Requirements and skills: Time management skills. Attention to detail. Communication skills. Interpersonal skills. Flexibility. Customer service. Housekeeping hard skills. Refine your organizational skills. Job description: responsible for cleaning and reporting any safety hazards to the homeowner or manager in charge. They must complete tasks like vacuuming, sweeping, emptying trash cans, dusting shelves, cleaning windows, and mopping floors. Some Housekeepers change linens, wash dishes, and do light ironing and laundry.