BICSc to Launch CPSS at Cleaning Show

The British Institute of Cleaning Science are pleased to announce that they will be launching the ‘BICSc Cleaning Professionals Skills Suite’ at the Cleaning Show 2011. The BICSc Cleaning Professionals Skills Suite (CPSS) is the newly improved assessment scheme for accredited training in the cleaning industry. The Cleaning Professionals Skills Suite will initially be used to support, or as an alternative, to the Cleaning Operators Proficiency Certificate (COPC), and will include three mandatory units that are for the safety of the operatives, the users of the building and the sustainability of the building. These are: chemical competence, equipment safe use and care, and storage of chemicals and equipment. There will also be 25 core tasks to be delivered, as well as specialist tasks available (some of which are still in development) to suit all environments and their requirements.

With 25 different skills to choose from, the CPSS has been designed to be much more flexible for businesses. Previously operatives would have to complete 10 tasks with each stage of a Certificate within COPC. The CPSS allows candidates to only have to learn what is directly relevant to them and the environment that they clean within.

Pat O’Mara, Chief Education and Accreditation Officer, says: “We are updating the qualification in order to make it fit for today’s cleaning industry requirements. It is much more flexible than the COPC and can be tailored to meet the specific needs of each and every business.”

The CPSS still gives people the opportunity to return to learning, enabling them to measure their skills, whilst giving them practical hands on training.

This year the British Institute of Cleaning Science will also be celebrating an important anniversary date. For 50 years now, BICSc has been acting as an independent body, dedicated to raising the profile of the cleaning industry. Whilst BICSc are able to look back at their history with pride at having achieved so much in this time, they also look to the future and strive to constantly improve and raise standards within the industry.

For more information about BICSc, its membership, accreditations, training standards and other activity, please visit their stand at the Cleaning Show or contact them on T: +44 (0)1604 678710.

http://www.bics.org.uk/

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