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Could you apply for the Chartered Practitioners Register? Jim Melvin, Chairman of the British Cleaning Council, wants you to ask yourself if you could.
I was truly honoured to be installed as Master of the venerable Worshipful Company of Environmental Cleaners (WCEC) last month.
As I look ahead to my year, it’s clear that supporting the growth and development of the Chartered Practitioners Register (CPR) is going to be a key priority. The granting of the Royal Charter in 2021 was an historic day for the WCEC, and something
which colleagues at the company worked hard to achieve.
Suitable candidates are awarded the status of Chartered Practitioner in Environmental Cleaning and entered into the register. Recipients can use the letters '
C.Env.Cln.' after their name: an indicator of the highest levels of excellence, achievement and commitment to the industry.
Recipients have to demonstrate in-depth knowledge, experience and expertise at the highest level of professionalism. The award isn’t just for WCEC members, but is open to anyone who fulfils the entry criteria and I would urge you to take up this excellent opportunity.
Applications are welcome from all areas of the environmental cleaning industry including, for example, those working in pest control, along with window, carpet and building cleaning, and in a wide range of roles in the industry such as human resources, legal services, procurement, manufacturing, research, staff operative training, and management to name a few.
There are a huge number of senior and/or experienced industry members with years of expertise behind them who could qualify for, and would benefit from, this kind of formal recognition. If this sounds like you, please consider applying.
Why not find out more by attending one of the upcoming online workshops about the CPR registration process, submission and awards? They take place on:
• Wednesday 7 June • Wednesday 13 September • Wednesday 11 October
24 | TOMORROW'S CLEANING You can find more by contacting
CPR@wc-ec.com.
Not only would this award be a feather in your cap, more staff achieving recognition for their expertise and experience benefits our industry as well.
The creation of the CPR scheme, combined with the ongoing development of the Apprenticeship Standard, are essential for the cleaning and hygiene industry going forward. Achieving Chartered Environmental Cleaner status puts our industry on a par with chartered engineers, accountants and similar professions.
Together with the Apprenticeship Standard, which the BCC has championed, it puts the industry on a more professional footing with a clear career path which will help to attract the pipeline of new talent to the industry that is urgently needed to address the severe staff shortages we still face.
Together, they will help raise awareness outside the industry of the skill, professional and vital role of the cleaning sector and its staff, helping address incorrectly held ideas that the work of cleaning operatives is low skilled or lacking in skill.
I have written in this column before about the importance of the Apprenticeship-levy funded, industry-wide Apprenticeship and training programme. We have made huge progress on this, although the process has been much lengthier and more challenging than we could have expected. The Apprenticeship Standard bid is being considered by the awarding body and we very much hope for good news on that soon.
On another note, I want to again sincerely thank everyone who has so far supported our lobbying campaign to make cleaning and hygiene a national priority. If you haven’t already downloaded a letter from the BCC website to send to your MP in support of the recommendations of the sector’s All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG), please lend us your support.
Show you care for your industry and help make its voice heard – it will only take a few moments of your time.
www.britishcleaningcouncil.org twitter.com/TomoCleaning
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