Updated 4/11/22
With businesses, offices, and large premises requiring to be kept clean, it’s become increasingly common to hire janitor services to get the work done. A janitor is just another word for cleaning staff and the services usually include cleaning, repairing, and maintenance work. Outsourcing cleaning services are beneficial for large-scale maintenance, since paying the average janitor hourly wage works better than hiring in-house cleaning staff.
By hiring janitor services, the preference can be clearly stated about what time of the day the services are to be provided, be it cleaning or maintenance. If it’s undesirable to have cleaning going on during the day, with employees moving about, after-work hours janitor services are available too. Since janitors are allotted maintenance and even property management work at times, a custodian is yet another title for janitor services. The average salary for custodian services ranges between $13 and $18 per hour. This hourly rate varies with qualifications, experience, certifications, and additional skills or responsibilities.
Utilizing the services of professional janitors will benefit employers in terms of less time taken to complete the work, hence having to pay less. A clean and well-maintained premise makes for a good workspace.
Business owners will often rely on outsourced janitorial services for professional cleaning of their properties. Janitorial services are commonly found in most towns and cities and will offer a variety of services to fit the needs of the client.
Janitorial services will typically include the cleaning of windows and glass, carpet shampooing, wood and tile floor cleaning, trash removal, even washing of the walls when needed. Because of worldwide focus on cleaning up the planet, many professional cleaning services have made the transition to green cleaning products and methods. Until now air pollution levels indoors, as a result of chemical cleaners, have exceeded outdoor levels by as much as 100 times. Additionally, of the 17,000 known chemically based household cleansers, only 30% have been tested for their effects on health and the environment.
Because the focus of business for commercial cleaning services is to provide the most efficient and thorough cleaning for their client’s properties, there are certain criteria that janitorial services look for in the employees they hire. Each worker is required to produce quality work and to be able to do so within a specified time frame. They must be capable of operating the particular machinery necessary to handle the many tasks included in the job. Often they will be required to lift at least 40 pounds in order to execute their job efficiently. People who are successful in the janitorial services industry are also willing and able to work with others as a team as well as to work on their own. Office buildings, warehouses, and other large properties require a team of people working together, each carrying out their appointed tasks, to successfully accomplish the job.
A green cleaning service will go out of its way to provide the best cleaning services available to their clients. The products used to carry out the job contain ingredients that are known to be environmentally friendly and cleansers are avoided that contribute to a toxic air quality. The production, packaging, and distribution of so called green cleaning products is also done by way of avoiding carcinogens being released into the air. Even the processes by which they are manufactured is eco-friendly. Green products and their packaging are typically biodegradable.
It is imperative that business owners and managers engage the assistance of the different types of commercial cleaning services that cater to their specific needs. Depending upon the nature of the business, the janitorial services that are employed need to have the expertise and equipment required to do the job. Most cleaning services will work with the client to shape a customized cleaning program that will fit the needs of their business. For instance, hospitals, doctor’s offices, nursing facilities, etc., will require professional cleaners who are knowledgeable about biohazards and contagious materials that need to be disposed of safely. The same type of care including any necessary certifications applies to many other types of businesses.
Very often business owners find that outsourcing cleaning services is a better way to go than to hire additional staff to handle in-house cleaning. Professional cleaning services offer specific packages, in addition to making their services cost effective. In addition to high quality cleaning, many companies will also offer restocking services. Because cleaning is their business, and, quite simply, a good cleaning company looks good when they satisfy their clients and make them look good, most will go the extra mile to please.
It has been the norm for many years for most janitorial services to send their employees in to do their work during second and third shift hours. This has worked out well for clients whose workers are on the property during typical daytime hours. In the interest of saving their clients money, however, many professional cleaning services are now offering daytime cleaning at a lower rate. Their daytime work package is groomed around the client’s requirements, and the work is done with no interruption to the daily routine of the business.
An added benefit to daytime cleaning is the savings on energy costs. With no one on the premises during the night hours, heating, cooling, and electricity use is at its absolute minimum. The doors stay locked all night and the building remains quiet and secure.
