patient Care Associate (CPCA)

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