Job & Education Database

Window Cleaner

Fit for youth without SEE:
Yes

In office who used to clean window, glass and table is called window cleaner

Employment Option

Self Employment Ratio

%

Education

House Keeping Cleaner, 2070 390 hrs.

Professional Courses & Trainings

Possible Employers

Career in Detail

In office who used to clean window, glass and table is called window cleaner

Window Cleaners usually do the following

Cleans windows, glass partitions, mirrors, and other glass surfaces of building interior or exterior, using a pail of soapy water or another cleaner, sponge, and squeegee. Crawls through the window from inside and hooks safety belt to brackets for support, sets and climbs the ladder to reach second or third story, or uses bosun's chair, swing stage or other scaffolding lowered from roof to reach outside windows, or stands to reach the first floor or inside windows.
May clean deodorizing device, using a wire brush, or remove the unit, if defective.

Abilities and other Requirements

requires physcial stamina
requires surefootedness
Difficult to access for Girls

Income and other Facilities

Entry Salary / Income
Rs. (not set) - (not set)

Working Context

ISCO - International Standard Classification of Occupations

Security and Army Professionals
Skilled Urban Skilled Rural
Supporting Operations

The table illustrates the segregation of occupations according to the level of education & experience. The segregation is such that the 'Professionals' have the highest amount of education and/or experience then are the 2 skilled labour (Urban & Rural) and Supporting Occupations with assemblers, operators etc. Security and Army have a wider range of both education and experience and are governmental jobs.

The boxes highlighted are the ones associated with Window Cleaner . According to ISCO, jobs can have various levels of education and/or experience which thus puts them in different boxes as visualized in the table.

Relevant Education

House Keeping Cleaner, 2070 390 hrs.

Education strongly relevant

Duration Fee (Rs) Access without SEE
House Keeping
Supporting Laborers
0
Yes

Education moderately relevant

Duration Fee (Rs) Access without SEE
OJT
Supporting Laborers
0
Yes
On the job training means that you will directly join an organization, company or business to learn the skills you require for becoming a certain profession from somebody senior. On the job training is especially relevant for professions, where there is no formal training existing in Nepal or where learning from a mentor / senior is more effective than studying theoretical aspects. OJT are not a standard education or training, rather they are a specific type of apprenticeship for different areas that will benefit from hands-on experience. For example, career counselors observing several counseling sessions and how a senior career counselor reacts is more beneficiary than learning in a school setting. Go to education page

Ideal Qualities

Work activities, only physical: You prefer your work to be physical in nature, without much mental activity. You should consider looking for jobs that will require you to move around a lot and exert physical effort. Some examples would include jobs where you are on call, like medicine and technical work, teaching, and jobs involving manual labor like construction and agriculture.

Style of Working, only applying: You prefer to have a lot of structure in your work, and you like to follow established methods of doing things. You should consider looking for jobs that are fairly routine and repetitive. Some examples would include running a business, teaching, and jobs that require physical labour.

Information Processing, rather global: You prefer to look at how everything fits within the larger operation, but you also like to have some knowledge of the details of some aspects. You should consider jobs where you need to see how everything affects what you are doing. Some examples would include running a business and offering advice to solve problems.

Flexibility, very low: You prefer to have a fixed work routine with little or no change every day. You should consider looking for jobs where you are required to go to an office at a specific time each working day. Some examples would include desk jobs and running a shop.

Value orientation, only materialistic: You believe that your work is mostly for material gain, without any meaning behind it. You should consider looking for jobs that promise a return on your time investment. Some examples would include corporate jobs and running a business.

Pursuit of Success, very low: Having a personal life is important to you. You don’t want your social and family relationships to suffer from dedicating time to your work. You should consider looking for jobs that will not interfere with your private life. Avoid jobs which require you to dedicate a lot of your free time to your work

Motivation to Create, very low: You prefer to implement already existing ideas rather than come up with your own ways of doing things. You should consider looking for jobs where you will be given clear and explicit instructions on what you have to do, or where there is already an established way of doing things. Avoid jobs where you have to think of your own ways of doing things

Analysis orientated, low: You do not like to spend too much time thinking when making decisions. You usually make decisions and act quickly. You should consider looking for jobs where you can act immediately without spending a lot of time thinking. Avoid jobs where you are required to think about a lot of things before you can act.

Team oriented, very low: You are independent and work best on your own. It is difficult for you to work with others and to conform your way of working to theirs but on the other hand you do not feel odd if you have to work on your own. You should consider looking for jobs which have a lot of tasksthat can be fulfilled on your own and have a low degree of collaboration with colleagues or experts you need to ask for help

Cleans windows, glass partitions, mirrors, and other glass surfaces of building interior or exterior, using a pail of soapy water or another cleaner, sponge, and squeegee. Crawls through the window from inside and hooks safety belt to brackets for support, sets and climbs the ladder to reach second or third story, or uses bosun's chair, swing stage or other scaffolding lowered from roof to reach outside windows, or stands to reach the first floor or inside windows.
May clean deodorizing device, using a wire brush, or remove the unit, if defective.

Employment Condition

Self Employment Ratio

%

Possible Employers

Size of Employment

At the moment there are people working in this job in Nepal.

Job Demand

Shows the demand of the career (1st being the highest and the last being over-saturated).


60 = very high: This job is very high in demand. You can easily find employment or will be able to sell your service easily as a self employed person.

50 = high: This job is high in demand. With a certain talent you will find a job.

40 = medium: The demand for this job is medium. You should have chances in finding a job, but you might need to be flexible regarding your working place or in self employment, might have to compete with a few other professionals about the work.

30 = low: The demand for this job is low. Only a few vacancies are published. Academic proficiency as well as experience is required to be even considered for applying for this sort of jobs.

20 = saturated: There is no more demand for this profession in the labour market. Only if existing staff is released, new people are hired.

10 = over-supplied: There are many graduates already waiting for a job in this profession. You might have to consider a long waiting list or have to prove extraordinary talent to find a job in this profession.

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