Clean equipment

Description

Perform cleaning routines after equipment use.

Occupations requiring this skill

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Skill demand overview
  • Essential in 8 occupations
  • Optional in 31 occupations
  • Total: 39 occupations
  • Most common in: ISCO major group 8 (Plant and machine operators, and assemblers)

Essential for

  • Factory hand
    Factory hands assist machine operators and product assemblers. They clean the machines and the working areas. Factory hands make sure supplies and materials are replenished. They u…
  • Street sweeper
    Street sweepers operate sweeping equipment and machinery to remove waste, leaves or debris from streets. They maintain records of sweeping operations and maintain, clean and perfor…
  • Pesticides sprayer
    Pesticides sprayers mix pesticides, insecticides, fungicides, and other chemical solutions, and apply them via technical equipment such as sprayers on trees, plants and lawns. They…
  • Vehicle cleaner
    Vehicle cleaners are employed to wash, scrub, polish and vacuum to keep vehicles cleaned and well maintained. They use brushes, sprayers, hoses and cloths in conjunction with vario…
  • Wood caulker
    Wood caulkers drive oakum into the seams between planking in deck or hull of wooden ships to make them watertight. They mainly use hand tools to heat marine glue…
  • Screen printer
    Screen printers tend a press that presses ink through a screen. Industrial screen printing is often used to print on materials that are hard to use with other processes,…
  • Train cleaner
    Train cleaners keep the interiors of trains tidy and clean. They clean out the bins in the different compartments, and perform other cleaning activities such as hoovering, mopping …
  • Cotton gin operator
    Cotton gin operators perform ginning operations for separating cotton fibres from the seeds. They tend bale presses and remove the processed bales from the gin. They perform machin…

Optional for

  • Air separation plant operator
    Air separation plant operators control and maintain the equipment for nitrogen and oxygen extraction from air, ensuring the required operational parameters of pressure, flow and te…
  • Textile machinery technician
    Textile machinery technicians set up, maintain, inspect and repair mechanical and computer-controlled machinery used in textile manufacturing such as weaving, dyeing and finishing …
  • Asphalt plant operator
    Asphalt plant operators extract raw materials such as sand and stones and operate mobile equipment for their transport to the plant. They tend automated machines to crush and sort……
  • Laundry ironer
    Laundry ironers re-shape clothing items and linen and remove creases from them by using irons, presses and steamers. They clean and maintain the ironing and drying area and organis…
  • Bleacher operator
    Bleacher operators tend a machine that bleaches wood pulp to serve in the production of white paper. Different bleaching techniques are used to complement the various pulping metho…
  • Glass polisher
    Glass polishers finish plate glass to make a variety of glass products. They polish the edges of the glass using grinding and polishing wheels, and spray solutions on glass…
  • Wood drying kiln operator
    Wood drying kiln operators control the process of applying heat to moist or 'green' wood in order to obtain usable dry wood. Depending on the type of kiln, the…
  • Performance rental technician
    Performance rental technicians manage technical equipment at concerts and other big events. Other titles The following job titles also refer to performance rental technician: perfo…
  • ATM repair technician
    ATM repair technicians install, diagnose, maintain and repair automatic teller machines. They travel to their clients' location to provide their services. ATM repair technicians us…
  • Bindery operator
    Bindery operators tend machines that bind printed or unprinted paper into volumes using staples, twine, glue or other binding technologies. Other titles The following job titles al…
  • Paper machine operator
    Paper machine operators tend a machine that takes in pulp slurry, spread it out over a screen, and drains out the water. The drained slurry is then pressed and…
  • 3D printing technician
    3D Printing technicians assist in the designing and programming of products, ranging from prosthetic products to 3D miniatures. They may also provide 3D printing maintenance, check…
  • Debarker operator
    Debarker operators operate debarking machines to strip harvested trees of their bark. The tree is fed into the machine, after which the bark is stripped using abrasion or cutting.……
  • Envelope maker
    Envelope makers tend a machine that takes in paper and executes the steps to create envelopes: cut and fold the paper and glue it, then apply a weaker food-grade…
  • Vacuum forming machine operator
    Vacuum forming machine operators tend, control, and maintain machines that heat sheets of plastic before moving them around a mould, using vacuum-suction; when these sheets become …
  • Paper stationery machine operator
    Paper stationery machine operators work with machines that perform one or more operations on paper to make it suitable for specific markets, such as punching holes, perforating, cr…
  • Paper bag machine operator
    Paper bag machine operators tend a machine that takes in paper, folds it and glues it to produce paper bags of various sizes, shapes, and grades of strength. Other…
  • Fibreglass machine operator
    Fibreglass machine operators control and maintain the machine that sprays a mix of resin and glass fibers onto products such as bathtubs or boat hulls to obtain strong and…
  • Book-sewing machine operator
    Book-sewing machine operators tend a machine that stitches paper together to form a volume. They check that signatures are inserted the right way and the machine does not jam.…
  • Wash deinking operator
    Wash deinking operators operate a tank where recycled paper is mixed with water and dispersants to wash out printing inks. The solution, called a pulp slurry, is then dewatered…
  • Filament winding operator
    Filament winding operators tend, control and maintain machines that coat filament, usually fibreglass or carbon, in resin and wind them around a rotation mould to produce pipes, co…
  • Laminating machine operator
    Laminating machine operators tend a machine that applies a plastic layer to paper to strengthen it and protect it from wetness and stains. Other titles The following job titles…
  • Fibre machine tender
    Fibre machine tenders operate and maintain extrusion machines that form sliver from filaments. They work with synthetic materials such as fiberglass or liquid polymer or non-s…
  • Hot foil operator
    Hot foil operators tend machines which apply a metallic foil on other materials using pressure cylinders and heating. They also mix colors, set up the appropriate machinery equipme…
  • Wood treater
    Wood treaters apply treatments to wood to make it resistant to environmental factors like mould, cold, moisture, or staining. Treatments may also contribute to the colour of the wo…
  • Crosscut saw operator
    Crosscut saw operators use a manual crosscut saw. Crosscut sawing is used for 'felling' and 'bucking' trees, or taking off the limbs to obtain logs. Crosscut sawyers may also…
  • Pultrusion machine operator
    Pultrusion Machine Operators tend, control, and maintain machines which enable the production of composite materials with consistent cross-sections by adding reinforcement fibres s…
  • Digester operator
    Digester operators, or cooks, cook wood chips with soda ash or acid to separate the wood pulp from unwanted constituents. They test the resulting solution. Other titles The followi…
  • Rubber dipping machine operator
    Rubber dipping machine operators dip forms into liquid latex to manufacture rubber products such as balloons, finger cots or prophylactics. They mix the latex and pour it into the……
  • Gas station operator
    Gas station operators process gases for compression, transmission or recovery by using gas, steam or electric engine compressors. They perform chemical tests on gases and are respo…
  • Drapery and carpet cleaner
    Drapery and carpet cleaners clean draperies and carpets for their clients by removing stains, dust or odors. They do this by applying chemical and repellent solutions and with the……

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Last updated on February 18, 2026

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