Some managers mistakenly postpone training to focus on field operations, but now is the time to upgrade knowledge.

The new course highlights how pathogens spread and cause illness and how proper hygienic cleaning and disinfection help infection prevention.

This is the perfect time to determine what we in the facility cleaning and real estate industries have learned from the pandemic.

Now more than ever, cleaning workers need to know that their employers are taking their safety seriously.

ARCSI Learning has registered nearly 600 cleaning professionals for its Professional House Cleaning (PHC) certification course.

Extreme summer heat provides numerous challenges, but not least is the difficulty of keeping outdoor maintenance workers safe.

The pandemic has yielded numerous key lessons for the cleaning industry, not least the importance of effective cleaning and training.

The course now includes three new learning objectives and new modules to help the fight against infectious disease.

Increased cleaning frequencies and heavy waste removal due to the use of more disposable commodities means the bodies of essential workers are taking a beating.

The revolving door of employees prevents building service contractors and facility managers from implementing more modern cleaning methods and technologies.

Effective cleaning of high-touch surfaces and floors in healthcare facilities requires proper cleaning tools like microfibre mops.

HRAI is developing a COVID-19 training program for residential applications with the potential to expand into small commercial and ICI sectors.

Educating the public on the differences between cleaning and disinfecting is becoming increasingly important to businesses in the facility cleaning sector.

ISSA Canada and its BSC council will continue to develop new education programming and provide educational offerings that are of interest to this sector.

Bunzl Canada explains the benefits behind WandaMOBILE, a new technology that allows workers to monitor in-house cleaning program compliance.

The cleaning tax credit would allow businesses to expense equipment, staff training, PPE, and other related products until the end of March 2021.

Waste equipment and services that can process and organize vast amounts of data help inform sustainable practices throughout the facility.