Author: Charles Jarrell
Title: Ware Maintenance Supervisors Undergo Training
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PHOTO: Ware County school system maintenance supervisors completing recent training include Dan Allemani (top row, left to right), Billy Harrison, Jessie Musgrove, Eli Devane, Keith Hendricks, Charles Jarrell (bottom row, left to right), Daryl Cribbs, James Cox and Robert Benchoff.
Waycross Journal-Herald, Monday, February 8, 2016
Ware Maintenance Supervisors Undergo Training
Ware County Board, of Education maintenance supervisors recently received certification in the Monthly Inspection Program, a program which grades school facilities for cleanliness, said a school system spokesman.
The 8-hour workshop prepared the maintenance supervisors to closely inspect and grade each school's cleanliness, health and safety.
Training employees in inspecting facilities for cleanliness, health and safety empowers them to help produce cleaner, healthier facilities at less cost, enhances. the professionalism of the custodial department, raises morale and creates safer working and learning conditions, the spokesman said. Expected results of the program include the reduction or elimination of potentially harmful products and processes and lower absenteeism, illness and injury among both staff and student populations. Many institutions have already discovered the power of inspection programs.
For several years, major hospitals and healthcare providers have viewed custodians as "environmental services" staff. Now, schools have begun to use such programs with impressive results, the spokesman said. Archbold Medical Center in Thomasville utilizes the Monthly Inspection Program concept. Out of 600 hospitals inspected by the Studer Group, the John D. Archbold Memorial Hospital was rated No. 1 in cleanliness. Ware's new inspection pro-gram is based on the Valdosta State University inspection pro-gram, which was implemented in March 2013.
When VSU began their Monthly Inspection Program with 32 buildings, the average grade was 78 percent for the campus. As of December 2015, the average grade for the campus rose to 97 percent. Ware County hopes to achieve the same increase in cleanliness ratings as a result.
The Monthly Inspection Program workshop was conducted by Charles D. Jarrell, management consultant. The program is based on the One Minute Manager Concept and uses the Globe Chemical Company Cleaning Program for Institutions.
