Total Locker Service Blog

Personal effects lockers

Following the FSA ruling on mobile phones being prohibited in call centres, there is a need to ensure that this directive is implemented. To achieve this, your staff will need to be able to store their mobile phones and personal belongings securely so they feel comfortable leaving their technology unattended. For administration purposes, the storage must be low maintenance easy to control and trouble free.

Total Locker Service has supplied a number of call centres with storage solutions all of which have been individually tailored to the specific requirements of the individual call centres. For Allianz, we provided them with our Mini minder lockers along with our System 1306 locker with 6 compartments. The locking option they chose from the large number of options we offer was a coin return lock, this specific lock was designed to function with either a £1 coin or our £1 sized token. This gave them the option to issue token to their permanent staff while occasional users could use the storage with a £1 coin. This selection of lockers was sufficient to cover all there call centre needs at all there UK locations.

Mini Minder Lockers

Mini minder lockers are available in blocks that can be wall mounted or supported on locker stands when the walls are just partitions. The lockers is compact providing sufficient space for mobile phones, wallets, purses and other small personal belongings, the compartment size is approximately 200mm high x 200mm wide x 200mm deep. We can also provide this unit with a 3 pin UK socket for charging mobile phones and small personal electronic equipment. Individual units are available with 5, 10, 12, 20, 28 and 40 compartments. This locker is available with a wide range of locking options.

System 1306 Lockers

System 1306 lockers are 6 compartment lockers designed to be positioned against a wall or positioned back to back, the lockers is available in a wide range of sizes though the most common size used for call centres is 1775mm high x 300mm wide x 300mm deep this unit provides a compartment size approximately 300mm high x 300mm wide x 300mm deep. This is ideal storage for larger items such as handbags.

This is just a small selection of the most common storage solutions provided to call centres, if you need assistance in selecting the most appropriate storage solution then call are friendly staff on 01284 749 211 or email us at sales@totallocker.co.uk

John Scott

Removable poolside bench seating at Hucknall pool

Hucknall pool chooses removable poolside plastic seating

The refurbishment of poolside seating at Hucknall swimming pool was carried out by Total Locker Service in summer 2013. Dave Gedling, Facilities Manager wanted to renew the existing stepped poolside seating and was keen to recreate a high-class professional ‘sporty’ look, while being assured of a product that could easily be removed for regular cleaning, with a long life and for a reasonable cost – tall order!

The original seating was purpose made stadium seating designed so that it could be removed for cleaning. The seating consisted of 3 plastic slates mounted on a small frame work. The seating being mounted on top of a number of tiled steps allowing 4 rows of spectators seated along pool side.

Total Locker Service always looks for solutions to meets its customer’s aspirations, and this time it was no different. A range of different seating products was considered, but in this case it soon became clear that one particular product stood out from every other.

The challenges for the product were that the seating was in a wet, warm chlorinated environment, in constant use in addition to the requirement that the seating must be removable for regular cleaning, and then securely locked down when back in use.

It was quickly decided not to select ash hardwood bench slats, due to the fact that it soon loses it beautiful appearance under heavy wear in a warm, wet environment in public areas. So the decision was for thermoplastic seating, which comes in brightly coloured slats and does not degrade. And the winning factor was that Total Locker developed a system for quick slat removal and replacement, using stainless steel fixings invisible to the public eye that with one swivel would release the slats, and then lock them back into place after cleaning the area. And all this for a reasonable cost.

Once the planning and testing of the product were complete, Total Locker worked closely with pool management so that the seating could be installed at night, so as not to disturb pool summer activities.

More about our thermoplastic changing room seating:

This comes as standard lengths: 1000mm, 1200mm, 1500mm, 1800mm and 2000mm in a variety of styles: standard bench seat with shelf under, and single and double-sided bench seats with hook boards. Bespoke styles are always available, and delivery is normally within 10 days.

John Scott