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Passenger Transport Cleaning Employability
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WAMITAB Routes to Industry
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Passenger Transport Cleaning
What is the Passenger Transport Cleaning Industry?
The passenger transport sector delivers crucial services around the UK. Passenger transport
covers a range of industries and a wide assortment of occupations.
People employed to keep trains, buses, coaches and planes clean have to do so in line with
timetables and transport schedules. They need to work efficiently and effectively and in
some cases provide cleaning services to very tight turnaround times. Just think how quickly
budget airlines have to disembark passengers, clean, restock and embark passengers.
They may be involved in on-train cleaning so will need to have good customer service and
communication skills.
What job roles form part of the industry?
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On-train cleaning and litter collection, and sorting for onward recycling
Sleeper train cleaning and housekeeping
Quick turnaround airplane cleaning and restocking
Upholstery cleaning
Specialist passenger transport floor cleaning
Graffiti removal
What is the best way to move into the industry?
WAMITAB is a well respected and recognised brand within the industry, and the WAMITAB
Passenger Transport Employability Programme provides a good grounding for beginning
work in the sector.
Learners will gain skills, knowledge and occupational competence in waste specific health
and safety, sustainable good practice, relationship development and services; resulting in
highly employable individuals with the ability to progress and develop.
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WAMITAB Passenger Transport Cleaning Employability
Programme
The Passenger Transport Cleaning Employability Programme is comprised of 9 components,
delivered in a ‘taught and tested’ approach. The knowledge element of these will be delivered
initially in a ‘taught and tested’ approach. Once this is complete, candidates will begin their
work placement and continue to be assessed to achieve the units. Once the units have all been
achieved, you will receive a WAMITAB Routes to Industry Certificate in Passenger Transport
Cleaning Employability, and individual QCF Unit Certificates. This is not a full QCF, regulated
qualification.
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• QCF Unit: Maintain personal hygiene standards when cleaning
• QCF Unit: Reduce risks to health and safety in the workplace
• QCF Unit: Do your job in a customer friendly way
• QCF Unit: Follow the rules to deliver customer service
• QCF Unit: Work with others and follow reporting procedures in a cleaning
environment
• QCF Unit: Internal cleaning of passenger transport
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• QCF Unit: Work individually and follow reporting procedures in a cleaning
environment
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• QCF Unit: Deal with waste, recyclables, lost property and suspicious packages
when cleaning
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• QCF Unit: Cleaning surfaces using correct methods and equipment
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The Result
Learners who complete the Passenger Transport Cleaning Employability Programme will have
gained vital skills, knowledge and competence to begin work in the Cleaning Industry,
specifically for passenger transport. They will be certificated by WAMITAB as a government
recognised Awarding Organisation and well respected industry brand.
Successful learners will receive:
WAMITAB Certificate of
Competence:
CoC
Passenger Transport
Cleaning Employability
Component Certificates
issued by WAMITAB
QCF
Certificates
Progression
routes
available
Learners will have tangible skills which will be attractive to employees in the industry, and will
have gained a secure knowledge base in the processes, procedures, legislation and health and
safety considerations which are peculiar to the sector.
Progression Opportunities
Learners will also have opportunities to progress into full Level 2 qualifications and
apprenticeship frameworks, using the QCF units and Recognition of Prior Learning against a
number of WAMITAB qualifications at Levels 2-4.
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