| A Good House Keeping - By Karnail Singh |
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| Posted on Fri 13 Jun 2008 by admin (217 reads) |
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Jumping into the arena of professionalism, every work is sophisticated. Maintaining a house is simplistic but a large commercial hotel is really gigantic. Every task needs a vast knowledge and professional skill. The aesthetic upkeep of room, knowledge of Interior designing, Skill of flower arrangement, Knowledge of lighting etc…. Housekeeping is a nerve centre of the hotel or we can say that housekeeping is the more revenue generated department of the hotel, it gives hygienic standard to the hotel. Housekeeping is necessary in the entire departments of the Hotel i.e., Food production, Food and Beverage, Front Office etc. A quick glance around your lobby confirms it: your hotel is sparkling clean. The front door glimmers; the receptionist wears a bright smile and the counter gleams from the polishing it received this morning. As your transport van delivers a guest you are confident that they will find comfort in the cleanliness of your establishment. Unfortunately their eyes never see the glimmering doors let alone appreciate the warm reception offered by the receptionist. Those efforts were lost the minute they saw your transport van at they airport and noticed the dull lettering on its side and the stained carpet and scarred and ripped leather of its interior. The promise they read in the travel guide book of your hotel having the city’s cleanest rooms fade on their ride from the airport. What kind of work do people do in housekeeping in a hotel? Housekeeping in a hotel is a very physically demanding job that includes many, varied tasks. Typically, in this case study, housekeepers were responsible for cleaning 16 rooms per shift. The actual amount of work depends on the size of the room and the number of beds. A housekeeper needs between fifteen and thirty minutes to do one room. A housekeeper carries out the following tasks: • making beds (Figures 1a, 1b, 1c), • tidying rooms (Figure 2), • cleaning and polishing toilets, taps, sinks, bathtubs and mirrors (Figures 3a, 3b), • washing floors, • removing stains, and • Vacuuming. Bathroom Amenities:- Standard sizes of Linen used in Hotels:- QUALITY II 550/G/M2 SINGLE OR DOUBLE LOOP DESCRIPTION SIZE IN INCH SIZE IN CM WEIGHT IN G/SQ.M. WEIGHT IN LBS/DZ. WASH CLOTH 12 x 12 32x 32 550 1.39 HAND TOWEL 16 x 28 41 x 71 550 4.33 HAND TOWEL 17 x 32 45 x 81 550 5.4 BATH TOWEL 27 x 50 68 x 127 550 12.67 BATH TOWEL 36 x 64 91 x 162 550 21.6 BATH SHEET 30 x 60 76 x 152 550 16.93 BATH MAT 21 x 36 53 x 91 860 11 BATH MAT 20 x 33 50 x 85 860 10 POOL TOWEL (COLOUR) 39 x 78 100 x 200 550 29.3 By: Karnail Singh (H.O.D.) CTIHMCT Jalandhar (Punjab) |
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