The problem
Window cleaners work at height near overhead cables, glass roofs and steep drops, and the risks at each house often live only in the owner's head. When a new starter covers a round for the first time, nobody mentions the power line over number 14. There's no saving to put on that; it's about the one accident that could end the business.
What the AI does
Squeegee lets you add hazards directly to jobs, such as overhead power lines, busy roads or site-specific dangers, so the team has the information before starting work. On the Ultimate plan you can also add required skills to workers, so only someone with the right training appears when you assign a job, for example a job that needs a ladder rather than a water-fed pole.
A worked example
A window cleaning business in Swindon, the owner and two employees, adds hazards to about 40 of its 600 customers: overhead cables, conservatory roofs, a drop behind a garden wall, a dog that bites. A new starter covering a round sees the hazard on the job before getting a ladder off the van. All three use Squeegee Core ($25£19€23A$36C$36 per user a month, $76£57€68A$109C$107 in total).
Before
Hazards at 40 of 600 properties known only to whoever usually does that round
After
Hazards recorded on 40 jobs and seen by anyone who covers them
What it's worth
No direct money saving; this is a safety record that helps workers avoid harm and shows the steps taken if something goes wrong. It costs nothing extra if the round already runs in Squeegee: $76£57€68A$109C$107 a month for three Core users, or $132£99€118A$190C$186 on Ultimate with required skills.
How to set it up
- List the properties on each round with a real hazard: cables, glass roofs, drops, traffic, dogs.
- Add each hazard to the job in Squeegee in plain words, with what to do about it.
- Make reading the hazards part of starting every job, and tell new starters on their first day.
- Record hazards for new customers at the quote visit, before the first clean.
- Review the list once a year and after any near miss.
What goes wrong
- The pricing page doesn't list hazards by plan. Check with Squeegee that it's on the plan you choose.
- Required skills, which stop untrained staff being assigned a job, are only on Ultimate ($44£33€39A$63C$62 per user a month).
- A note on a job isn't a risk assessment. You still need to plan work at height and train staff under the Work at Height Regulations; the notes help them apply it at each house.
- Too many trivial notes get ignored. Keep hazards for things that could hurt someone.