This Chapter has been extracted from the ONS Explanatory Notes and provides a more detailed explanation of possible activities that could fall within the SIC Codes related to the Chapter.
This division includes the provision of a number of general support services, such as the provision of a combination of support services within a client's facilities, the interior and exterior cleaning of buildings of all types, cleaning of industrial machinery, cleaning of trains, buses, planes, etc., cleaning of the inside of road and sea tankers, disinfecting and exterminating activities for buildings, ships, trains, etc., bottle cleaning, street sweeping, snow and ice removal, provision of landscape care and maintenance services and provision of these services along with the design of landscape plans and/or the construction (i.e. installation) of walkways, retaining walls, decks, fences, ponds, and similar structures.
81.1 Combined facilities support activities
81.10 Combined facilities support activities
This class includes the provision of a combination of support services within a client's facilities. These services include general interior cleaning, maintenance, trash disposal, guard and security, mail routing, reception, laundry and related services to support operations within facilities. These support activities are performed by operating staff who are not involved with or responsible for the core business or activities of the client.
This class excludes:
- provision of only one of the support services (e.g. general interior cleaning services) or only a single function (e.g. heating), see the appropriate class according to the service provided
- provision of management and operating staff for the complete operation of a client's establishment, such as a hotel, restaurant, mine, or hospital, see the class of the unit operated
- provision of on site management and operation of a client's computer systems and/or data processing facilities, see 62.03
- operation of correctional facilities on a contract or fee basis, see 84.23
81.2 Cleaning activities
This group includes the activities of general interior cleaning of all types of buildings, exterior cleaning of buildings, specialised cleaning activities for buildings or other specialised cleaning activities, cleaning of industrial machinery, cleaning of the inside of road and sea tankers, disinfecting and extermination activities for buildings and industrial machinery, bottle cleaning, street sweeping, snow and ice removal.
This group excludes:
- agricultural pest control, see 01.61
- cleaning of new buildings immediately after construction, 43.39
- steam-cleaning, sand blasting and similar activities for building exteriors, see 43.99
- carpet and rug shampooing, drapery and curtain cleaning, see 96.01
81.21 General cleaning of buildings
This class includes the general (non-specialised) cleaning activities of all types of buildings, such as:
- offices
- houses or apartments
- factories
- shops
- institutions;
and other business and professional premises and multiunit residential buildings.
These activities are mostly interior cleaning although they may include the cleaning of associated exterior areas such as windows or passageways.
This class excludes:
- specialised cleaning activities, such as window cleaning, chimney cleaning, cleaning of fireplaces,
stoves, furnaces, incinerators, boilers, ventilation ducts, exhaust units, see 81.22
81.22 Other building and industrial cleaning activities
81.22/1 Window cleaning services
This subclass includes;
- cleaning of windows in dwellings and other buildings
- cleaning services for exterior windows using swing stages
81.22/2 Specialised cleaning services
This subclass includes:
- cleaning services for hospitals
- cleaning services for computer rooms
- specialised cleaning services of reservoirs and tanks, these being part of either industrial sites or transport equipment
- decontamination services
- cleaning services of heat and air-ducts
- sterilisation of objects or premises e.g. operating theatres
81.22/3 Furnace and chimney cleaning services
This subclass includes:
- furnace and chimney cleaning, cleaning of fireplaces, stoves, furnaces, incinerators and boilers
This subclass excludes:
- maintenance services to central heating installations, see 33.11 and 43.22
81.22/9 Building and industrial cleaning activities (other than window cleaning, specialised cleaning and furnace and chimney cleaning services) n.e.c.
This subclass includes the activities of:
- exterior cleaning of buildings of all types, including offices, factories, shops, institutions and other business and professional premises and multiunit residential buildings
- cleaning of industrial machinery
- other building and industrial cleaning activities, n.e.c.
This subclass excludes:
- steam cleaning and blasting and similar activities for building exteriors, see 43.99
81.29 Other cleaning services
81.29/1 Disinfecting and extermination services
This subclass includes:
- disinfecting of dwellings and other buildings
- exterminating insects, rodents and other pests
- fumigation services and pest control services
This subclass excludes:
- agriculture pest control, see 01.61
- impregnation of timber see 16.10
81.29/9 Cleaning services (other than disinfecting and extermination services) n.e.c.
This class includes the activities of:
- swimming pool cleaning and maintenance activities
- cleaning of trains, buses, planes, etc.
- cleaning of the inside of road and sea tankers
- bottle cleaning
- street sweeping and snow and ice removal
- rental of lavatory cubicles
- other cleaning activities, n.e.c.
This class excludes:
- automobile cleaning, car wash, see 45.20
81.3 Landscape service activities
81.30 Landscape service activities
This class includes:
- planting, care and maintenance of:
· parks and gardens for:
· private and public housing
· public and semi-public buildings (schools, hospitals, administrative buildings, church buildings etc.)
· municipal grounds (parks, green areas, cemeteries etc.)
· highway greenery (roads, train lines and tramlines, waterways, ports)
· industrial and commercial buildings
· greenery for:
· buildings (roof gardens, façade greenery, indoor gardens etc.)
· sports grounds (football fields, golf courses etc.), play grounds, lawns for sunbathing and other recreational parks
· stationary and flowing water (basins, alternating wet areas, ponds, swimming pools, ditches, watercourses, plant sewage systems)- plants for protection against noise, wind, erosion, visibility and dazzling
This class excludes:
- commercial production and planting for commercial production of plants, trees, see divisions 01, 02
- tree nurseries and forest tree nurseries, see 01.30, 02.10
- keeping land in good environmental condition for agricultural use, see 01.61
- construction activities for landscaping purposes, see section F
- landscape design and architecture activities, see 71.11
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