Home and Commercial Cleaning Certification
Why you should study with us
Home and Commercial Cleaning Certification
Whether you want to start your own successful cleaning business or you want to improve your career prospects within the company you currently work for, you will find that the Home & Commercial Cleaning Certification can be a useful step in the right direction.
Introduction to the Home and Commercial Cleaning Certification
This industry recognized certification includes twenty two information packed modules that you can learn at your own pace in your own space.
This online training takes approximately ten hours to complete with online support that you can rely on and trust. The course covers the essential things you need to know to boost your career within the cleaning industry. It provides you with the ability to improve your earning potential.
On completion of the course you will be required to pass a multiple choice test, which covers all the modules you have just completed. On passing, with a pass rate of seventy percent, you will have the ability to download and print your certificate and start using it to improve your cleaning career without delay.
What You Will Learn
The twenty two modules are overflowing with valuable information that you can use in your cleaning career. You will learn the following:
- Understand the cleaning industry from career prospects to starting your own cleaning business.
- Know the different types of cleaning jobs from domestic cleaning to commercial and industrial cleaning. Identify whether it is worthwhile to work for someone else or to set up your own cleaning business.
- Get to grips with essential cleaning equipment. Know what equipment you will need and how to use it. Also learn how to effectively store cleaning equipment.
- Learn about chemical safety, including the chemicals you will use on a daily basis. Know the difference between acidic, alkaline and neutral chemicals and what they are used for.
- Understand the job in detail. This includes working hours, average earnings, and working conditions.
- Learn essential cleaning techniques and expected standards. This includes dusting surfaces, cleaning glass and mirrors, how to clean specialty surfaces and what standards you need to maintain.
- Know about cleaning products and protective clothing, helping you identify what you should wear to protect your clothes, specialty cleaning products and clothing branding to boost brand visibility.
- Understand the importance of effective kitchen cleaning. Learn about food safety, how to effectively clean an oven and a refrigerator and so much more.
- Identify how to complete commercial kitchen cleaning to the highest standard.
- Know the best routine to clean a bathroom and toilet area. Learn about the best routines and why you should have color coded cloths.
- Understand hospital cleaning from areas you may need to clean to health and safety requirements.
- Learn how office cleaning differs from residential cleaning and identify various techniques to effectively clean staff toilets.
- Know what equipment you will need for industrial cleaning, along with the difference between wet and dry industrial vacuum cleaners and how to keep safe when cleaning these environments.
- Identify with green cleaning solutions from homemade cleaning products to steam cleaning and more.
- Know the reporting procedures. Reporting procedures include regulation reporting, injury and disease reporting, and get to know what an accident book is.
- Know what it takes to clean outdoor areas. You will learn about planning, preparation, safety, and legal requirements.
- Learn how to deal with non-categorized waste. You will get to know the different types of waste and how to manage the transfer flow of waste to ensure cleanliness at all times.
- Get to know more about working in confined spaces and why and how to conduct a thorough risk assessment before you begin to ensure your safety.
- Learn more about running an ironing service and what this entails.
- Receive valuable information on starting your own cleaning business from what you will need, the benefits and disadvantages and more to help you decide if this is the best choice for you and how to proceed.
- Learn about marketing your business, what insurances you will need, tax, and more.
Benefits of the Home and Commercial Cleaning Certification
- Improve your career prospects.
- Improve your earning potential with the knowledge and skills obtained in this course.
- Industry recognized certification on completion.
- Download and print your certificate as and when you need it.
This course includes
24/7 Student Support
End of course certification
Lifetime access to your course
Compatible with modern devices
- Why business is never short for cleaners
- Niche areas that you may wish to pursue
- The opportunities for career progression
- How you can develop your own cleaning business
- What domestic cleaning entails
- How business and commercial cleaning jobs differ from domestic ones
- What Ironing jobs are
- What Ironing jobs are
- What equipment you will need for both domestic and commercial equipment
- What equipment you will need (if any) if you are an employed cleaner
- How to use your equipment correctly
- How you should store your equipment
- About the chemicals you use as a cleaner
- The difference between acidic, alkaline and neutral chemicals
- How to store chemicals correctly
- How rules, regulations and laws effect the way you use chemicals
- What the typical working hours and conditions are for cleaners
- How much holiday you can expect to receive
- What a typical cleaner can earn
- The different environments that cleaners work in
- How to clean and dust surfaces
- How to effectively clean glass and mirrors
- What a specialist surface is and how to clean them
- What standards you are expected to maintain
- Which clothing you should wear to keep safe
- What basic cleaning products you will need as a cleaner
- What specialist equipment you may need for tougher jobs
- Why you may want to consider branding your clothing
- What the best way to clean a cooker (gas & electric) and microwave is
- How to clean a refrigerator
- What methods you can employ to clean a sink
- About food safety
- How commercial kitchen cleaning differs from domestic
- How to best clean floors and sinks in commercial kitchens
- Techniques to clean commercial ovens
- Which fluids and products you need to effectively clean a commercial kitchen
- The cleaning routine for a bathroom and toilet
- Why you should use colour coded cloths
- The different surface areas you will find in a bathroom
- What you need to professionally clean a toilet
- Which areas of the hospital you will be expected to clean
- The techniques required to clean hospital wards, corridors and toilets
- The techniques required to clean hospital wards, corridors and toilets
- About hospital cleaner pay and career progression
- How cleaning offices differs from domestic cleaning
- How to clean office desks, lifts and vending areas
- Techniques for cleaning staff toilets
- About unusual places you may find rubbish in an office
- What industrial cleaning equipment is available
- The difference between wet and dry industrial vacuum cleaners
- How to use industrial cleaning equipment
- How to remain safe while using industrial cleaning equipment
- About homemade green cleaning products
- How to use green cleaning for antibacterial cleaning
- The most effective uses of steam cleaning
- About steam cleaning equipment and attachments
- What an ironing service entails
- What supplies and equipment you will need
- How to iron shirts, trousers and skirts properly
- How to get wrinkles out of fabrics
- The pros and cons of running a cleaning business
- Important things to know if you are considering becoming self-employed
- Whether you should take a hands off approach to running your business
- What the start-up costs will be
- How to advertise your business
- The best way to get recommendations through promotions
- The pros & cons of hiring staff
- How to perform the right security checks on your staff and what your legal responsibilities are
- What insurance you need as a cleaner
- Where you can find business insurance
- How much business insurance for cleaners costs
- How income tax will affect you
ID: YDFT67YHJ
of achievement
This certificate is presented to
Your Name
For completing the
Home and Commercial Cleaning Certification
on 21st November 2025
Selena Hurford
Selena Hurford
Course Tutor
Daniel Morgan
Daniel Morgan
Head of Academy
Anyone who has an interest in learning more about this subject matter is encouraged to take the course. There are no entry requirements to take the course.
The course is broken down into 18 individual modules. Each module takes between 20 and 90 minutes on average to study. Although you are free to spend as much or as little time as you feel necessary on each module, simply log in and out of the course at your convenience.
You can study the course any time you like. Simply log in and out of the web based course as often as you require. The course is compatible with all computers, tablet devices and smart phones so you can even study while on the move!
Once you have completed all 18 modules there is a multiple choice test. The questions will be on a range of topics found within the 18 modules. The test, like the course, is online and can be taken a time and location of your choosing.
The pass mark for the test is 70%.
If you don’t pass the test first time you will get further opportunities to take the test again after extra study. There are no limits to the number of times you can take the test. All test retakes are included within the price of the course.
Once you have completed your test you can log in to your account and download/print your certificate any time you need it. If you would prefer us to post you a certificate to a UK address, there will be an admin charge of £10 (certificates sent internationally may cost more).
You can either use your Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Solo cards or PayPal account to pay for the online course. Our site uses the latest SSL encryption to ensure your safety. All payments are handled securely by PayPal.
You can begin the course immediately after your payment has been received. You will create your login details during the checkout process. We will also send you an email confirming your login details.
We estimate that the course will take about 10 hours to complete in total, plus an additional 30 minutes for the end of course test.
Once you have been awarded your certificate it is valid for life. The certificate does not expire or need renewing.
What our students have to say...
Give it a go!
The course was great, it gave me the confidence I needed to get out there and start my own business. The Home & Commercial Cleaning Certification is evidence of the knowledge I have gained by completing the modules.
I have been working now for over a month and I am pleased to say I am doing great. I can recommend the course to anyone starting out in the cleaning business. I have taken on board the recommendations and advice given to me by the modules.
It is great value for money. Go on, give it a go.
Joan Wood
Really friendly, easy to use program
We used this system to train people who use our day center. They sat the exam and those that passed received their certificates which they loved. We then published this on peoples CVs to help them find work.
It's a really friendly, easy to use program which I would recommend.
James Marsh
Interesting & Helpful
When starting my own cleaning business I felt I could benefit from a course that would not only help me, but provide certification to show I was competent.
I didn't have time to attend workshops so an easy access online course was the only way to go. I found the components not only interesting but helpful and fully benefited from the tests in aid to remembering.
I would fully recommend the course to anyone seriously intending to run a cleaning business.
Gillian Parsons - Gwent
Excellent Course
I'm just writing to say that I have just completed the course and received my certificate. The whole process was excellent from start to finish!
Franklyn Antwi - Wolverhampton
Easy to follow
The course was very good and easy to learn all about cleaning. The site was very helpful and easy to follow. I am very happy I passed the course and now I have a cleaning certificate to my CV.
Panagiotis Rodopoulos - Glasgow
Great course
Great course that covered basic cleaning tasks, materials, equipment and business essentials. It was a great course to refresh my knowledge about the cleaning and the industry.
Sarah Aoki - Livingston
A must for all who are embarking on a cleaning career
Great course and full of really useful information. A must for all who are embarking on a cleaning career! Simple and easy to use access via phone, tablet, or PC.
Lisa Sass - London
I really have enjoyed this course
I really have enjoyed this course, it teaches you all you need to know in a clear way. Its easy to follow and gave me the confidence to pursue this as a career.
Emma Ward - London
Recommended to those who want to pursue a career in cleaning
This is a course recommended to those who want to pursue a career in cleaning.
It is very helpful for people who have never been in the cleaning industry. It gives insight on what to expect, what things to gain, and what things to look out for. It also discusses the different "branches" if you ever want to specialize in a specific cleaning business.
At first, I thought just using the hoover and cleaning toilets, but it is in fact a very practical course that covers many different topics. It is ideal for people looking to venture into a home-based business, as it covers everything from conception to running the business.
Richard Imperio - London
I have really enjoyed doing this course
I have really enjoyed doing this course because I could do it in my own time and there is loads of information and downloads to help.
Sharon Hart - Birmingham
Home and Commercial Cleaning Certification
Whether you want to start your own successful cleaning business or you want to improve your career prospects within the company you currently work for, you will find that the Home & Commercial Cleaning Certification can be a useful step in the right direction.
Introduction to the Home and Commercial Cleaning Certification
This industry recognized certification includes twenty two information packed modules that you can learn at your own pace in your own space.
This online training takes approximately ten hours to complete with online support that you can rely on and trust. The course covers the essential things you need to know to boost your career within the cleaning industry. It provides you with the ability to improve your earning potential.
On completion of the course you will be required to pass a multiple choice test, which covers all the modules you have just completed. On passing, with a pass rate of seventy percent, you will have the ability to download and print your certificate and start using it to improve your cleaning career without delay.
What You Will Learn
The twenty two modules are overflowing with valuable information that you can use in your cleaning career. You will learn the following:
- Understand the cleaning industry from career prospects to starting your own cleaning business.
- Know the different types of cleaning jobs from domestic cleaning to commercial and industrial cleaning. Identify whether it is worthwhile to work for someone else or to set up your own cleaning business.
- Get to grips with essential cleaning equipment. Know what equipment you will need and how to use it. Also learn how to effectively store cleaning equipment.
- Learn about chemical safety, including the chemicals you will use on a daily basis. Know the difference between acidic, alkaline and neutral chemicals and what they are used for.
- Understand the job in detail. This includes working hours, average earnings, and working conditions.
- Learn essential cleaning techniques and expected standards. This includes dusting surfaces, cleaning glass and mirrors, how to clean specialty surfaces and what standards you need to maintain.
- Know about cleaning products and protective clothing, helping you identify what you should wear to protect your clothes, specialty cleaning products and clothing branding to boost brand visibility.
- Understand the importance of effective kitchen cleaning. Learn about food safety, how to effectively clean an oven and a refrigerator and so much more.
- Identify how to complete commercial kitchen cleaning to the highest standard.
- Know the best routine to clean a bathroom and toilet area. Learn about the best routines and why you should have color coded cloths.
- Understand hospital cleaning from areas you may need to clean to health and safety requirements.
- Learn how office cleaning differs from residential cleaning and identify various techniques to effectively clean staff toilets.
- Know what equipment you will need for industrial cleaning, along with the difference between wet and dry industrial vacuum cleaners and how to keep safe when cleaning these environments.
- Identify with green cleaning solutions from homemade cleaning products to steam cleaning and more.
- Know the reporting procedures. Reporting procedures include regulation reporting, injury and disease reporting, and get to know what an accident book is.
- Know what it takes to clean outdoor areas. You will learn about planning, preparation, safety, and legal requirements.
- Learn how to deal with non-categorized waste. You will get to know the different types of waste and how to manage the transfer flow of waste to ensure cleanliness at all times.
- Get to know more about working in confined spaces and why and how to conduct a thorough risk assessment before you begin to ensure your safety.
- Learn more about running an ironing service and what this entails.
- Receive valuable information on starting your own cleaning business from what you will need, the benefits and disadvantages and more to help you decide if this is the best choice for you and how to proceed.
- Learn about marketing your business, what insurances you will need, tax, and more.
Benefits of the Home and Commercial Cleaning Certification
- Improve your career prospects.
- Improve your earning potential with the knowledge and skills obtained in this course.
- Industry recognized certification on completion.
- Download and print your certificate as and when you need it.
This course includes
24/7 Student Support
End of course certification
Lifetime access to your course
Compatible with modern devices
- Why business is never short for cleaners
- Niche areas that you may wish to pursue
- The opportunities for career progression
- How you can develop your own cleaning business
- What domestic cleaning entails
- How business and commercial cleaning jobs differ from domestic ones
- What Ironing jobs are
- What Ironing jobs are
- What equipment you will need for both domestic and commercial equipment
- What equipment you will need (if any) if you are an employed cleaner
- How to use your equipment correctly
- How you should store your equipment
- About the chemicals you use as a cleaner
- The difference between acidic, alkaline and neutral chemicals
- How to store chemicals correctly
- How rules, regulations and laws effect the way you use chemicals
- What the typical working hours and conditions are for cleaners
- How much holiday you can expect to receive
- What a typical cleaner can earn
- The different environments that cleaners work in
- How to clean and dust surfaces
- How to effectively clean glass and mirrors
- What a specialist surface is and how to clean them
- What standards you are expected to maintain
- Which clothing you should wear to keep safe
- What basic cleaning products you will need as a cleaner
- What specialist equipment you may need for tougher jobs
- Why you may want to consider branding your clothing
- What the best way to clean a cooker (gas & electric) and microwave is
- How to clean a refrigerator
- What methods you can employ to clean a sink
- About food safety
- How commercial kitchen cleaning differs from domestic
- How to best clean floors and sinks in commercial kitchens
- Techniques to clean commercial ovens
- Which fluids and products you need to effectively clean a commercial kitchen
- The cleaning routine for a bathroom and toilet
- Why you should use colour coded cloths
- The different surface areas you will find in a bathroom
- What you need to professionally clean a toilet
- Which areas of the hospital you will be expected to clean
- The techniques required to clean hospital wards, corridors and toilets
- The techniques required to clean hospital wards, corridors and toilets
- About hospital cleaner pay and career progression
- How cleaning offices differs from domestic cleaning
- How to clean office desks, lifts and vending areas
- Techniques for cleaning staff toilets
- About unusual places you may find rubbish in an office
- What industrial cleaning equipment is available
- The difference between wet and dry industrial vacuum cleaners
- How to use industrial cleaning equipment
- How to remain safe while using industrial cleaning equipment
- About homemade green cleaning products
- How to use green cleaning for antibacterial cleaning
- The most effective uses of steam cleaning
- About steam cleaning equipment and attachments
- What an ironing service entails
- What supplies and equipment you will need
- How to iron shirts, trousers and skirts properly
- How to get wrinkles out of fabrics
- The pros and cons of running a cleaning business
- Important things to know if you are considering becoming self-employed
- Whether you should take a hands off approach to running your business
- What the start-up costs will be
- How to advertise your business
- The best way to get recommendations through promotions
- The pros & cons of hiring staff
- How to perform the right security checks on your staff and what your legal responsibilities are
- What insurance you need as a cleaner
- Where you can find business insurance
- How much business insurance for cleaners costs
- How income tax will affect you
ID: YDFT67YHJ
of achievement
This certificate is presented to
Your Name
For completing the
Home and Commercial Cleaning Certification
on 21st November 2025
Selena Hurford
Selena Hurford
Course Tutor
Daniel Morgan
Daniel Morgan
Head of Academy
Anyone who has an interest in learning more about this subject matter is encouraged to take the course. There are no entry requirements to take the course.
The course is broken down into 18 individual modules. Each module takes between 20 and 90 minutes on average to study. Although you are free to spend as much or as little time as you feel necessary on each module, simply log in and out of the course at your convenience.
You can study the course any time you like. Simply log in and out of the web based course as often as you require. The course is compatible with all computers, tablet devices and smart phones so you can even study while on the move!
Once you have completed all 18 modules there is a multiple choice test. The questions will be on a range of topics found within the 18 modules. The test, like the course, is online and can be taken a time and location of your choosing.
The pass mark for the test is 70%.
If you don’t pass the test first time you will get further opportunities to take the test again after extra study. There are no limits to the number of times you can take the test. All test retakes are included within the price of the course.
Once you have completed your test you can log in to your account and download/print your certificate any time you need it. If you would prefer us to post you a certificate to a UK address, there will be an admin charge of £10 (certificates sent internationally may cost more).
You can either use your Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Solo cards or PayPal account to pay for the online course. Our site uses the latest SSL encryption to ensure your safety. All payments are handled securely by PayPal.
You can begin the course immediately after your payment has been received. You will create your login details during the checkout process. We will also send you an email confirming your login details.
We estimate that the course will take about 10 hours to complete in total, plus an additional 30 minutes for the end of course test.
Once you have been awarded your certificate it is valid for life. The certificate does not expire or need renewing.
What our students have to say...
Give it a go!
The course was great, it gave me the confidence I needed to get out there and start my own business. The Home & Commercial Cleaning Certification is evidence of the knowledge I have gained by completing the modules.
I have been working now for over a month and I am pleased to say I am doing great. I can recommend the course to anyone starting out in the cleaning business. I have taken on board the recommendations and advice given to me by the modules.
It is great value for money. Go on, give it a go.
Joan Wood
Really friendly, easy to use program
We used this system to train people who use our day center. They sat the exam and those that passed received their certificates which they loved. We then published this on peoples CVs to help them find work.
It's a really friendly, easy to use program which I would recommend.
James Marsh
Interesting & Helpful
When starting my own cleaning business I felt I could benefit from a course that would not only help me, but provide certification to show I was competent.
I didn't have time to attend workshops so an easy access online course was the only way to go. I found the components not only interesting but helpful and fully benefited from the tests in aid to remembering.
I would fully recommend the course to anyone seriously intending to run a cleaning business.
Gillian Parsons - Gwent
Excellent Course
I'm just writing to say that I have just completed the course and received my certificate. The whole process was excellent from start to finish!
Franklyn Antwi - Wolverhampton
Easy to follow
The course was very good and easy to learn all about cleaning. The site was very helpful and easy to follow. I am very happy I passed the course and now I have a cleaning certificate to my CV.
Panagiotis Rodopoulos - Glasgow
Great course
Great course that covered basic cleaning tasks, materials, equipment and business essentials. It was a great course to refresh my knowledge about the cleaning and the industry.
Sarah Aoki - Livingston
A must for all who are embarking on a cleaning career
Great course and full of really useful information. A must for all who are embarking on a cleaning career! Simple and easy to use access via phone, tablet, or PC.
Lisa Sass - London
I really have enjoyed this course
I really have enjoyed this course, it teaches you all you need to know in a clear way. Its easy to follow and gave me the confidence to pursue this as a career.
Emma Ward - London
Recommended to those who want to pursue a career in cleaning
This is a course recommended to those who want to pursue a career in cleaning.
It is very helpful for people who have never been in the cleaning industry. It gives insight on what to expect, what things to gain, and what things to look out for. It also discusses the different "branches" if you ever want to specialize in a specific cleaning business.
At first, I thought just using the hoover and cleaning toilets, but it is in fact a very practical course that covers many different topics. It is ideal for people looking to venture into a home-based business, as it covers everything from conception to running the business.
Richard Imperio - London
I have really enjoyed doing this course
I have really enjoyed doing this course because I could do it in my own time and there is loads of information and downloads to help.
Sharon Hart - Birmingham
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