Do you need a diploma to become a cleaning agent? Are there studies and training to learn the cleaning trades? What about the outlook in the household sector? We tell you everything you need to know to become a housekeeper or housekeeper with or without a diploma !
Can you become a housekeeper or a housekeeper without a diploma?
First of all, know that it is not mandatory to have a diploma in cleaning to become a maintenance worker. In other words, it is possible to become a man or a housekeeper without a diploma and to retrain at any age! Indeed, it is not uncommon for an inexperienced cleaning agent to be hired by a company or an individual. Learning is thus carried out gradually.
However, as in any field, it is easier to find a job as a housekeeper if you have a minimum of training. Indeed, following a training in the cleaning trades will allow you to learn all the theoretical and practical knowledge about hygiene. This will distinguish you from other candidates but which will also allow you to progress more easily thereafter.
Are there cleaning training courses to become a maintenance worker?
As we said, no diploma is required to become a housekeeper . On the other hand, there are training courses in hygiene, maintenance and upkeep which make it possible to have more opportunities in the cleaning professions and to specialize in certain areas. Accessible after obtaining the college or BAC certificate, these courses can last from a few months up to three years and can be carried out as an apprenticeship, work-study program or through a validation of prior experience (VAE) file. .
Among the training courses that allow you to work in the household sector, we can mention:
- CAP Cleanliness and hygiene agent : this training allows you to become an agent specializing in cleanliness, hygiene and maintenance of premises and equipment. The holder of this CAP will thus be able to carry out routine maintenance, repair work, bio-cleaning and waste management in various premises such as offices, supermarkets, hospitals, etc.
- CAP Hotel services : this training allows you to work in the field of maintenance of accommodation and hotel services by repairing rooms, cleaning common areas and linen management for example.
- CAP Technical assistant in a family and collective environment : this course allows you to work in the technical services of public or private collective structures or in private homes through a provider organization. His role ? The maintenance of living spaces, linen or even the preparation of meals.
- Hygiene and environment professional baccalaureate : this training allows you to work in urban or rural cleaning sites, sanitation, industrial cleaning and biological or chemical decontamination sites. It allows, among other things, to become a maintenance agent, cleaning site manager or premises hygiene inspector.
- Professional baccalaureate in hygiene, cleanliness and sterilization : this training mainly focuses on sterilization and rehabilitation protocols in sensitive environments. It allows you to become a qualified agent, cleaning and sterilization site manager or site manager in several sectors: SMEs or TPE, hospitals or clinics, commercial, administrative, industrial premises or in premises in risk areas such as medical laboratories. .
- Professional baccalaureate in Pollution Management and Environmental Protection : the holder of this training can become a works supervisor or site manager in the sectors of sanitation, cleaning of industrial sites and depollution of polluted natural sites. He may, for example, work in industrial and petroleum installations, within networks for the collection, storage and disposal of water and industrial waste.
What are the development prospects for cleaning men and women?
After a few years of experience, housekeepers and men will be able to move on to positions of responsibility and team management by becoming team leader, sector manager or site manager. The development prospects of a maintenance agent may also vary depending on the training carried out. Indeed, according to its specificities, it can move towards professions of personal services (as a social worker or childcare worker or in charge of home service) or even work in specific structures such as hotels and restaurants. or even within industrial sites.
And for people looking for autonomy, it is quite possible to be a self-employed man and housekeeper by adopting the status of auto-entrepreneur – like all Wecasa household helpers , or even as a self-employed person. creating its own structure of maintenance agent.
How to become a Wecasa housekeeper?
- Have experience in home cleaning
- Have the status of auto-entrepreneur
- Have the right to work on French territory
- To be declared a personal service or to accept to become one
- Have an interview with the Wecasa integration team
