Skin shed or dust?
April 01st 2010 METtraining is recognised as the number one provider for vocational education with a particular specialism in Cleaning as a Science.The reputation acquired is based on yielding excellent results year on year.
During the past 15 years many awards and accolades have been bestowed on the Vocational team. Their ‘can do, will do’ ethos has ensured that all customer needs are met through designer programmes tailored to exact requirements.
In recent times there has been much publicity regarding standards of cleaning,with a major focus on hotels and hospitals.The question asked time and time again is can we truly achieve a clean and dust free environment? The answer is if we embrace the technology available for objective testing,this will reveal exactly how clean an environment is and will serve as an indicator for remedial action.This fundamental principle is embedded in the cleaning science programmes offered by METtraining.
Andrea Gubbins, General Manager of the Blueberry hotel group has engaged METtraining to deliver programmes for staff that service the bedrooms and support the catering functions.
She stated that the majority of staff who attended a recent course and who had been in post for over two years, found the information gained invaluable. The area of study around dust and the environment was of particular bene?t, resulting in an eye opening awareness of the typical composition of dust.The realisation of lurking dangers associated with an accumulation of dust, which is largely made up of skin shed, could result in health hazards.
Andrea added:“The staff had become extremely vigilant in ensuring the bedrooms were left dust free.The course was both theoretical and practical and the tutors were excellent,making the learning interactive and good fun.”
METtraining are enjoying phenomenal success in the area of bespoke, vocational training packages. Delia Cannings, Director of Business Development commented: “Often the emphasis for cleansing is on presentation, which means an area such as the bedroom in a hotel or a chopping board in a kitchen may look clean, but is it really clean?” This fact was demonstrated recently when Delia appeared on BBC 2 Newsnight to discuss the implications associated with the unseen hazards.
“We should be concentrating on cleaning for hygiene as well as presentation. The cleaning science programmes METtraining offer embed the fundamental principles of hygiene whilst promoting the concept of acceptable presentation,” she added. Staff from across the region were brought together to study CIEH Food Safety in Catering and the EDI Infection Control programme. Such was the success rate of the learners that the National Vocational Qualification in Cleaning and Support Services was the natural progression route. More articles from Birmingham Metropolitan College: | 
