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Guidance for people running cleaning contracts
Practical writing on contract delivery, COSHH and client reporting, from the team building CleanOptix.
Right to work checks for cleaning staff: what the Home Office actually requires
Cleaning has high staff turnover and, often, agency cover — which makes right to work one of the easiest compliance obligations to let slip without noticing.
COSHH training for cleaning staff: what "trained" actually needs to mean
A certificate from three years ago isn't the same as a team that knows what's in the bottle they're using today. The gap between the two is where audits find problems.
Writing COSHH risk assessments for cleaning tasks that hold up to scrutiny
A COSHH assessment copied across every site with the product name changed isn't really an assessment. Here's what makes one specific enough to be useful.
Safety data sheets: what to keep on file and where
An SDS folder that's technically complete but three products out of date isn't compliance, it's a filing exercise. Here's what actually needs to be current.
COSHH for cleaning contractors: what the regulations actually require
COSHH gets treated as a training certificate to file away. The regulations actually ask for an ongoing assessment process, and that's the part audits tend to catch out.