Hotel housekeepers are charged with cleaning and maintaining the rooms and premises in and around a hotel. This may involve sweeping, waxing and polishing floors, emptying waste baskets, changing sheets, folding and ironing clothes and cleaning the rooms and hallways.
After the cleaning is complete, hotel housekeepers may also be charged with putting the final touches to a room, such as spraying air freshener, refolding the towels and wiping down the coffee pot (if the room has one).