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Window Cleaning Schools

  • May 27, 2021
  • By OVA8media
OVA8 Russia
Schools, universities, and colleges are all fantastic cleaning contracts to have for your window cleaning business.

Here are some top tips on how to land the coveted contract. Branching out from residential into commercial window cleaning contracts can be daunting, but there is plenty of help out there.

  • Get in touch with your local school, university, or college to find out how they manage cleaning contractors.
  • Go through the local council, depending on what local authority you’re under, they may be in charge of cleaning contracts.
  • Make sure you have proof of public liability insurance, as this is essential for putting your business forward to clean schools or any educational facility.
  • You and your employees will also have to have a DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) check carried out. This costs £23 per person and covers the last five years.
  • Risk assessments are needed to be carried out, schools, universities, and colleges.
  • You’ll need to give the manager a copy of your health and safety policy.

Window Cleaning Associations can help with important paperwork and document templates. Check out associations such as the Federation of Window Cleaners or Window Cleaning Association.

Once a contract has been confirmed, make sure you and your employees are wearing branded items of clothing, as well as high visibility clothing. Safety cones should be placed at all areas leading to the area your working in.

Negotiate how often the school windows need cleaning. Some may require it every term, but if the school is in a leafy area, or near a busy road, it may need cleaning every half term.
This may mean being very competitive with your pricing to reflex the annual schedule. Just like it would your residential business.

Upsell other services – pressure washing playgrounds, building exteriors, and gutter cleaning. Make the most of your contract.

 

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