Cleaning supervisors

Light duty cleaners

Specialized cleaners

Dry cleaning, laundry and related occupations

This instructional program class comprises any program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to keep a building functioning, and to service a variety of structures including commercial and industrial buildings and mobile homes. These programs include courses in the basic maintenance and repair skills required to service building systems, such as air conditioning, heating, plumbing, electrical, major appliances, and other mechanical systems.

Building/property maintenance

Building Services Continuing Education

Cleaning supervisors supervise and coordinate the activities of workers in the following unit groups: Light duty cleaners (65310), Specialized cleaners (65311), and Janitors, caretakers and building superintendents (73201). They are employed by hospitals and other health care institutions, hotels, motels, schools and other educational institutions, commercial and industrial establishments, home and office cleaning establishments and by various specialized cleaning companies.

Light duty cleaners clean lobbies, hallways, offices and rooms of hotels, motels, resorts, hospitals, schools, office buildings and private residences. They are employed by hotels, motels, resorts, recreational facilities, hospitals and other institutions, building management companies, cleaning service companies and private individuals. Housekeepers perform housekeeping duties in residential, and institutional settings.

Specialized cleaners clean and refurbish building exteriors, carpets, chimneys, industrial equipment, ventilation systems, windows and other surfaces, using specialized equipment and techniques. They are employed by specialized cleaning service companies or they may be self-employed.

Dry cleaning and laundry machine operators operate machines to dry-clean or launder garments and other articles. Dry cleaning and laundry inspectors and assemblers check finished garments and other articles to ensure that they meet required standards for dry-cleaning, laundering and pressing, and assemble and bag finished garments and other articles. This unit group also includes workers who iron, press or otherwise finish garments and household articles. They are employed in dry cleaning, laundry and fur cleaning establishments, and in the laundries of hotels, hospitals and other institutions.

For information and to apply: 

[Building Service Worker Certificate](https://www.coastmountaincollege.ca/programs/discover/continuing-studies/stronger-bc-future-skills-grant)


Building Service Worker Certificate

For information and to apply visit the institution's website: 

[Individual Courses and Programs in Building]( https://www.douglascollege.ca/programs-courses/continuing-education/building-based-courses-programs)

Individual Building-based Courses and Programs

For information and how to apply visit the institution's site:

[Builder License Certificate](https://langara.ca/continuing-studies/programs-and-courses/programs/builder-licence/index.html)

Builder License Certificate

For information and to apply visit the institution's website: 

[Building Service Worker Certificate]( https://www.okanagan.bc.ca/building-service-worker-certificate)

For information and to apply visit the institution's website: 

[Building Manager Certificate](https://continuingstudies.vcc.ca/public/category/courseCategoryCertificateProfile.do?method=load&certificateId=1023304)

Building Manager Certificate

For information and to apply visit the institution's website: 

[Building Manager Short Certificate](https://continuingstudies.vcc.ca/public/category/courseCategoryCertificateProfile.do?method=load&certificateId=3304786)

Building Manager Short Certificate

For information and to apply visit the institution's website: 

[Individual Courses in Building & Resource Management]( https://continuingstudies.vcc.ca/public/category/programArea.do?method=load&selectedProgramAreaId=1027704)

Individual Courses in Building & Resource Management

For information and how to apply visit the institution's site: 

[Building Service Worker Certificate](https://pdt.viu.ca/building-service-worker)

Educational Path

Building Services Continuing Education

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