Elements and Performance Criteria
- Plan and prepare to clean carpets.
- Type of carpet fibre and carpet construction are assessed, job requirements are reviewed, and issues are clarified.
- Work site hazards are identified and risks controlled according to company, legislative, and health and safety requirements.
- Required carpet cleaning process is determined according to type of carpet and job requirements.
- Equipment isselected according to job requirements, checked for serviceability, and faults are rectified or reported before starting work.
- Required cleaning chemicals are selected and prepared.
- Personal protective equipment (PPE) is sourced according to manufacturer specifications, and health and safety and company requirements.
- Signs and barricades are selected and installed according to health and safety, and company requirements.
- Pre-existing stains or damage are identified and reported according to company requirements.
- Tasks are sequenced to ensure maximum efficiency for completing cleaning requirements.
- Undertake cleaning process.
- Furniture and fittings are removed to allow cleaning tasks to be performed.
- Carpet is cleaned according to manufacturer specifications, and legislative, health and safety, and company requirements.
- Cleaned carpet area is compared with surrounding carpet surface, and need for further cleaning action is identified and carried out according to job and company requirements.
- Results are reported according to company requirements.
- Tidy work site.
- Collected soil and waste are disposed of according to client and company specifications, and legislative, environmental, and health and safety requirements.
- Furniture and fittings are returned to original position according to client requirements.
- Signs and barricades are removed according to health and safety, and company requirements.
- Clean and safety check equipment, and store equipment and chemicals.