Porters, Attendants and Related Workers

How to become a building caretaker

Official title: Building caretaker

Also called: Apartment house concierge, Building custodian, Church janitor, Jaga, Janitor, Night watchman, Verger, Watchman, Apartment house concierge

Building caretaker takes care of building. He/she guards against any theft or illegal entry. He/she may keep surroundings clean and tidy and sweep interior and exterior of building.

Main tasks

Participating in cleaning, simple repairs and maintenance of building interiors
Regulating conduct of tenants and visitors in matters such as noise abatement or misuse of property
Providing small services to absent tenants such as accepting deliveries on their behalf or providing requested information to callers
Notifying management and owners of buildings of the need for major repairs
Patrolling buildings to ensure security is maintained
Filling out registration forms and providing tenants with copies of rules

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

Median pay: $30,768 a year. The middle half earn $20,184 to $38,400 a year.
Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Questions people ask

How much does a building caretaker earn in Singapore?

Median full-time pay is $30,768 a year (Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg)). The middle half earn $20,184 to $38,400.

Will AI change the work of a building caretaker?

Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg): Resident Occupational Wages (Occupational Wage Survey) (June 2024 (data.gov.sg update 2026-04-01)), Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026

Updated 4 October 2026