CPPCLO4110 - Perform restorative carpet cleaning

This unit specifies the skills and knowledge required to perform restorative carpet cleaning. Restorative cleaning is undertaken periodically, in addition to daily maintenance of carpets, to provide a thorough clean of the carpet fibres to remove soils, stains and odours and enhance colour and the buoyancy of the fibre. Topical treatments such as antimicrobial agents, antistatic agents, deodorisers and protectors are applied to cleaned carpets. It includes the selection of methods suited to the task, equipment, cleaning agents and performing the work safely and efficiently.

The unit is informed by standards set by the Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification (IICRC) and relevant Australian Standards and applies to experienced technicians responding to jobs in commercial and domestic sites.

This unit is suitable for cleaning industry personnel who use well-developed cognitive, technical and communication skills and a broad knowledge base to select and apply specialist methods, tools, materials and information in operational cleaning management contexts. They complete routine and non-routine activities and provide and transmit solutions to a variety of predictable and sometimes unpredictable problems.

All work must be carried out in accordance with relevant state/territory legislation and regulations, including work health and safety (WHS), and codes of practice as well as organisational procedures.