COVID-19 Operational Advice for Mobile Mechanics
Posted on in Business News , Cycles News
Following the Prime Minister's announcement last night in which he stated non-essential businesses and premises must now close, further information regarding bicycle shops has now been published.
As bicycle shops are considered an exception to the measures and can remain open for business, it follows that mobile mechanics would also be included as an exception from our understanding.
You can read the Government guidance here.
The ACT has made the following recommendations for mobile mechanics staying open.
Adopt a contactless model
Following Government advice, you should eradicate all forms of contact between yourself and the customer and maintain a two metre distance at all times. Collections and deliveries should take place as follows:
Collections
- When arriving at a customer's address maintain a two metre distance from the door and call them to alert them that you are outside. Failing this, ring the doorbell and then step back to the two metre distance.
- The customer can then bring their bike outside the house and leave it in a suitable place before stepping back inside the house or to a two metre distance away.
- You should then handle the bike wearing gloves and disinfect the entire bike- paying particular attention to contact points such as the handlebar, brakes, gears etc. - before loading it into your method of transport.
- Again, call the customer when you are outside or ring the doorbell before stepping back to a two metre distance.
- Disinfect the bike wearing gloves to make it as safe as possible for your customer to handle.
- Leave the bike in a suitable place where the customer is able to collect it while maintaining the two metre distance.
Your workshop
- All employees should be wearing disposable gloves in the workshop and whenever handling bikes.
- You should remind all employees to wash their hands for 20 seconds more frequently and catch coughs and sneezes in tissues.
- Frequently clean and disinfect objects and surfaces that are touched regularly, using your standard cleaning products.
Avoid card-not-present fraud
- cardholder's name as it appears on the card
- card expiration date (month, year) as it appears on the card
- billing address
- card security code
- phone number and/or email address
- account number