Domestic Work - Different Domestic Worker Jobs

Different Domestic Worker Jobs

• Au pair, foreign-national domestic assistant working for, and living as part of, a host family
• Babysitter
• Between maid, an in-between maid; her duties being half in the reception rooms and half in the kitchen
• Boot boy, a young male servant, employed mostly to perform footwear maintenance and minor auxiliary tasks
• Butler, a senior employee, almost invariably a man, whose duties traditionally include overseeing the wine cellar, the silverware, and some oversight of the other servants
• Charwoman or char, a female house or office cleaner, usually part-time
• Chauffeur, a personal driver
• Cleaner
• Cook, either a cook who works alone or the head of a team of cooks
• Dog walker
• Footman
• Gardener
• Governess, a woman teacher for the children
• Groundskeeper
• Handyman (household repairs)
• Horse trainer
• Housekeeper, a senior employee, usually female
• Knave
• Lackey, a runner
• Laundress
• Maid (or housemaid)
• Masseur/Masseuse
• Nanny (also known as a nurse), a woman taking care of infants and children
• Nursemaid
• Personal shopper
• Personal trainer (fitness, swimming, sports)
• Pool person
• Scullery maid
• Secretary (social or corresponding)
• Security guard
• Stable boy
• Valet or "gentleman's gentleman", responsible for the master's wardrobe and assisting him in dressing, etc. In the armed forces some officers have a soldier (in the British army called a batman) for such duties
• Wet nurse, provides suckling for infants if mothers cannot or do not wish to do so themselves