Soft Services
About
The Housekeeping Office is dedicated to maintaining a clean and safe environment for the entire AUC community. As the front line of campus care, we provide comprehensive housekeeping services across all University buildings, utilizing the latest techniques and technologies. Our goal is to maintain a hygienic and healthy environment for students, faculty, staff and visitors.
How to improve housekeepers’ productivity:
1. Offer job-specific training by:
- Developing a plan for the cleaning process
- Specifying time dedicated to each task to deliver efficient and consistent results
2. Provide housekeepers with the right tools and equipment to guarantee optimal hygienic results
3. Equip housekeepers with stocked and locked carts to promote consistency of cleaning results from one place to another
4. Make janitorial closets accessible and easy to use to reduce the amount of time and energy spent on restocking supplies
5. Conduct procedural audits to identify opportunities to improve both hygiene and productivity
Our role during the pandemic:
- Develop policies to protect and train workers before assigning cleaning and disinfecting tasks
- Regular antiviral cleaning of public high-touch areas
- Spray cleaning chemicals, detergents and disinfectants in outdoor areas
- Make sure that indoor workplaces are clean and hygienic. Wiping different surfaces and objects regularly with disinfectant
- Promote regular hand-washing
- Apply sanitizing dispensers in prominent places around the workplace and make sure these dispensers are regularly refilled
- Follow social distancing protocols
- Clean and disinfect soft surfaces such as carpets, rugs and curtains
- Using special machines to save time and effort and for better results
For all general housekeeping or grounds cleaning issues, concerns, or comments, send an email to [email protected].