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Explanatory Notes<br />

UK Standard Industrial Classification of Economic Activities 2007 – <strong>SIC</strong>(2007)<br />

This class excludes:<br />

– provision of only one of the support services (e.g. general interior cleaning services) or only a single function (e.g. heating),<br />

see the appropriate class according to the service provided<br />

– provision of management and operating staff <strong>for</strong> the complete operation of a client’s establishment, such as a hotel,<br />

restaurant, mine, or hospital, see the class of the unit operated<br />

–<br />

–<br />

81.2 Cleaning activities<br />

provision of on site management and operation of a client’s computer systems and/or data processing facilities, see 62.03<br />

operation of correctional facilities on a contract or fee basis, see 84.23<br />

This group includes the activities of general interior cleaning of all types of buildings, exterior cleaning of buildings, specialised<br />

cleaning activities <strong>for</strong> buildings or other specialised cleaning activities, cleaning of industrial machinery, cleaning of the inside of<br />

road and sea tankers, disinfecting and extermination activities <strong>for</strong> buildings and industrial machinery, bottle cleaning, street<br />

sweeping, snow and ice removal.<br />

This group excludes:<br />

–<br />

–<br />

–<br />

–<br />

agricultural pest control, see 01.61<br />

cleaning of new buildings immediately after construction, 43.39<br />

steam-cleaning, sand blasting and similar activities <strong>for</strong> building exteriors, see 43.99<br />

carpet and rug shampooing, drapery and curtain cleaning, see 96.01<br />

81.21 General cleaning of buildings<br />

This class includes:<br />

N<br />

–<br />

–<br />

general (non-specialised) cleaning activities of all types of buildings, such as:<br />

■ offices<br />

■ houses or apartments<br />

■ factories<br />

■ shops<br />

■ institutions<br />

general (non-specialised) cleaning of other business and professional premises and multiunit residential buildings<br />

These activities are mostly interior cleaning although they may include the cleaning of associated exterior areas such as<br />

windows or passageways.<br />

This class excludes:<br />

–<br />

specialised cleaning activities, such as window cleaning, chimney cleaning, cleaning of fireplaces, stoves, furnaces,<br />

incinerators, boilers, ventilation ducts, exhaust units, see 81.22<br />

81.22 Other building and industrial cleaning activities<br />

81.22/1 Window cleaning services<br />

This subclass includes:<br />

–<br />

–<br />

cleaning of windows in dwellings and other buildings<br />

cleaning services <strong>for</strong> exterior windows using swing stages<br />

81.22/2 Specialised cleaning services<br />

This subclass includes:<br />

–<br />

–<br />

–<br />

–<br />

–<br />

–<br />

cleaning services <strong>for</strong> hospitals<br />

cleaning services <strong>for</strong> computer rooms<br />

specialised cleaning services of reservoirs and tanks, these being part of either industrial sites or transport equipment<br />

decontamination services<br />

cleaning services of heat and air-ducts<br />

sterilisation of objects or premises e.g. operating theatres<br />

81.22/3 Furnace and chimney cleaning services<br />

This subclass includes:<br />

–<br />

furnace and chimney cleaning, cleaning of fireplaces, stoves, furnaces, incinerators and boilers<br />

This subclass excludes:<br />

– maintenance services to central heating installations, see 33.11 and 43.22<br />

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