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COVER STORY

TRIUMPH OF TRANSFORMATION WITH

SUSTAINABILITY

The cleaning industry is undergoing a significant transformation, driven
by automation and sustainability. As mechanisation takes hold, cleaning
staff are empowered to move into skilled labour roles, and businesses
can improve cleaning consistency. The shift from labour-hour pricing to
outcome-based pricing will reshape how cleaning services are priced,
focusing more on the results rather than the headcount. The future of

cleaning lies in mechanisation, smarter technology, and a more sustainable
approach that benefits businesses, workers, and the environment alike.

hanging society’s perception of frontline effectively and efficiently. This is a win-win for both
cleaning staff is a crucial step toward cleaning personnel and the organisations they serve.
achieving multiple objectives in the
cleaning and facility management Workers’ Training
Cindustry. Traditionally, cleaning work has
been seen as a low-skilled, repetitive job. However, by The introduction of automation in cleaning does
training cleaning staff to operate advanced machinery, not lead to job losses; rather, it empowers workers by
we can elevate their roles to skilled positions, which upgrading their roles from manual labourers to skilled
in turn improves both job satisfaction and overall technicians. By training cleaning staff to operate
efficiency. This shift results in faster, more consistent specialised machines, their skills are enhanced, and
cleaning, reduced labour turnover, and increased their roles become more valuable. These workers
customer satisfaction, all contributing to long-term cost move into higher salary brackets, experience more job
savings. stability, and are less likely to leave their positions,
which significantly reduces turnover.
Mechanisation allows a smaller, better-equipped
workforce to cover larger areas in less time — whether Furthermore, mechanisation helps to improve
in offices, hospitals, warehouses, or public spaces. The job satisfaction. Cleaning staff, once frustrated by
focus is not just on reducing labour but on empowering the repetitive nature of manual work, now have the
staff with the right tools to complete tasks more opportunity to learn new skills, operate advanced

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