Estonian and Latvian experience in advancing professional cleaning competence

Cleaning is ensured by continuous effort of an important set of professions, more than four million people in Europe, according to EFCI.Professional standards in cleaning exist in such European countries as Finland, Estonia, Denmark, Holland and Hungary. Professional standards are approved by respective government bodies and form the basis of training programs and qualification exams. The EU uses an 8-level European Qualification Framework (EQF). The cleaner is usually at EQF levels 3 or 4, whil