If you are a contractor or business owner, and you need the services of a commercial cleaning company, then you should understand why every commercial cleaning company must comply with proper cleaning audits and SWMS.

A SWMS (Safe Work Method Statement), is an important document that defines and outlines the risks and hazardous activities that are to be carried out at various work places, and the measures that need to be taken to control and manage those activities safely.

Duty holders, referred to as PCBU (a person conducting a business or undertaking), such as commercial cleaning companies that will undergo any high risk activity in connection with a construction project, are required to submit a SWMS to the principle contractor, before any activity or work begins. Duty holders are also to keep a copy for themselves, so that it can be readily available for inspection to ensure they are being compliant.

For the sake of everyone, the SWMS will state the established requirements to be carried out to conduct hazardous work in a safe manner. It is constantly updated and evolves over time according to the high risk work that is needed to be done. In this way, a SWMS is living document, as the SWMS must be updated prior to each new high risk job.

Because of the availability of ready-made templates, it is easy to customise and update a SWMS to meet specific needs.

Every Commercial Cleaning Company Must Comply with an Onsite SWMS

The importance of an onsite safe work method statement (SWMS) can’t be over emphasised enough, as it is there to help workers, supervisors, and contractors, such as
commercial cleaning companies, to understand the vital requirements that have been established to conduct high risk work safely.

Because nearly every commercial and industrial construction project have professional commercial cleaning contractors onsite conducting many types of tasks, the SWMS is a vital instrument that ensures their safety, as it identifies potential hazards, describes control measures for hazardous work and outlines work activities in efficient, safe, and logical sequences.

Every commercial cleaning company or PCBU must comply with an onsite SWMS, as it will provide construction supervisors, contractors, property owners, and workers with contact information and pertinent details of persons that are carrying out any hazardous work. This includes the specific names of workers who will be directly engaged in any high risk work, as well as those responsible for ensuring the monitoring and compliance of said work.

People everywhere love to barbecue food, but when it comes time to clean up, no one looks forward to cleaning a dirty, gritty grill. Of all the jobs around the house, cleaning the BBQ grill is the most difficult, that is because most people put it off until it becomes absolutely necessary to clean it.

Because cleaning a dirty grill is tough work, many people turn to metal scrapers and wire barbecue brushes to get the job done. However, there are some serious health concerns when using wire brushes to clean BBQ grills. For example, after cleaning, wire bristles from barbecue wire brushes have been known to get on food that people eat. This has resulted in serious abdominal pain that requires an emergency room visit to remove wire bristles from the stomach.

A much safer, cleaner, and easier way to clean your barbecue grill, rather than use a wire brush, is to use Mako cleaning blocks.

Mako Cleaning Blocks Make Cleaning Barbecue Grills Easy

If you have a party or family get together planned, and you want a safe and easy way to clean your BBQ grill, to make it look like new, then use a Mako cleaning block. There is nothing that works better than Mako cleaning blocks, as they can scour through even the toughest baked on grease and the worst grime, much easier than any barbecue wire brush.

You will be amazed at how easy and effective it is to use, as you watch baked on grease and grime just peel away with every stroke the Mako cleaning block makes over your dirty grill. To use, simply wear a pair of rubber dish washing gloves to hold the Mako cleaning block, and then press it firmly against your grill and begin sliding it forward and back to remove built up grease and grime, it’s that easy and safe to use.

Mako BBQ cleaning blocks are made from 100% recyclable materials, contain no harmful chemicals, and are environmentally friendly, effective, and simple to use. Made from reprocessed recyclable glass that is finely crushed and pressed into a block form, the cleaning blocks are specially designed to bite through even the toughest baked on grease.

Not only are they safe to handle and use, but Mako BBQ cleaning blocks can also be used on hot surfaces, which makes it possible to clean BBQ grills shortly after finishing cooking.

You can obtain Mako BBQ cleaning blocks at Australian Commercial Maintenance – premier commercial cleaners in Melbourne.