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The New Generation of Janitorial Technicians

The Census Bureau reports that there are more than 74,000 janitorial or cleaning services employing more than one million workers in America. What has been a consistent business for more than twenty years is now in transition and part of the Green revolution. We have paid little attention to this industry as the workers come and go in the middle of the night leaving a newly cleaned building for the real workers who show up each day. It can be said that the janitorial workforce is a silent and forgotten part of the American workforce.

Suddenly, the Green revolution has come of age, and there are new rules, mandates, and expectations that our economy will incorporate the principles of environmentally-friendly practices. But who will implement all these new rules, standards, and practices? They will not happen by rhetoric, force of law, or well-wishing. It will take a newly trained workforce to carry out the duties of making homes, schools, offices, and buildings that have determined to be Green?

There is now a newer and more urgent duty for janitorial services than the traditional sweeping, mopping, and emptying the trash. The new generation of janitors must now concern themselves with new Green products, new Green equipment, and host of new mandates. To achieve to these new standards, janitorial services need more training than how to operate a scrubber or vacuum. They require greater training and certification to do the job right.

Consider that these people are the custodians of public health at a different plane than the medical workers. It might be said that our janitors are the first line of defense for protecting the public health. Of course, the medical workers are the last line of defense in protecting the health of our country.

Cleaning and sanitation is the most simple form of janitorial work. Chemical used in the workplace are an important part that dramatically affects all of us who work in buildings. Disease control, allergies and asthma issues, and chronic health issue are now a part of the cleaning equation.

It is finally time to realize who are the people that "Bring the Green." They are the long-forgotten workers also known as the custodians and janitors of the evening shift. It is a recognition long overdue to appreciate the people who work to keep our buildings clean or our health protected. Our Green theories become practice in the hands of these hard-working custodians.

Will is cost more to go Green? Yes, it will. Is it, however, worth the small cost it will take to promote these workers from simple workers to trained technicians empowered to carry out the Green practices needed to protect our health as well as clean the building. It is a time for New Respect of workers who do their work that we might do ours.

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