Small Workplace Cleaning Procedure by Clean Group Sydney

Contrary to popular opinion, cleaning a small workplace like a retail store or a doctor’s cleaning can be as complex as cleaning a large office. The only difference is in terms of size, but you can still expect to find a lot of dust, dirt and germs inside your commercial facility irrespective of its size or type.

Here’s everything you need to know about small office cleaning, including the best way to clean a small office with helpful tips.

Why Cleaning Your Small Workplace Is Important

As a small business owner, you might think that cleaning your workplace doesn’t matter as much as cleaning, say, a large office of a multinational company. But, that couldn’t be far from true. After all, the health and safety of your staff are as important as that of any other person.

The health and happiness of your employees greatly depend on the condition of your workplace, i.e. a clean and well-maintained office can boost the performance of workers and keep them happy, which will reflect in the overall performance of your business and boost your company’s growth.

Office cleanliness can also help you make a great impression on visitors, including potential customers and partners, and ensure you convert more leads into sales.

Day-to-day cleaning and maintenance of your workplace can feel overwhelming, especially if you already have too much workload on your shoulders. Following a systematic approach, such as automation of cleaning by hiring professional cleaners, can help ease things.

Hire a small office cleaning service from Clean Group to keep things in order ensuring your place is always spotless and ready to entertain guests, and you have more time to focus on your business.

Cleaning a Small Workplace – Step-By-Step Procedure

To start with a small office cleaning job, we prefer to divide the job into daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly tasks to make things simpler. This is because not every place or area will need to be cleaned every day, but some parts of your office such as toilets and floors cannot do without daily cleaning.

Daily Small Office Cleaning – Checklist & How we do it

Day-to-day cleaning of the office will ensure that your workplace stays spotless and free of dust and germs that might otherwise discourage your visitors and make your staff sick.

This is everything we do in daily office cleaning:

Decluttering

We start with decluttering. Our team will organise everything in your office, collect and put loose items in their place and clear clutter, including large items of garbage. We’ll also collect dirty dishes, remove trash from desks, floors and common areas and put them where they belong.

Dusting & Vacuuming

We clean from top to bottom, starting from the ceiling and walls because any dirt falling from above will gather on the floors, so we do floors at the end.

This step will cover dusting or vacuuming walls, fixtures, blinds, paintings, and all other vertical surfaces. We wipe down all horizontal surfaces, cabinets, drawers, desks, etc. using a microfiber cloth to trap all the loose dirt and dust.

Floor Cleaning

Floors are often the dirtiest part of a workplace and they need to be cleaned routinely and thoroughly. We recommend daily cleaning of office floors and hard surfaces. We do this in the following two steps:

1. Sweep/Vacuum – Thoroughly vacuum the floors to remove all dirt, dust & debris

2. Wet mop hard floors either manually using a wet mop and bucket with a TGA-approved disinfectant solution or using an industrial floor cleaner/scrubber machine particular for large commercial floors.

Carpet Cleaning

On a daily basis, we recommend vacuuming carpets, doormats and all covered floors around the office. Any stains or spills can be spot cleaned to not let stains become permanent.

Kitchen Cleaning

Daily cleaning of kitchens will help maintain hygiene and keep germs away.

Wipe down kitchen surfaces and appliances (exteriors of refrigerator, microwave, etc.) daily. In addition, we will wash the sink, sweep and mop the floors and other hard surfaces.

Common Areas Cleaning

Other than cleaning the floors in common areas such as the reception, pantry and corridors, we wipe down tables, chairs, and other surfaces and fixtures as well.

Private Office & Conference Rooms

Every office has private cabins and cubicles and one or more meeting rooms, which are equally important to clean daily.

We vacuum and wet mop the floors, which is followed by cleaning desks, tables and other flat surfaces with a cleaning solution and wet mop. We also vacuum and clean sofa, chairs, and fixtures. In addition, our cleaners will dust the backs of chairs and armrests and clean dry erase boards if any.

Employees Area Cleaning

The primary area of the office, i.e. the area where your employees sit and work, will also need to be cleaned daily. Our general office cleaning duties include dusting desks, phones, monitors, keyboards, and chairs, etc.

This is followed by wet mopping desks and disinfecting high-use objects such as shared phones, keyboards, etc. with a TGA-approved disinfectant and a microfiber cloth. We also dust or wipe down other surfaces, window sills, doors & more.

Bathrooms & Toilets

Daily cleaning of bathrooms and toilets is non-negotiable.

This must include cleaning floors, tiles, sinks, counters, cabinets, soap dispensers, towel holders, and dryers. We use disinfectant spray to disinfect everything. In addition, we’ll deep clean toilets and urinals, restock supplies including toilet paper, paper, soap, etc.

Recycle bins

We remove trash, empty recycling bins and replace liners every day.

Touchpoint Disinfection

All touchpoints and high-traffic areas around the office are disinfected daily, even multiple times a day, depending on the traffic.

Weekly Small Office Cleaning

Weekly cleaning of an office is focused on larger objects and cleaning of areas that are otherwise missed in daily cleaning. These may include the interior of appliances, vents, ceilings, fans, and windows, scrubbing toilets, removing marks, etc. Here’s how we do it.

Kitchen

Empty the refrigerator, remove old food and expired items and clean the interior. We also empty and clean all cabinets in the kitchen and also clean and polish stainless steel surfaces.

Recycle Bins

All recycle bins are emptied and thoroughly washed at least once every week. We safely and properly dispose of the waste.

Common Areas

Weekly cleaning of the office common/shared spaces will include cleaning glass objects, walls, windows, and doors, dusting blinds, couches & vents, wiping down handrails, light switches & other fixtures, cleaning windows, sills, picture frames, shelves, and cabinets.

Conference Rooms & Offices

Besides routine cleaning, we also once every week clean glass walls, windows, tables, doors and other glass objects in the office.

Bathrooms

Weekly office bathroom cleaning will cover the cleaning of vents, false ceiling, stalls, walls, mirrors, cabinets and baseboards. We also scrub tiles to remove grime and also clean the grout.

Fortnightly/Monthly Cleaning

Depending on the size of and traffic in your workplace, we recommend deep office cleaning once a fortnight or month. This will include the following:

Kitchen

Monthly cleaning of kitchens will include deep cleaning tile and grout, scrubbing and stain removal, deep cleaning exhaust system, fan hood & chimney, cleaning all appliances, cabinets & more.

Workers Area

In the employees’ area, deep cleaning will cover cleaning all systems, computers, shared equipment, phones, printers and keyboards, and disinfecting everything. We may consider removing desks to clean under them and the corner.

Common Areas/ Reception

Besides routine cleaning of the reception floors, etc., this will cover vacuuming vents and fans, removing cobwebs, dusting high surfaces, walls, etc. working top to bottom, and deep cleaning upholstery.

Floors

Floors need to be deep cleaned, scrubbed and disinfected every once in a while. This includes scrubbing tiles to remove grime, cleaning the grout, and polishing hardwood floors.

Office & Conference Rooms

Cleaning glass walls, windows, tables, and doors

Windows

Internal windows cleaning, glass & window sills, external windows cleaning. We have expert cleaners for window cleaning in high-rise buildings.

Bathrooms

Deep cleaning tile and grout, cleaning other places that are not covered in routine cleaning and disinfecting everything.

Carpets

Deep cleaning of carpets, thorough vacuuming and cleaning through dry and steam methods, and carpet stain removal. Deep clean upholstery and blinds, and remove stains.

Do You Need Professional Cleaning Services for Your Small Workplace?

Cleaning a small workplace or office is not easy, especially when you’re too busy attending to your customers and growing your business. It is better to leave the responsibility to professional hands, i.e. experienced and trained office cleaners of Clean Group.

We are a full-service commercial cleaning company with the ability to offer customised services to fit your particular place and needs. To date, we have successfully completed 500+ cleaning projects for small businesses, including stores, offices, gyms, clinics & more across Sydney and NSW. Our cleaners specialise in understanding the cleaning requirements of small workplaces and provide tailored solutions & services to meet them.

We offer customised cleaning quotes, which means the cost of your particular cleaning service will be determined only after our team visits your place and conducts a thorough analysis to understand your cleaning needs & scope. We usually charge per hour or per sq. ft. basis, whichever suits you. And we accept all popular payment methods.

Contact Clean Group today to schedule a free on-site inspection for office cleaning services.

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