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Practical health and safety information for cleaners, caretakers and facilities managers.
Designed and written as a practical workplace training and reference guide, this 198-page pocket guide is filled with clear-language text including safety tips, charts, diagrams, checklists, and illustrations.
This pocket guide helps custodial and facilities service workers, health and safety committee members and representatives, supervisors, managers, as well as human resource and health and safety professionals to:
This pocket guide is a practical source on workplace health and safety related to custodial work, however it is not intended to be all-encompassing. It is the collaborative work of occupational health and safety experts, peer-reviewed by government health and safety authorities, representatives of workers and employers, and specialists in the field of custodial work.
This pocket guide is intended as a reference for cleaners, caretakers, facilities managers, and anyone who works full-time, part-time, or on contract in a building’s custodial department. It may also be useful for health and safety committee members and representatives, as well as employers, managers, supervisors, and health and safety or human resources professionals.
Each publication produced by CCOHS undergoes several stages of review. As part of this review, representatives from government, employers, and labour are requested to comment on draft copies of CCOHS documents for technical accuracy and readability.
Although every effort is made to ensure accuracy and completeness of the information, it is understood that CCOHS makes no warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of such information and assumes no liability for any damages or loss suffered as a result of any inaccuracy or incompleteness therein.
CCOHS publications are unique in that they are developed by subject specialists in the field, and reviewed by representatives from labour, employers and government to ensure the content and approach are unbiased and credible.
Although our publications are protected by copyright, permission for non-commercial reproduction may be provided.
Please use our Copyright Authorization Form to request permission, or contact us for more information.
