Housekeepers and Related Workers

How to become a Housekeeper

Official title: Housekeeper (hotel and related establishment)

Also called: Assistant housekeeper, Housekeeper (excluding private service), Housekeeping coordinator, Housekeeping supervisor, Housekeeping supervisor (excluding private service), Linen room supervisor, Assistant Housekeeper/Assistant Manager (Housekeeping), Laundry Manager, Housekeeping supervisor, Linen room supervisor

Housekeeper (hotel and related establishment) plans, organises and supervises the work of domestic staff in hotels, hospitals and other institutions. He/she trains, assigns duties to and supervises workers such as room stewards and stewardesses, laundry workers and seamstresses. He/she ensures prescribed standards of efficiency and cleanliness are met. He/she assists in purchasing supplies, examines condition of rooms, reports on repairs needed and suggests improvements, checks housekeeping accounts and takes inventories of bed linen and other articles. He/she may also prepare housekeeping budget.

Main tasks

Training and supervising helpers and other housekeeping staff
Purchasing or controlling the purchase of supplies
Controlling storage and issue of supplies
Performing other housekeeping duties

Ways in

Apprenticeship: Work-study diploma. Related ITE work-study diplomas: Work-Study Diploma in Hotel & Restaurant Management. You are employed by a company and study at ITE at the same time. Peernovo matched these from course names.
Polytechnic or ITE: ITE course (Nitec or Higher Nitec). Related ITE courses: Higher Nitec in Hospitality Operations; Technical Diploma in Hospitality & Hotel Management. Peernovo matched these from course names; ITE does not publish which jobs each course leads to.; Polytechnic diploma. Related diplomas: Diploma in Hotel & Leisure Management (Republic Polytechnic); Diploma in Hospitality & Tourism Management (Temasek Polytechnic). Peernovo matched these from course names; polytechnics do not publish which jobs each course leads to.

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

Median pay: $38,796 a year. The middle half earn $27,744 to $55,272 a year.
Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Questions people ask

How do I become a Housekeeper?

Ways in include: ITE course (Nitec or Higher Nitec); Polytechnic diploma; Work-study diploma.

How much does a Housekeeper earn in Singapore?

Median full-time pay is $38,796 a year (Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg)). The middle half earn $27,744 to $55,272.

Will AI change the work of a Housekeeper?

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