Custodial Operational Guidelines for Educational Facilities (4th Edition)

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Operational Guidelines for Educational Facilities: Custodial, Fourth Edition, is the industry benchmark for custodial staffing in educational facilities — service-level standards, task frequencies, and ready-to-use staffing matrices covering every space type on campus. Edited by J. Thomas Becker (Editor in Chief) and Theodore J. Weidner, this fully revised edition pairs APPA's Levels of Cleanliness with practical chapters written by practitioners, from the mathematics of cleaning and space inventory to contracting, safety, and staff development. This purchase is the digital edition with supplemental materials.

✓Read online anytime — the full 396-page digital book, viewable in your browser through your APPA account

✓Supplemental materials included — downloadable files and online resources to help you apply the guidelines

✓One-time purchase — access is tied to your personal appa.org account, with no subscription or renewal

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Want the complete set? The Operational Guidelines Trilogy bundles all three digital books — Custodial, Grounds, and Maintenance — with supplemental materials for each, at a package price. Get the Trilogy.

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Inside the Book

1. The Custodian’s Role in Student Success

2. Key Elements and Principles: Establishing Comprehensive Service Levels and Understanding the “Why”

3. Mathematics of Cleaning

4. Space Inventory

5. The Macro Method and Operational Costing

6. Custodial Areas and Scheduling: The Micro Staffing Solution

7. Determining APPA Levels of Cleanliness in Buildings

8. The Scientific Measurement of Cleaning and Cleanliness

9. A Simplified Pathway to High Performance Cleaning

10. Contracting Options

11. Specialty Areas: Residence Halls · Medical Education and Healthcare Delivery Facilities · Vocational, Trade, and Community Colleges

12. K–12 Facilities

13. Standard Operating Procedures

14. Validation and Inspection Methodology: Options, Advantages, and Use Cases

15. General Safety Guidelines for Custodial Operations

16. Hiring and Onboarding

17. Developing the Staff

396 pages · ISBN 978-0-913359-15-0 · Published 2023. Digital books are read online through your APPA account and are not downloadable or printable. Prefer print? A softcover edition (book only — no digital materials) is available on Amazon.

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Non-Member Price: $126

Member Price: $94