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Domestic Housekeeper
OFO Code: 515201
Last checked 3 October 2026
1. Occupation identity
- OFO code
- 515201
- Occupation
- Domestic Housekeeper
- Classification
- OFO 2021
- Major group
- SERVICE AND SALES WORKERS
- Unit group
- 5152 · Domestic Housekeepers
Official description
Domestic housekeepers organize, supervise and carry out housekeeping functions in private households with or without the support of subordinate staff.
More official OFO detail
Specialisations: Housekeeper (Private / Residential Service), House Steward Private, Domestic Servant
- Making beds, cleaning bathrooms, supplying towels, soap and related items
- Sweeping or vacuum-cleaning, washing and polishing floors, furniture and other fixtures
- Controlling storage and issue of supplies
- Purchasing or controlling the purchase of supplies
- Cleaning kitchens and generally helping with kitchen work, including dishwashing
- Assisting in cases of minor injury or illness by performing tasks such as taking temperature, giving medicine, putting g on bandages
- Preparing and cooking meals, setting and clearing tables and serving food and beverages
- Taking care of household pets and plants, receiving visitors, answering telephones, delivering messages and shopping for groceries
- Supervising workers employed in households as domestic staff
2. Demand status
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3. Salary evidence
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5. Qualification
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7. Industry, sector and provincial context
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10. Sources for this page
- DHET Organising Framework for Occupations (OFO 2021) · Planned
- DHET Occupations in High Demand · Planned
- Critical Skills List · Planned
- QCTO qualifications and occupational certificates · Planned
- Stats SA Quarterly Labour Force Survey · Planned
- SETA Sector Skills Plans / hard-to-fill vacancy tables · Planned