2. Household Services
refer to such activities as doing
dishes, cleaning a house, child
rearing activities, maintaining
lawns, making repairs to household
appliances and so forth.
3. TYPES AND USES OF
CEANING TOOLS,
EQUIPMENT, SUPPLIES
AND
MATERIALS
5. Broom
is a cleaning
implement for
sweeping made of
bundle of straws or
twigs attached to a
long handle.
6. Dustpan
is a cleaning tool
commonly used to
scoop the dirt and
wastes on the
floor.
7. Vacuum cleaner
is a device that uses an air
pump to create a partial
vacuum to suck up dust and
dirt, usually from floors, and
optionally from other
surfaces as well. The dirt is
collected by either a
dust bag or a cyclone
for later disposal.
8. Water Hose
hollow tubes designed
to carry fluids from one
location to another. Hoses
are also sometimes called
pipes, or more generally
tubing. The shape of a
hose is usually
cylindrical.
9. Bucket
is a watertight, vertical cylinder
or truncated cone, with an
open top and a flat bottom, usually
attached to a semicircular
carrying handle that is used to
hold water or any liquid
Solution used in
cleaning.
10. Cob webber
is used for reaching and
sweeping of floor without a
stool. It is also used to in
stairwells, ceiling corners
and other high
areas.
11. Sponge
is characterized by
readily absorbing water
and becoming soft when
wet while retaining
toughness: used in
bathing, in wiping
or cleaning surfaces, etc.
12. Dishcloth
is used in the kitchen to
dry dishes and other
surfaces.
Typically they are made of
cotton or other cloth, such
as microfiber, and measure
11" to 13" inches square.
14. Floor buffer
is an electrical appliance
that is used to clean and
maintain non-carpeted
floors, such as hardwood,
marble, tile or linoleum.
It is also known as a
floor polisher.
16. Cleaning detergent
is a surfactant or a
mixture of surfactants
with "cleaning
properties in diluted
solutions that is also
used in cleaning
purposes.