A Janitor University class in Salt Lake City.

For (OS1) transitioning to be most successful, training begins with top-level management. Organizational decision-makers attend a week-long session in Salt Lake City, Utah at Janitor University. There they learn how to lead their organization through the transition process. Key managers should also attend so the entire management team has a unified vision and understanding of what they are trying to achieve.

Once this training has occurred, Boot Camp begins. The on-site Boot Camp includes lower level managers, supervisors, cleaning workers, human resource experts, purchasing and safety representatives.

This training is done from site based training kits – standardized instructional materials produced with an “enter-trainment” value. Each kit contains workbooks, Scouting Reports, flow charts and video instruction.

ManageMen’s (OS1) training videos have received more awards for excellence than any other cleaning organization. Video training in this format allows cleaning managers to repeat or refresh training any time.

The workplace itself is visually instructive, providing employees with important written and visual guides on what is expected. Employees learn where and how chemicals and machinery are stored by looking at the work environment. There is consistency throughout the facility in both what is used, what it is called, where it is kept, and the condition in which it is maintained.

(OS1)’s unique “Learn-n-Earn” program adds a financial incentive to employee training. Employees receive merit wages whenever they complete a practical, oral and/or written test proving they have mastered a new level of expertise in their present job or a new job contiguous to their primary responsibility.

The advantages to this program are immediate and obvious. Achievers are freed from mandatory on the job time constrictions. They receive a raise as soon as a skill is mastered, not when a pre-requisite amount of time has passed.

The program also engineers value, variety and interest into every job in exchange for top wages.