Ahyi training
Posted by John on March 24th, 2006
One of the main benefits of living in China is that everybody can afford a maid. They are called ahyi here. We have one that comes twice a week to help us clean, wash dishes, do laundry, iron etc… The rate is 6RMB per hour.
They even have training courses to become one:
Their housekeeping training courses are a major at Chengdu Radio and Television Junior College in January. The program is combined with month-long classes and two years of practice in major cities.
Courses covered English, manners, western cooking, computer skills, and sociology. The program’s Shanghai associate is the Shanghai Boni Housekeeping Service Company.
Shanghai’s ayi shortage is estimated at 200,000 this year, and for foreign families, the number is around 40,000.
If you live in Shanghai, you won’t need to do housework anymore.