Janitor

A janitor or caretaker, Switzerland caretaker, in Austria caretaker or janitor at schools ( in France concierge) is usually used by the homeowner or a property management company and takes over as an agent of the Principal tasks of property management, care and monitoring. Often, he is also responsible for cleaning tasks and maintenance tasks, with larger or special orders to be issued Companies, which he in turn monitored. His duties are home- specific and are usually laid down in contracts or bills. He shall ensure compliance with the house rules or the tenant obligations. Particular events he reports - but is also usually contact for tenants with problems.

Often, a caretaker lives in the building which he is responsible. In a small apartment such is in particular the case of larger systems or public law generally to a network service apartment.

Caretaker in Germany

In Germany there is for the caretaker no direct training course and the term is not legally protected. There are now but a variety of courses, seminars and lectures by private and public agencies that serve the particular training, continuing education and training and in some cases even end with nationally recognized qualifications. It is common that candidates have learned one or more trades, since their duties include minor repairs. In many cases, they transfer the housing and home owners and property managers more tasks as preparing transfer protocols when tenants change, meter readings, monitoring of artisans or the control of oversizes. Other typical duties of a janitor are property care as well as parks maintenance, clearing out, winter maintenance and the like.

Often caretaker in neighborhood disputes, disturbances or other harassment will intervene prompted ( such as smoke when grilling ) and violations of the house rules, although only a few cases have a legal authority to do so. Often it is only the disputants concerned, civil disputes; the caretaker can only inform the homeowner or the homeowners meeting on the matter.

Caretaker in Austria

The Hausbesorgergesetz, decided in 1969 by the Austrian Parliament, is a part of the labor law. It goes back to the servants orders. To 1900, the case law clearly that the Hausbesorgerdienstverhältnis could not be a variant of a Gesindeordnung. The legal character of their own demanded a special legal regulation. Therefore, a low- Austrian state law of 15 June In 1910 the first guidelines for caretakers and house owners about the Hausbesorgerdienstvertrag. 1913 was a revision. 1921 created the Province of Vienna by state law, the "Wiener Hausbesorgerordnung ". She was following the annulment by the Constitutional Court in May 1922 model for the adopted on 13 December 1922 as Federal Law Hausbesorgerordnung. The HBO in 1922 has been amended several times, especially in 1957 through an amendment. As the essential improvement of Hausbesorgerrechtes applies the abolition of compulsory attendance for the caretaker and the anchoring of his immediate payment claim against the homeowner. The first major amendment to HBO in 1922 thus took place some 35 years.

Probably the very long period of time is certainly justified to a considerable extent in the former domestic political and economic structure of Austria. During the Second Republic, therefore, the union was personal service, especially after 1957, constantly trying to show the social and labor law unsatisfactory position of caretaker and improve. In the summer of 1967, the Austrian Trade Union Federation handed over to the Federal Ministry of Social Administration a draft revision of HBO. Based on the fact commissioned by the then Minister of Social Affairs Grete Rehor with the development of a Ministerialentwurfs.

The law was passed on December 11, 1969 unanimously by the National Council. From 1 July 1970, it is effective; it is only since 2000 for the old cases, because of the extensive protection against dismissal and the official establishment of tariffs by the Governor were perceived as no longer appropriate (see also Article caretaker ). Since then, the " caretakers " as he is called to distinguish it from expiring " caretaker " now, labor law, a normal occupation without special privileges.

School caretaker

Janitor at schools are called school caretaker and are employees of the competent school authority.

Caretaker in Switzerland

In Switzerland, there is the training to become federally qualified caretaker / federally qualified caretaker. The Federal Office for Professional Education and Technology (OPET) approved the examination regulations, these higher professional examination (HFP ) on 7 March 2005.

House champions and caretakers are the superiors of the persons working in the house service as caretaker with Federal. Fachausweis, expert / professional plant maintenance formerly operating practitioners and auxiliaries. You are responsible for building complexes, housing developments or more contiguous properties.

Specialized service

Today, there are often service providers who are not bound to an object and as a company or on an independent basis ( the "flying Caretaker " ) are dedicated to the care and technical support of real estate. The totality of their various activities increasingly called " Facility Management". Tellingly would be the term " facility services " ( building services), since these service providers only act on behalf of and to be taken by the other decisions about their actions and omissions ( "Management ").

Instead, he expects from such service providers a wide range of offered services in high quality, often trained as a carpenter. Major customers or owners of large objects will require a rule the submission of references and a constant availability or a relevant human resources. The scope of the activities include in such (but - due to modernization and mechanization - more and more in smaller ) objects or for smaller or independent service providers in addition to the home and garden maintenance especially the monitoring and control of all technical equipment such as heating, air-conditioning, elevator, garage system, etc.

This can be a problem for small service providers an adult, when clients are commissioning or during the order fulfillment performance of services expected to exceed its technical and / or legal skills. Be affected thereby liability issues, the craft and trade law, etc.. Assistance to service providers if necessary, the competent Chamber of Commerce ( Commerce and Industry Chamber), which they are members forcibly. This is particularly true for the definition of free admission (permitted ) or artisanal activities of the accredited activities that require a masters qualification. Sometimes watching craft chambers, whether janitor perform activities for which a master's certificate is required.

2003, the provisions for some handicrafts sectors has been relaxed, ie, Caretaker may run since more activities than before.

The discussion about the training through to Master duty in Germany continues.