Treat the outside of an office locker bank and an empty locker interior as separate tasks. For interior access, have an authorized employee remove belongings, release the specific compartment and control the key or code. A locker assigned to someone who has left the company is not automatically empty or available.
That’s the standard a building should be held to. If you’d rather have it in writing, tell us about the space — we walk it and come back with a scope of work and a price, usually within one business day.
Number the compartments
Use the locker identifier rather than an employee name in the cleaning request. Specify whether work covers exterior doors, accessible tops or a released interior. Keep occupied compartments closed. For a bank of identical lockers, a general instruction to clean the empty ones leaves too much room for opening the wrong door.
Let the office handle belongings
The workplace administrator should apply the organization’s property process before releasing a locker. Cleaning staff should not decide whether a bag, uniform or document has been abandoned. Have the authorized person confirm the compartment is empty and identify any fixed accessory that remains. Report an unexpected item rather than transferring it to another locker.
Close the access handoff
Agree who checks the completed interior, secures the locker and returns it to the assignment system. Keep lock repairs and code changes with the responsible office team. Record compartments that were unavailable so they are not accidentally marked ready for a new user merely because the exterior row was cleaned.
Published scope and the limits of this guide
The published JAS scope says: “Weekly or monthly maintenance” — Read the source service page
This article does not authorize lock bypass, property disposal, code changes or handling of employees’ belongings. It concerns explicitly released locker surfaces only.
Related decisions before you schedule
List interiors separately from exterior doors. Included surfaces
Document who may release a compartment. Written access rules
Distinguish a cleaned row from released individual lockers. Completion records
Frequently asked questions
Does an unlocked door mean permission?
No. Identify the compartment and obtain an explicit release through the office process.
Who opens a locker with a missing key?
The authorized office or building contact arranges access; do not improvise entry.
Can belongings remain inside?
Then keep that interior excluded unless a different specific arrangement has been approved.