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- Other cleaning workers

This unit group includes cleaning workers not classified elsewhere. The group includes, for instance, those who clean surfaces, materials and objects, such as carpets, walls, swimming pools and cooling towers, using specialized cleaning equipment and chemicals.
(a)     In such instances tasks would include -
cleaning carpets and upholstered furniture using cleaning machines and their attachments;.
selecting and applying cleaning agents to remove stains from carpets;
treating carpets with soil-repellent chemicals and deodorants, and treating for pests;
cleaning stone walls, metal surfaces and fascias using high pressure water cleaners and solvents;.
applying chemicals and high pressure cleaning methods to remove micro-organisms from water and filtration systems;
using wet vacuums and other suction equipment to remove scale, accumulated dirt and other deposits from swimming pools, cooling tower components and drains.