ABOUT OFFICE CLEANING STAGES

The article says about what office cleaners do in the process of their work, what office cleaning service includes and how usually the cleaning in office goes.

Cleaning is a more and more common service nowadays which includes cleanup of houses, offices, hotels and so on by specially trained people with special cleaning equipment, washing chemicals and tools. This service gained popularity around the world; it is enough to pay a certain amount of money to get or keep your home and work space clean. There are many different services in cleaning and each cleaning company may suggest you exactly what you need. One of the branches of this service is office cleaning. Office cleaners are responsible for cleaning commercial buildings. To make and keep some business clean office cleaners use special equipment and other supplies.

Office cleaning in the majority of cases includes sweeping, mopping and buffing floors, dusting different surfaces, vacuuming carpeted areas if there are any, scrubbing and sanitizing restrooms, polishing wood furniture. Also office cleaners are often responsible for restocking necessary supplies in kitchen and bathroom areas, e.g. toilet paper, paper towels and soap.

Before start of cleaning office cleaners examine a checklist which was set up in advance to make sure of everything they must accomplish. They gain and prepare all cleaning equipment, washing chemicals and tools for the work. Sometimes it is required to put up special "closed for cleaning" signs and set up correct caution or wet floor signs to prevent any accidents.

At first office cleaners pick trash, paper and debris that can be picked by hands. Then the other trash should be cleaned – in office cleaning for this goal backpack vacuums are often used. It helps to dispose of all spots and stains on the floors, carpeting, walls, furniture and baseboards. In other cases office cleaners use carpet stain removers.

The next step in office cleaning – emptying trash cans (the most common garbage bag is 10-15 gallon bag for individual offices). Then goes dusting all surfaces: desks and shelves. After this office cleaners clean telephones, calculators and computer keyboards with disinfectant spray on the micro fiber cloth. Then it's important to dust heating vents, ledges and window sills, wet mop all hard floor surfaces, vacuum all carpeted floors, starting with mats and runners.

Each month office cleaners clean paper towel dispensers and hand dryers with a disinfectant spray or wipe. Then they wipe down all vertical surfaces using an all-purpose cleaner. Then it's turn of spray buffing of hard surfaces with a floor buffing polisher on any necessary speed. Office cleaners also polish desks, tables, chairs and other wood furniture using a furniture polish. Glass cleaner is required to clean all windows from different spots and marks.

Q

1. What does office cleaning service include?

1. Sweeping, mopping and buffing floors, dusting different surfaces, vacuuming carpeted areas if there are any, scrubbing and sanitizing restrooms, polishing wood furniture.

2. What do cleaners must do before the cleaning?

2. They must examine a checklist which was set up in advance to make sure of everything they must accomplish. They gain and prepare all cleaning equipment, washing chemicals and tools for the work. Sometimes it is required to put up special "closed for cleaning" signs and set up correct caution or wet floor signs to prevent any accidents.

3. What is the first step of cleaning in office?

3. To pick trash, paper and debris that can be picked by hands, to dispose of all spots and stains on the floors, carpeting, walls, furniture and baseboards.

4. What is the most common size of garbage bag for office cleaning?

4. 10-15 gallon bag.

5. What do office cleaners do monthly?

5. They clean paper towel dispensers and hand dryers with a disinfectant spray or wipe. Then they wipe down all vertical surfaces using an all-purpose cleaner. Then it's turn of spray buffing of hard surfaces with a floor buffing polisher on any necessary speed. Office cleaners also polish desks, tables, chairs and other wood furniture using a furniture polish.

Author

The article was written with an author's personal experience. The information in the article was taken from the interview with James Wood, who has been working as an office cleaner for three years.