![]() Bio Hazard Plus, Crime scene clean up crew is well on it's way of becoming one of the leader's in biohazard remediation. We need good people, and there are none better than our men and women that is qualified in the crime scene cleanup industry. Another tells himself blood is ketchup and faeces is curry.Position Open (Biohazard Remediation Technician)īio hazard Plus, Crime Scene Cleanup is looking to hiring a Biohazard Remediation Technician and career opportunity is open now. One employee who fished testicles from a toilet told himself he was holding boiled eggs. His company provides a free counselling service for staff, but he has discovered that many have their own ways of coping. Steve left the corporate world to found SafeGroup 17 years ago, and now employs 70 trauma cleaners nationwide. “So every day, when I leave home, I make sure that I’m on good terms with my wife and my three kids and I never hold grudges with the wider family or friends.” 'Smell of blood will never leave me' “I constantly hear bereaved people say, ‘I wish I could have spoken to him one more time’. He says: “I feel lucky to know I have helped people in traumatic situations and fortunate to have a job I can do every day which makes an impact on people who are struggling with a whole spectrum of emotions. He cleaned up after a burglary ended in murder and can’t forget picking up an eyeball from train tracks. He has dealt with the aftermath of a machete attack which left pools of blood in every room of a property and the lift and paths outside. Ryan, from Hertfordshire, rarely talks about his job outside working hours. They need a genuine drive to help people.” Our cleaners have to be able to cope not just with what they see, but what they hear, smell and breathe in. A family is likely to be in a very emotional state and could want to share every nasty detail of what happened. He says: “Crime scene cleaners need to be very sensitive. No other job makes the difference to people’s lives like this one.” 'Our cleaners must be very sensitive'Īfter a decade working as a trauma cleaner, Ryan has spent the last two years managing and training 100 staff at SafeGroup, a specialist and emergency cleaning service. And if you love your job every job is a good job. If I do my job well I can help take pain, bad memories and even more trauma away from them. But bereaved families are already suffering so much. Friends are always asking how on earth I do it and my partner always says she couldn’t do it. She says: “Yes, there are easier ways to make an honest living. Yanky never eats on a job and often takes off her clothes outside her home in Croydon, South London, as the smells can linger. There are difficult moments, like removing the little that’s left of a deceased person from train tracks, but I get through it by thinking of their family and the pain they go through when they hear the news, and reminding myself I’m helping in a small way. “I want to do what I can to help people and make sure others don’t have to see the sad sights of life. Death and tragic situations are part of life and leave families feeling really emotional. She says: “My mum was hit and killed by a bus. ![]() But the stories behind why people need our help can be really upsetting.” 'If I do my job well I can help take pain and trauma away'Ī steel stomach and selfless heart have kept trauma cleaner Yanky in her job since 2006. And when they said they’d fixed her telly, they cut the wire so she was stuck in every day with nothing to do. Steve continues: “No one was looking after her. It got so bad she had to crawl to get outside. When he left, everyone else said it wasn’t their job and it piled up.” He recalls: “An old lady was too frail to take out her rubbish so a caretaker used to do it for her. The incident led to Steve being crowned Prince of Poo by workmates.Ĭould you do this job? Join the discusssion in the comment section His special skill was handy when he had to tackle a 3ft pile of human excrement left on top of a toilet by a man with mental health problems. ![]() He says: “I’ve seen others retch at jobs, whereas I just get stuck in.” Nothing is too fetid for him to face, as a near-fatal car crash 20 years ago left Steve unable to detect even the stinkiest stench. Steve has a crime scene cleaner superpower – no sense of smell. Here, four crime scene cleaners explain why on earth they do their jobs… 'I’ve seen others retch at jobs whereas I just get stuck in' His job as Wicky in The Cleaner is one few would have the stomach for.īut every day trauma cleaners get to work removing all traces of gore safely and sensitively. You might find it hard to see the funny side of mopping up blood and body fluids from the floors or scraping human flesh from the walls.īut comic Greg Davies is getting plenty of laughs playing a crime scene cleaner in a new BBC1 series.
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