TS 13024

TS 13024 is a vocational standard focused on the cleaner-building interiors occupation. It helps define the role, professional characteristics, and classification of people who provide cleaning services inside buildings. Standards of this type are useful not only for describing the job itself, but also for clarifying the professional framework in which the work is carried out.

What building-interior cleaning covers

Building-interior cleaning is generally associated with the routine cleaning of enclosed spaces such as offices, administrative buildings, educational facilities, non-clinical public areas, apartment common areas, and similar indoor environments. In these settings, hygiene, order, and user comfort are considered together. The standard covers the cleaner-building interior role within service business activities carried out under private-law provisions, which places the occupation clearly within the services sector.

Professional qualities and everyday practice

In building-interior cleaning, key abilities include choosing suitable cleaning materials, using methods matched to the surface being cleaned, handling equipment safely and efficiently, maintaining order in the work area, and working without causing unnecessary damage. In general technical terms, cleaning requires matching the type of soil or contamination with the surface material; using the wrong product or method can damage surfaces or reduce the intended level of cleanliness.

• Places the job of indoor cleaning within a defined vocational framework.
• Connects cleaning, order, and hygiene to indoor building environments.
• Identifies the building-interior cleaner role within private-sector service businesses.
• Provides a basis for understanding classification and qualification in the occupation.