Office Cleaning Services - Spring Cleaning

Spring brings on aller­gy sea­son. Here are some steps to engage in spring clean­ing ser­vices prop­er­ly with things like vac­u­um­ing and mop­ping to pre­vent allergies.

Video Tran­script:

Austin:

Oh, hey man, are you Tyrone?

Tyrone:

Yes, I am. Wel­come to Charleston.

Austin:

Ah, thank you man. Oh, man, sor­ry about that. It’s nice to be here.

Tyrone:

I’m not shak­ing your hand. You just sneezed in your hand.

Austin:

Sor­ry about that, man. These aller­gies got me messed up.

Tyrone:

That’s why I want­ed you here. We came to the office to pick up some dis­in­fec­tant so we can head out to the accounts and I can show you what we do when we dis­in­fect things to get ready for the aller­gy season.

Austin:

All right, let’s do it, man.

Tyrone:

All right.

Austin:

What you got there?

Tyrone:

This is the Alpha that we use. It’s Alpha mul­ti-sur­face dis­in­fect clean­er. Since school is out, we’ll be using in the cafe­te­ria tables and also the desk that teach­ers and kids will be using.

Austin:

Well, that’s cool. Where else would you use it?

Tyrone:

We also use it at any high point touch areas, such as faucets in the bath­rooms, stair­well rail­ings, door knobs, any­thing that they’ll be touching.

Austin:

Got you. Very cool. So you just spray it on it and then what hap­pens? You wipe it back off, or how does it work?

Tyrone:

Well with this, you have a three to 10-minute wait time, so ulti­mate kill you just leave it on for 10 min­utes and then after that, you just wipe it off.

Austin:

Okay, so max­i­mum kill time. You leave it on for 10 min­utes and it’s going to kill every­thing on there.

Tyrone:

Yes, sir.

Austin:

All right, well let’s take it out to the site and put it to use.

Tyrone:

All right.

Speak­er 3:

All right, Budd Group team. Time for your first pro safe­ty tip on spring clean­ing safe­ty. Remem­ber that mul­ti­pur­pose clean­ers do not dis­in­fect and dis­in­fec­tants do not clean, so make sure you are using the right chem­i­cal and that it has a label that says it is a dis­in­fec­tant in order to kill germs. Virex and Alpha HP are two of the most com­mon that we use at the Budd group, but they have dif­fer­ent dwell times. So make sure you know what th‘ dwell or kill time is before you use the dis­in­fec­tant for max­i­mum effec­tive­ness. And final­ly make sure you dis­in­fect any and all high touch sur­faces at your account on a reg­u­lar basis. Your man­ag­er should know exact­ly which ser­vices these are and be able to tell you.

Tyrone:

So Austin, I see some bees and stuff over there so you might want to just leave that.

Austin:

Bees out? I’ll see any bees. I’ll be fine man.

Tyrone:

Austin?

Austin:

Oh, oh shit.

Tyrone:

I told him.

Tyrone:

Man, I told you there were bees around there.

Austin:

I know they got me pret­ty good too. Does that hap­pen a lot this time of year?

Tyrone:

This time of year? Yeah. Any­where that we throw away food, we always have bees around.

Austin:

Gotcha. So dump­sters, trash cans. Man, that’s rough. So if I do come up on some bees and I work for you, should I get some spray and try to kill them or get them with a broom or what? How should I take care of them?

Tyrone:

No you just noti­fy the super­vi­sor so we can con­tact the cor­rect peo­ple so they can come in and spray for bees.

Austin:

Gotcha. All right, so just let the super­vi­sor know, stay away. Keep oth­er peo­ple away and let super­vi­sors take care of it.

Tyrone:

Yes sir.

Austin:

All right.

Speak­er 3:

Spring clean­ing, safe­ty pro safe­ty tip num­ber two. Insects, snakes and all kinds of oth­er crit­ters come out around this time of year and can be found any­where that food is stored or dis­posed of. So be extra care­ful dur­ing the spring and sum­mer months when you are work­ing in those areas. And if you do encounter one of these crit­ters, stay away and keep oth­ers away. Call your man­ag­er for help. Final­ly, if you are aller­gic to any fly­ing insects, please let your man­ag­er know so that we can be pre­pared in the case of an emergency.

Tyrone:

Austin, what are you doing up there on that ladder?

Austin:

Sor­ry about that Tyrone. I just try­ing to take care of some of that high dust­ing for you while I was here.

Tyrone:

Well, I appre­ci­ate that Austin, but with this we can pret­ty much get as high as we need to. We real­ly don’t use lad­ders unless it’s necessary.

Austin:

All right, so if you don’t need a lad­der, don’t use it.

Tyrone:

Exact­ly.

Austin:

Good to know. All right, so every now and then though it is going to be nec­es­sary to get on a lad­der if we have to do some fine clean­ing or maybe get up there with our hands. So if we do need to use a lad­der, what are some of the things we need to know about it?

Tyrone:

One, you you need to inspect your lad­der and make sure it’s a good condition.

Austin:

Okay. So things like labels, they need to be on there and we can see this thing right here, it can hold me but no more than 300 pounds. That’s good to know.

Tyrone:

Cor­rect.

Austin:

Any­thing else?

Tyrone:

Also you need to make sure the base is always on con­tact with the floor.

Austin:

All right, all four legs down and that needs to be locked out.

Tyrone:

Yes.

Austin:

Good to know. Any­thing else about it?

Tyrone:

Also you need to have a three point con­tact on the lad­der when you’re using it.

Austin:

Okay. So both feet and one hand so you can keep that oth­er hand free.

Tyrone:

Yes.

Austin:

Gotcha. Gotcha. And I see right here it says don’t stand at or above this lev­el. So that seems impor­tant too.

Tyrone:

Yes, you don’t go past that point and if any­thing hard or you need to go past that point, you need to con­tact your super­vi­sor so we can fig­ure out a way that we can get up there with­out using past that step.

Austin:

Gotcha. So if I’m here, I’m work­ing for you and there’s some­thing that’s requir­ing me to go high­er than I can reach off of this step right here, I don’t need to do it.

Tyrone:

Exact­ly.

Speak­er 3:

Spring clean­ing safe­ty pro safe­ty tip num­ber three. Do not use a lad­der unless you absolute­ly have to. The high dust­ing exten­sion pole is a great tool to avoid hav­ing to get on a lad­der. If you do have to get on a lad­der, make sure that all of the warn­ing labels are in good con­di­tion and fol­low them. Nev­er use any of the steps past a warn­ing label. Final­ly, make sure the lad­der is firm­ly on the ground and that you main­tain three points of con­tact for the lad­der at all times while using it.

Austin:

All right, man. Well, hey I appre­ci­ate you hav­ing me today. It’s been a lot of fun. I’ve learned a lot.

Tyrone:

Yeah, it was my plea­sure hav­ing you.

Austin:

Man.

Austin:

Man. I’ll tell you what, pol­len’s get­ting me today.

Tyrone:

Yeah. It’s in the mats is all over the place, but we got to make sure that once we blow the mats that it does­n’t get inside any of the school.

Austin:

Okay, so you’re say­ing not only is it fill­ing up my nose, it’s also fill­ing up this mat we’re stand­ing on?

Tyrone:

Cor­rect.

Austin:

All right, so how do you make sure you keep it clean?

Tyrone:

What we do, we blow the mats off and then once we go inside the school we would vac­u­um the car­pet area and then we also dry them off with this.

Austin:

Okay. So blow­ing these things off, try­ing to keep all the pollen out to keep it from get­ting tracked in. But inevitably some of it’s going to get tracked in. So we’re going to vac­u­um any car­pet and then make sure we’re dust mop­ping any surfaces.

Tyrone:

That’s it.

Austin:

Because hey, pollen on the ser­vices can be slick.

Tyrone:

That it can be.

Austin:

I’ll tell you what, man, I’ve had a great time today. I appre­ci­ate you hav­ing me out here and I always enjoy being in Charleston. I can’t wait to see you again.

Tyrone:

It was my plea­sure hav­ing you, Austin.

Austin:

Thank you, sir.

Speak­er 3:

Time for the final spring clean­ing pro safe­ty tip. This time of year, pollen gets every­where, but it espe­cial­ly likes to build up on exte­ri­or walk-off mats, which can cause pollen to be tracked inside of the build­ing and make entrances extreme­ly slick. Please take time to vac­u­um off or blow off these mats reg­u­lar­ly dur­ing pollen sea­son. Final­ly, use a dry mop often around entrances to keep them free of pollen, which will pre­vent the floors from get­ting slippery.

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