Training system for use with janitorial and cleaning products
A system and method for training in the cleaning of a room. The system includes a room having a plurality of locations to be cleaned; a plurality of optical tags, each of the optical tags positionable to be located at one of the locations to be cleaned and containing codes that link to a website having information about one or more pre-selected janitorial and cleaning products and the use thereof at the one of the locations to be cleaned; and a reader operable by a user and configured to scan the codes of the optical tags and display to the user the room and selectively the information from the website about the one or more pre-selected janitorial and cleaning products and the use thereof at the locations to be cleaned.
1. A method for interactive training in the cleaning of a room, the method comprising the steps of:
providing a room having a plurality of locations to be cleaned;
providing pre-selected janitorial and cleaning products for each of the locations to be cleaned;
providing a reader configured to interface with the locations to be cleaned and link to a website having information about one or more pre-selected janitorial and cleaning products and the use thereof at the locations to be cleaned;
operating the reader to interface with the locations to be cleaned to create a spatial map of the room;
locating a trainee with the reader in the room and operating the reader to display to the trainee the room and selectively display to the trainee displayed information comprising information from the website about the one or more pre-selected janitorial and cleaning products and the use thereof at the locations to be cleaned; and
having the trainee interact with the displayed information to select amongst the one or more pre-selected janitorial and cleaning products for each of the locations and thereby selectively access the displayed information for training in selection and use of the pre-selected cleaning and janitorial products for each of the locations in the room.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein each of the pre-selected janitorial and cleaning products has a label, the label including a code or other indicia readable by the reader.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein prior to locating the trainee in the room, the trainee interacts with at least one label using the reader to link to a website having support materials for the selected janitorial or cleaning product.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the locations to be cleaned comprise glass, carpet, hard surfaces, cloth surfaces, and painted surfaces.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the reader displays to the trainee while the trainee is in the room an icon corresponding to each of the locations and a selector image that the trainee can position on a desired one of the icons and interact with by movement to access and interact with the website.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information from the website comprises training brochures, training posters, product information sheets, product specific webpages, and product training videos configured to facilitate training of the trainee in the selection and use of the pre-selected cleaning and janitorial products.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the reader is configured to recognize surfaces of the locations to be cleaned and wirelessly link to information about one or more of the pre-selected janitorial and cleaning products and the use thereof at the locations to be cleaned.
8. A method for interactive training in the cleaning of a room, the method comprising the steps of:
providing a room having a plurality of locations to be cleaned;
providing pre-selected janitorial and cleaning products for each of the locations to be cleaned;
providing a reader configured to interface with the locations to be cleaned and recognize surfaces of the locations to be cleaned and link to information about one or more of the pre-selected janitorial and cleaning products and the use thereof at the locations to be cleaned;
operating the reader to interface with the locations to be cleaned to link to information about one or more of the pre-selected janitorial and cleaning products and the use thereof at the locations to be cleaned;
having a trainee operate the reader to selectively display to the trainee displayed information comprising information about the one or more pre-selected janitorial and cleaning products and the use thereof at the locations to be cleaned; and
having the trainee interact with the displayed information to select amongst the one or more pre-selected janitorial and cleaning products for each of the locations and thereby selectively access the displayed information for training in selection and use of the pre-selected cleaning and janitorial products for each of the locations in the room.
9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the locations to be cleaned comprise glass, carpet, hard surfaces, cloth surfaces, and painted surfaces.
10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the reader displays to the trainee an icon corresponding to each of the locations to be cleaned and a selector image that the trainee can interact with by movement to access and interact with the information about one or more of the pre-selected janitorial and cleaning products and the use thereof at the locations to be cleaned.