How to become a Building Structure Cleaner
Official title: Building Structure Cleaners
Building cleaners clean building exteriors, remove soot from chimneys, flues and connecting pipes, and clean stone, brick, metal and similar surfaces using chemicals, sandblasting or steam equipment.
Main tasks
- Clean stone, brick, metal and similar surfaces using chemicals, steam equipment or high-pressure sandblasting
- Remove soot from chimneys, flues and connecting pipes
- Remove mould and stains from buildings
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Demand for Craft and related trades jobs is projected at about 1,519,000 in 2024 and about 1,515,000 in 2030. (-0.3%)
- Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
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Questions people ask
Is a Building Structure Cleaner a growing career in Taiwan?
Demand for this job family is projected to change -0.3% from 2024 to 2030 (National Development Council).
Will AI change the work of a Building Structure Cleaner?
Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- National Development Council: Final manpower demand projections by occupation (職業別最終人力需求推估) (2025 to 2030 (base 2024), 13 job families), CC BY 4.0, 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