My name is Silvie Krausova and I come from Prague – Czech
Republic. I’ve been in the cleaning industry since 1993, and
in 2012, I’ve started a company here in Denmark. Most of our
activities are centred in Copenhagen, but we also provide
cleaning services in Hillerød or Køge. Our services are
versatile – we provide cleaning services in villas and
private flats, but also in institutions such as schools,
kindergartens or offices or even factories or workshops.
Part of our cleaning services and something we assign
high importance to is helping the elderly or ill people.
There are senior or handicapped citizens among our clients
whose health doesn’t permit them much physical activity and
they need help with general cleaning – or perhaps just
vacuum cleaning and washing the floors.
And for a bit
more about me? As I’ve already mentioned, I first entered
the cleaning business in 1993 when temping as a chambermaid
during my studies. I enjoyed the work very much and the
sight of a wonderfully clean and fresh room, ready and
waiting for its next occupant, was something that made me
happy. Following this realization, I spent every school
holiday doing cleaning temp jobs. I enjoyed doing what I
like – I am a type of person who really simply enjoys
cleaning – and earning enough money for all the “necessities”
that are part and parcel of a student’s life :-). Another
reason I took interest in this line of work was the
opportunity to arrange accessories, giving free reign to my
obsession with detail. And although I followed a different
line of work later, I still kept cleaning as an occasional
side track. As time went by, I’ve been expanding my scope of
activities, gaining experience from various kinds of
cleaning and its specifics.
I’ve cleaned in a hotel,
a hospital (maternity ward), new-built houses, flats, villas,
department stores (driving around in a floor cleaning
machine), a school, a kindergarten, a restaurant, offices
(real estate offices, an agricultural company, a heating
plant, architects’ offices, an engineering company, taxi
service headquarters…), in a factory producing metal and
plastic packaging (cleaning the entire back office and
facilities – offices, changing rooms, lavatories and canteen
where I also helped serving food), a production plant
producing aluminium windows and many more.
Currently,
I still actively clean because that is part of the on-the-job
training provided to all our cleaning assistants. Our staff
receive theoretical education (it is necessary to understand
the professional equipment and detergents we are using and
knowing what can be applied to which surfaces), but most
importantly I train them to focus on details. It is the
details which make the difference between a standard
cleaning, and a very high standard cleaning.
