Landscape & Outdoor Maintenance

Maintaining a clean and sanitary facility is important across all industries, but especially in industries where cleanliness and hygiene impact the users of a facility. In order to maintain proper cleanliness, many facility managers and organizations hire people to handle the cleaning tasks. These roles have several names, including porter, custodian and janitor, but the responsibilities may differ slightly between these roles. In this article, we discuss porter versus custodian versus janitor jobs, including how they differ and the skills and training required for each.