Become a fully qualified commercial cleaner who can work in any area of a building: offices, washrooms, kitchenettes, floors and storerooms. This programme follows the registered QCTO curriculum for the full Occupational Certificate: Commercial Cleaner (SAQA 118709, NQF Level 1, 120 credits), which includes all four Commercial Cleaner part-qualifications plus health and safety, the commercial cleaning environment and storeroom management, in three parts: knowledge, practical skills and real work experience.
Programme structure
Start with Module 0: Orientation and Your QCTO Programme, free.
Part 1
The theory behind the job: the world of work, health and safety, commercial cleaning, equipment and chemicals, and how kitchenettes, ablutions, floors and above-floor surfaces are cleaned.
Everything included
Start learning today, no card, no commitment.
Every lesson is presented by a GoalVow digital human.
Follows the registered QCTO curriculum 811201-000-00-00 (SAQA 118709).
Course outcomes
Explain your rights, your duties, health and safety, and how work is organised in a South African workplace
Identify commercial cleaning equipment, consumables, chemicals and PPE, and select the right ones for every area of a building
Prepare for a shift by putting on PPE, checking equipment and packing a cleaning trolley safely
Clean kitchenettes, ablution facilities, above-floor surfaces and all floor types to hygiene standards using the principles of cleaning
Store chemicals safely, keep the storeroom clean and controlled, and replenish and record the chemicals and consumables you use
Complete end-of-task duties: clean and store equipment, remove PPE safely, check your work and report defects
Compile a Portfolio of Evidence and a supervisor-signed Statement of Work Experience for the QCTO external assessment
Registered qualification
1. Plan and prepare for cleaning operations, with the right PPE, equipment, chemicals and consumables.
2. Clean different types of surfaces and areas, and complete end-of-task duties, to standard using cleaning principles and methods.
Certification pathway
Knowledge modules, then the Part 1 written and VR final tests at 80%.
Practical skills, observed against checklists, then the Part 2 written and VR final tests.
Who it's for
Job seekers and school leavers who want the full recognised qualification in commercial cleaning
Cleaners who already hold one or more Commercial Cleaner part-qualifications and want the full certificate
Learners on a learnership with a contract cleaning, facilities or hospitality company
Employers training all-round cleaners and future team leaders to one standard
Career outlook
Where it leads
You are here
Commercial Cleaner
NQF 1 · 120 credits
Move up a level
Laundry Worker (NQF Level 2)
The next NQF step
Related part-qualifications that share modules with this one
Enrol free, finish Modules 0–1, and unlock the rest only when you are ready. Earn a verifiable certificate and 1,500 VOWR on completion.
Part 1 Final Test
Written · 80% VR final · 80%
Part 2
Doing the job in a simulated workplace: before-shift duties, every cleaning area, the storeroom, and checking and confirming the work.
Part 2 Final Test
Written · 80% VR final · 80%
Part 3
Doing the job in a real workplace, as many times as each module requires, verified by your supervisor.
Part 3 Final Test
Written · 80% VR final · 80% Signed logbook
Practise every module in a virtual kitchenette, including 3 VR final tests.
Every practical lesson has a safety briefing and a do-it, check-it checklist.
Log your work experience; your supervisor verifies it and signs your statement online.
Printable reading material for every module to keep and revise from.
The evidence you need to qualify for the national external assessment.
Pass all three parts at 80% for a GoalVow certificate anyone can verify.
Rewards for real milestones, usable towards your next course.
Your journey
Modules 0–1 open the moment you enrol.
Presented lessons and reading books, then the Part 1 written and VR final tests.
Practise in VR and with observed checklists, then the Part 2 final tests.
Real work, verified by your supervisor, then the Part 3 final tests and your signed statement.
Earn your GoalVow certificate and VOWR, ready for the QCTO external assessment.
Work experience in a real workplace, verified by your supervisor, then the Part 3 final tests and a signed Statement of Work Experience.
Issued when all three parts are passed, with 1,500 VOWR.
External Integrated Summative Assessment (EISA): 80% in knowledge and 80% in practical to be certificated.
Issued by the QCTO after you pass the external assessment.
Your Portfolio of Evidence collects all of it as you go.
Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) is available: if you already have these skills from work, or hold a Commercial Cleaner part-qualification, an accredited provider or workplace can assess you against the curriculum's internal assessment criteria and credit the modules you can prove.
This programme follows the registered QCTO curriculum for the Occupational Certificate: Commercial Cleaner (SAQA ID 118709, curriculum 811201-000-00-00, NQF Level 1, 120 credits). The QCTO Occupational Certificate itself is issued by the QCTO after you pass the External Integrated Summative Assessment (EISA), arranged through the Services SETA at an accredited assessment centre. GoalVow gives you the training, the evidence you need to qualify for that assessment, and a GoalVow certificate once you pass all three parts here.
Those four are part-qualifications, each covering one area. This programme is the full Commercial Cleaner qualification. It includes all of their modules plus health and safety (KM-02), the commercial cleaning environment (KM-03) and storeroom management (PM-05 and WM-05). If you already completed a part-qualification, RPL can credit the modules you hold.
Part 1 is knowledge (39 credits): eight knowledge modules from the world of work to every cleaning area. Part 2 is practical skills (35 credits): seven practical modules. Part 3 is work experience (46 credits): seven work experience modules in a real workplace, signed off by a supervisor. Each part ends with a final test and a VR final test, and you must pass all three parts to earn your certificate.
The curriculum asks for each work experience in WM-02 (above-floor surfaces) to be done at least three times within five weeks, and each work experience in the other six work experience modules at least five times within five weeks, always both under supervision and independently. Your GoalVow logbook counts this for you.
The QCTO curriculum asks for a supervisor with a cleaning and hygiene qualification (Commercial Cleaner or equivalent) and at least three years of industry experience. Your supervisor receives a secure link from GoalVow to verify each logbook entry and sign your Statement of Work Experience.
Yes. Employers can book seats for their staff, and this training can count towards the skills development element of B-BBEE. Learnership and skills programme funding is managed by the SETAs, so ask your employer or the Services SETA about current funding windows.
Yes. Enrol free and work through Modules 0 to 1 with no card needed. You only pay if you want to finish the full course.
A once-off R 299 unlock opens every remaining module, the VR practices, the workplace logbook, the three Part Final Tests and your verifiable GoalVow certificate. Bundle and VOWR discounts are shown at checkout.
The curriculum sets about 1200 notional hours (120 credits), including at least 5 weeks of work experience in a real workplace. Most learners finish in about 28 weeks.
No. VR Practice runs in desktop 3D in your browser with a mouse and keyboard. A compatible WebXR headset is optional for the immersive mode.
Your GoalVow certificate has a unique ID that employers can check on our Verify a certificate page. It confirms you passed all three parts of a programme built on the registered QCTO curriculum (SAQA 118709, NQF Level 1). The national QCTO Occupational Certificate is issued by the QCTO after you pass the External Integrated Summative Assessment (EISA).
Yes. GoalVow is built mobile-first, and your progress is saved to your account so you can switch between phone and computer.
