WORKING AT HEIGHT


Elevate Yourself


S eeing a gap in the market for a new type of window cleaning serv ice, ex perienced O perations D irector D av id S av ille, headed up the new


b usiness v enture named P rinciple Windo leaning David is highly equipped for the position and has a wealth of ex perience through an estab lished career in the cleaning industry e rst oined amoneur in 1 9 8 5 , and then went on to b e


D iv isional Managing D irector of ondon Windo leaning for S


T he window and high lev el cleaning industry has changed ov er the past


2 0 years or so in ways which no-one ould have considered at the time


T he design of b uildings has b een modernised and this has created challenges for high lev el cleaners who would often need to multi-task, as the ex pertise was in the method of access more than in the activ ity itself, hich as the haardous part


A b seiling b ecame common and 54


was well regulated b y the I ndustrial ope ccess rade ssociation he Working at H eight Regulations arriv ed requiring companies to not only assess risk b ut also to prioritise in accordance with a ‘ hierarchy of risk’, so that the possib ility of human error as minimised


T raining has improv ed further still and window cleaners now hav e N V Q s, I T skills and the ab ility to use all manner of euipment and machinery escue procedures ere rst considered properly b y the ab seil industry and this aspect is cov ered in L ev el O ne of any  training oever, noadays, all cleaners at height should hav e a proper idea of what scenarios they might encounter, and what they should do in an emergency or rescue situation  their training must specically cover this issue


T he need for ex cellent customer serv ice and the ab ility to start and nish simple tasks ell has not


An exciting window cleaning company was set up by Principle Cleaning Services Ltd last year. We found out how they’ve been getting on over their first 12 months in business.


changed in the past 2 0 years, b ut with the other pressures inv olv ed, these hav e b ecome an add-on to all of the other skills now needed and something which P rinciple Window leaning excels at o there is a greater feeling for the quality of open space and there are large ex panses of impressiv e areas, where not only is there a need to keep surfaces pristine through adv anced programming,


b ut also through quick and effectiv e reactive cleaning, still often at height


P eople might b e hav ing their lunch or watching an outdoor show nearb y, and so there is a need for cleaners to


b e effectiv e and safe while remaining an integral part of the scene – in general this has led to a much more professional look


I t would b e easy to look at the recent past with some satisfaction, b ut the


b elief at P rinciple Window Cleaning is that there is still much work to do ev en as the nex t b atch of new-age


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