Street cleaners

£22,421

Average salary

Average annual salary UK 2020 | Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings

36 hours

Average weekly hours

Average weekly hours UK 2019 | Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings

6.41%

Unemployment rate

Unemployment rate UK 2020 | Labour Force Survey

Definition: Street cleaners

*SOC Code (Standard Occupational Classification): 9232

Workers in this unit group clean, sweep and remove refuse from public thoroughfares.

Common tasks include:

sweeps pavements, gutters and roadways with hand broom or mechanical sweeper;
collects litter using hand tools;
transfers refuse into containers and empties public litter bins into containers.

Qualifications

No academic qualifications are required. On-the-job training is provided. NVQs/SVQs in Cleaning: Highways and Land are available at Levels 1 and 2.

*Introduced in 1990, SOC is a multi-purpose common classification of occupations in UK. Jobs are defined in terms of skill level and skill content, including qualifications, training and work experience.

Employment status: Street cleaners

Regional employment: Street cleaners

Future employment: Street cleaners

Top 12 industries: Street cleaners

Alternative & related job titles: Street cleaners

Cleaner, highways Orderly, road Orderly, street Operative, realm, public (local government) Sweeper, road Cleaner, road Sweeper, street Cleaner, street Sweeper (street cleaning) Attendant, market Picker, litter Operative, cleansing (street cleaning)

Equality focus: Street cleaners

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