A situation to work through
A job needs six person-hours. Three cleaners may finish in about two hours if tasks can run in parallel; shared equipment and access can change that duration.
CLEANING OPERATIONS GUIDE
How to estimate cleaning labor hours
Calculate person-hours before assigning a crew. Two cleaners working for two hours use four labor hours, even though the visit lasts two hours.
Work through the decision
Estimate the tasks in person-hours, add setup and agreed non-cleaning time, then identify which tasks can run simultaneously. Divide only the parallel portion by available crew members. Compare the resulting visit length with the customer's service window.
Before you hand over the result
Do not divide blindly by crew size. Travel, setup and tasks in a single small room may not shrink proportionally.
Your working worksheet
Download the text file and fill it in with your own service details. Keep it with the relevant job record.
- Tasks
- Estimated person-hours
- Crew size
- Parallel work
- Equipment bottleneck
- Time allowance
Check the result
The plan contains both total person-hours for costing and elapsed visit time for the schedule.
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