Cleaning services come in a variety of forms that can be uniquely customized to meet individual needs. For example, you could hire All Pro Cleaning Systems to handle daily after-hours cleaning while relying on in-house porter service when your company doors are open.
Do you know what day porter service is? Do you know how it works? Day porter service is the topic we will cover in this post. Just remember that it’s not the same thing as after-hours cleaning or regularly scheduled deep cleaning.
The Basics of Day Porter Service
Day porter service is easier to understand if we look at the terms ‘porter’ and ‘day’ separately. A porter is essentially a janitor who handles on-demand tasks like cleaning the restrooms and mopping up spills. In Boston’s many office buildings, landlords provide basic day porter services for all public areas. Tenants handle their own office cleaning by hiring staff or bringing in a company like All Pro Cleaning Systems.
Porters also work during the day, which is to say during normal business hours. So if your company hired several porters, they would work the same shifts as your regular office workers. They would go home at night like everyone else.
Key Porter Responsibilities
The primary function of a day porter is to ensure that high-traffic areas stay clean, presentable, and safe. High-traffic areas include entryways, restrooms, and employee break rooms. Waiting rooms would qualify in a medical office building.
Let us break down the day porter’s primary responsibility into individual tasks:
- Tidying Up – Porters clean and tidy common areas throughout the day. Some areas, like restrooms, might receive scheduled cleaning at set times.
- Disinfection – Restrooms and break rooms need more than just surface cleaning. They also need regular disinfection to help prevent the spread of germs.
- Safety – If there are any safety issues related to janitorial tasks, day porters can handle them as well. A good example is changing floor mats during the winter.
- Waste Management – Day porters take care of waste management throughout the office. They empty trash cans, replace liners, and remove bulk items from offices and common areas.
- Event Support – In some buildings, day porters might also assist with events support. That could mean setting up tables and chairs or running the vacuum after an event is over.
Landlords may expect their day porters to handle minor maintenance tasks as well. Good examples would be changing light bulbs and restocking hand towels and toilet paper in the restrooms. Larger maintenance tasks would be handed off to management or the professional cleaning team that comes in overnight.
Porters During the Day, All Pro Cleaning Systems at Night
Keeping a small staff of porters is a good way to address high-traffic cleaning and visibility during regular working hours. But for many businesses in the Boston area, it’s not a replacement for overnight cleaning. That’s where All Pro Cleaning Systems comes in.
Our commercial cleaning services support day porters by handling the tasks they don’t have the time or resources for. And because we work after hours, our cleaning crews aren’t inhibited by workers in the office. They can more thoroughly vacuum carpets, clean office equipment, disinfect restrooms, and so forth.
Porters during the day and All Pro Cleaning Systems at night create a dynamic combination that keeps commercial buildings clean. A clean building is a more presentable building. It’s also a safer and healthier building.
If your company already has porters on staff, consider supporting them with commercial cleaning services overnight. All Pro Cleaning Systems would be happy to offer you a no-obligation quote on any and all services that would benefit your business.