St. Olaf College
Custodial Services
Policy and Procedures Manual
Section 1
INTRODUCTION
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INTRODUCTION
St. Olaf has made tremendous strides the last several years. The college's position as one
of the leading four year, liberal arts schools in the nation has been strengthened, and it
has achieved recognition as one of the best bargains in higher education at the same time.
Perhaps no other school ranks so highly in both areas. This status is indicative of the
quality of our facilities and staff in all areas. Living up to this status, and striving to
do better still, creates challenges for all of us. The demand for admission to the college
is high, and the opportunity for the college to attract better students is at hand. Good
faculty are being attracted by the college. Our facilities, and the care they receive, are
a major factor in our recruitment efforts for both students and faculty. In fact, a recent
survey by the Carnegie Foundation confirmed that the appearance of the campus and its
facilities was the single most important factor influencing most prospective students
decision to accept admission. We have good students and faculty who want us, but the market
is very tough. There are about thirty schools throughout the country that are after the
same group of prospective students.
Your efforts are very important in all of this. We are given good buildings to work with,
but the working environment is set by you. If an academic building is not clean, or the
rest rooms are smelly it becomes a distraction. If a residence hall shower room is dirty it
detracts from the educational effort of the college. Our student population is here twenty
four hours a day, many are far enough from home that they get there very seldom. Your work
in the class room buildings makes teaching and studying easier, and your work in the halls
eases the burden of residence hall life.
There is no group on campus whose work is more important than yours. We know you take it
seriously, and hope that this material will be a help to you in your efforts. the college
is committed to helping you, and we will do whatever is necessary to keep you informed
about new materials and methods that will make things better for the whole group.
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ESTABLISHING A ROUTINE
We are going to ask you to do an exercise to help establish the importance of
developing a
routine for each building. On the last page of this booklet you will find a
daily schedule,
marked off in half hour segments. We want you to think about the way you
actually go
through your day now, and write your day out on the sheet. Please repeat the
process for
each day of the week if there is some variation from one to the next. Your
supervisor will
be doing this same sheet for each building, and meet with you shortly to
compare the two
routines. The two of you will then sit down together and establish a routine
that should
help to keep your building in good shape every day. The goal in all of this
is to eliminate
the peaks and valleys that may seem unavoidable in our business.
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