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Clean building walls or flooring

This is physical, in-person work with real objects, tools, equipment and places that change from day to day. AI can't do it for you.

Part of Clean tools, equipment, facilities, or work areas, under the O*NET work activity group Performing General Physical Activities. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 0 AI-assist, 8 stays human).

Tasks built on this activity

• Buff and vacuum floors to ensure their cleanliness prior to the application of finish.Stays human Floor Sanders and Finishers
• Clean building floors by sweeping, mopping, scrubbing, or vacuuming.Stays human Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners
• Sweep, scrub, wax, or polish floors, using brooms, mops, or powered scrubbing and waxing machines.Stays human Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners
• Wash windows, walls, ceilings, and woodwork, waxing and polishing as necessary.Stays human Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners
• Strip, seal, finish, and polish floors.Stays human Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners
• Steam-clean or shampoo carpets.Stays human Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners

Tasks where it is part of the work

• Clean rugs, carpets, upholstered furniture, and draperies, using vacuum cleaners and shampooers.Stays human Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners
• Dust furniture, walls, machines, or equipment.Stays human Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners