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Locker Room, Coatroom, and Dressing Room Attendants

In the Locker Room, Coatroom, and Dressing Room Attendants occupation, workers provide personal items to patrons or customers in locker rooms, dressing rooms, or coatrooms. One core duty is to clean facilities such as floors or locker rooms. On the six-type interest model it reads CRS, meaning orderly work with data, records and clear procedures comes first, followed by hands-on work with tools, machines or the physical world. Plan on a few months to a year of learning on the job; O*NET labels this some preparation. Strength in service orientation, speaking, and active listening helps most here. People who want orderly work with data, records and clear procedures usually fit better here than those who need research, analysis and working through hard problems.

What they do

Provide personal items to patrons or customers in locker rooms, dressing rooms, or coatrooms.

Main tasks

  • Clean facilities such as floors or locker rooms.
  • Provide towels and sheets to clients in public baths, steam rooms, and restrooms.
  • Collect soiled linen or clothing for laundering.
  • Refer guest problems or complaints to supervisors.
  • Maintain a lost-and-found collection.
  • Clean and polish footwear, using brushes, sponges, cleaning fluid, polishes, waxes, liquid or sole dressing, and daubers.

Skills

  • Service Orientation
  • Speaking
  • Active Listening
  • Social Perceptiveness
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Monitoring

Who this career fits

May suit you if

  • You like clear rules and getting the details right.
  • You like ending the day with a physical result you can point to.
  • You want to start work after a short stretch of training.
  • You are comfortable relying on service orientation and speaking.

May not suit you if

  • You get restless with routine, records and exact procedures.
  • You want to spend most of your time analyzing and researching. Investigative rates 1.0 out of 7 here.
  • You want a career built on years of advanced study.

Interest profile

O*NET rates each occupation from 1 to 7 on six interest types. The code CRS takes the three highest, and Conventional comes first here.

Preparation

Some preparation. Most people start with a high school diploma, then learn from experienced coworkers over a few months to a year.

Most-reported requirement in the O*NET survey: High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED). This reflects what workers reported most often and is not a legal minimum. Licensing rules can differ by state or industry, so confirm what applies where you plan to work.

Also called

  • Attendant
  • Coat Check Attendant
  • Coat Checker
  • Coat Room Attendant
  • Fitting Room Attendant

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This page includes information from the O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA.