Group training in housekeeping allows you to train an entire team at the same time, using the same methods. For a manager, it's often the fastest way to achieve consistent results from one employee to another.
In a city, a school, a factory, a commercial building, or a senior living residence, the challenge is the same. Every employee arrives with their own habits. Yet, the building needs only one way of doing things: the right way.
Clean like at home or professionally?
Very often, employees clean the same way they clean at home. This is normal: most learned housekeeping at home. However, professional cleaning requires professional methods.
For example, an employee uses too much product, or the wrong one. Another cleans too many surfaces with the same cloth, which only transfers bacteria from one surface to another. A third washes with a poorly maintained mop. Moreover, as we explained in You don't wash with dirty things, Poorly maintained equipment does more harm than good.
In short, these habits cost time, products, and sometimes damaged surfaces. Group training replaces these habits with proven methods.
Why train the whole team at the same time?
Group training creates synergy between employees and the trainer. Employees ask questions, share their experiences, and learn from each other. One person's questions also help those who are hesitant to ask. Furthermore, receiving proper training demonstrates the importance of their work, giving them a great sense of pride.
Here are its main advantages:
- all employees learn the same method, at the same time;
- The quality standards become clear to the entire team;
- The gaps between employees are decreasing;
- Thanks to this synergy, the team finds solutions together to the problems in its environment.
Thus, the team speaks the same language. They know which product to use, at what dilution, with which accessory, and according to which method. In short, the quality and importance of the work are once again at the heart of the group's priorities.
When is the right time?
There's no bad time to form a team. However, certain situations make team building particularly useful:
- Quality controls reveal the same non-conformities among several employees;
- several new employees arrive at the same time;
- you change products, accessories or equipment (if necessary, we can also evaluate them before training);
- a critical period is approaching, such as the start of the school year or virus season;
- Complaints from residents are increasing.
In each of these cases, only one training session brings the entire team back on the same page.
At your workplace or in our Longueuil location
At your home, even in the region
We come directly to your workplaces, anywhere in Quebec, including rural areas. This is a significant advantage. We can then focus our training on flooring, surfaces, and the specific environment of your building.
Employees practice with their own equipment, in their own premises. They therefore apply the correct methods the very next day, without having to transfer what they have learned elsewhere.
In our training room
Would you prefer to take the team out of its comfort zone? Our Longueuil training room It recreates real work environments: restrooms, patient rooms, classrooms, offices, a concierge room, in addition to different types of flooring. Employees practice the techniques there under the supervision of a trainer, away from the interruptions of daily life.
Training tailored to your environment
Each environment has its own requirements. Therefore, we offer different training programs to meet the needs of your buildings:
- Municipal: town halls, arenas, libraries and park chalets, with their many different floor coverings.
- School: classrooms, gymnasiums, toilets and areas at risk of contamination, according to the rhythm of the school year.
- Industrial: production areas, changing rooms and dining rooms, taking into account the factory requirements.
- Commercial : offices, entrance halls and common areas, where image matters as much as cleanliness.
- Senior residences: rooms, common areas and contact points, where infection prevention is essential.
Thus, each employee leaves with methods that they can apply in their own work environment.
Measure the results with quality control
Training is only valuable if it changes the results on the ground. That's where quality control comes in.
First, a pre-training assessment establishes the baseline. Then, subsequent assessments demonstrate the actual impact of the training. The achieved quality score (EQS) is compared to the expected quality score (EQS) before and after the training. Consequently, the manager can clearly see the return on their investment.
To learn more, check out our housekeeping quality control service.
Possible financial assistance
CF Salubrité holds a training provider accreditation. Therefore, some organizations may be eligible for a subsidy from Services Québec for employee training.
To confirm your application's eligibility, contact a business advisor in your region. You can find the nearest office using the Services Québec office locator.
A trained team, a better-maintained building
In summary, group training replaces in-house habits with professional methods. It provides the entire team with the same standards, adapted to the specific needs of your building. Finally, quality control allows you to measure the results.
At CF Salubrité, we have been training housekeeping teams since 2017, either on-site or in our Longueuil facility. Discover our Privilege Club – Group Training or contact us to receive our offer related to your needs.
Want to build your team? Contact us:
- 514-795-5962 (French)
- 514-730-1801 (Spanish)
