The work
From Dog Walks to Moving Help: What You'll Do as a Vano Helper
Quick answer: Vano helpers do short, practical home jobs around Galway — dog walks, cleaning, garden work, moving help, errands and online tutoring — choosing only the jobs they accept, with no rota and no minimum number of jobs.
"What would I actually be doing?" is the first thing most students ask. The honest answer: a varied mix of short, practical home jobs around Galway. You only ever do the ones you accept, so you can lean into the tasks you like and skip the rest.
The core jobs
- Dog walks — collect from the door, a 30-minute on-lead walk, home safely. Easily the most popular job with students.
- Cleaning — hoovering, mopping, surfaces, kitchen and bathroom. A focused tidy-up, not a deep industrial clean.
- Garden help — mowing, weeding, edging, and bagging the waste.
- Moving help — loading, carrying and unloading. The heavy-lifting hand people need on the day.
- Grocery collection & errands — pick up a click-and-collect order or run a quick errand and drop it to the door.
- Online tutoring — one-to-one online with adults (18+), in a subject you already know. No in-home grinds for under-18s — that needs Garda vetting.
How a job runs, start to finish
The flow is the same every time, which makes it easy once you've done one:
- A nearby job is dispatched to you by SMS and push.
- You accept (or ignore it). On accepting, the customer pays and the money is secured.
- You head to the address — found easily from the Eircode — and do the job.
- You mark it complete, and your earnings are released via Stripe.
What you don't have to do
You're never assigned work. There's no minimum number of jobs, no rota, and no penalty for going quiet during exams. Some students stick to dog walks; others love the variety. Both are fine.
There's also steady, repeat work
Some customers put their home on Autopilot — a weekly or monthly plan. Those visits get scheduled to a helper, so if you want something more regular alongside the one-off jobs, it's there.
Ready? See how to become a Vano helper or read why the pay works.