The first Ausclean Pulire will be held 15-16 October 2013 at Rosehill Racecourse, Sydney. Ausclean Pulire 2013 is an opportunity for companies in the cleaning and support services industries to market, sell and promote their products and services. Pulire and Ausclean have entered into a strategic alliance which includes an agreement that will see the leading international cleaning industry exhibition [...]
Non-stop information, education and innovation were on offer at AuscleanWA, with some of the cleaning industry’s best of the best on show at the Esplanade Hotel, Fremantle, on 19 and 20 March. More than 400 visitors took advantage of what was on offer at the inaugural Western Australian event that showcased a total of 40 exhibitors and 14 education sessions [...]
Executive housekeepers find value in their association As executive housekeepers come under increasingly large workloads and more stressful responsibilities, membership of, and participation in, appropriate industry bodies can prove very worthwhile for the individual’s wellbeing. That was a key message imparted by Professional Housekeepers Association of NSW Inc (PHAN) president Maureen Jolowicz at the Association’s 2013 annual general meeting. Held [...]
Where: Esplanade Hotel, Fremantle, Western Australia When: 19 and 20 March 2013 AUSCLEAN WA is much more than simply seminars, workshops and an exhibition. It is a meeting place for the industry – suppliers and distributors; building service contractors; carpet and restoration technicians; and in-house cleaning and hygiene practitioners. Networking hour… Tuesday 19 March from 4.30pm on the show floor [...]
National Workforce Development Fund (NWDF), one of the programs available to employers and industry via Australian Government Skills Connect, has helped the cleaning industry to upskill its workers to meet current skills needs and new directions in the industry. NWDF has been used to fund two significant projects which have provided key upskilling opportunities for the industry. In 2010, Construction [...]
Perth-based company Housekeeping Pty Ltd, as well as the business’s manager, Catherine Paino-Povey, is facing court after the Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) launched a prosecution alleging it underpaid six foreign cleaners a total of more than $22,000 between June 2011 and January 2012. According to the 28 February statement, the workers, aged in their 20s and 30s, were foreign nationals [...]
Foundation of cleanliness and conservation By Fabiula Blum* Certainly the world’s most impressive training school for cleaners, Fundação do asseio e conservação do estado do Parana (FACOP) is a non-profit organisation focused on the education and qualification of cleaning workers. Located in Brazil’s green city of Curitiba, capital of Parana state, the organisation covers 13,000 sq m and contains educational [...]
Stephen Ashkin, president of The Ashkin Group, believes 2013 will be a ‘tipping point’ year for the professional cleaning industry as cleaning professionals become more involved in reducing clients’ operating costs by becoming more sustainable. While his comments largely relate to the US, they are pertinent to other markets such as Australia and New Zealand. “Building owners will increasingly turn [...]
Early this year Lennox Institute will be providing training on managing industrial relations to more than 350 managers from the property services industries . The training provider wants feedback on the proposed course content as well as congregate a panel of industry experts. That panel would discuss the most frequent IR issues affecting the cleaning industry, and offer some advice and [...]
It was the annual hospitality event where Professional Housekeepers of New South Wales (PHAN) members get together to support a great cause. This year the event, organised by Ziva Laverky of Ziva Corporate Uniforms, included male colleagues and friends with the ‘Movember’ moustache growing supporters for research into male Cancers joining with the ladies in pink for a morning tea. [...]
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