Name of the course | Practical + Theory credits | Hours per week/ Days per week | Total hours |
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Guest Room Associate | 2+2 | 6 hours per week / 2 days per week | 96 contact hours + 320 IET hours |
SYLLABUS
Course Objective:
Understand the daily operational practices to be done. Apply health, hygiene and safety practices at workplace and maintain ethics in handling departmental and guest relations.
Course Outcome:
CO1. State the role of the housekeeping department in hotels and its responsibilities.
CO2. Understand all levels of professional cleanings.
CO3. Manage Inventory and Bookkeeping Procedures.
CO4. Communicate with co-workers and guests.
CO5. Apply Ethics and Safety Practice in work environment.
Unit I – Core Skills – Professional Cleaning
- Introduction to Hotel Industry and Housekeeping Activities
- Perform Cleaning Operations for Rooms and Public Areas
- Bed Making Procedures – Morning / Evening Services
- Carry out Stain Removal and Polishing Activities on the Floor and Surfaces
- Preparation of Maids Cart
- Bathroom Cleaning Procedures.
Unit II – Inventory Management and Book Keeping
- Registers and Records in Accommodation Operation department
- Guest supplies and amenities
- Equipment and Agents in the Accommodation Operation department
- Guest Supplies, Cleaning Equipment and Agents Planning and Managing Procedures
- Storage procedures in Housekeeping Stores
Unit III – Communication and Ethics
- Departmental and interdepartmental Co-ordinations
- Guest communications and Handling Customer Complaints constructively.
- Understand the importance of customer satisfaction and feedback
- Following Ethical Practices in cleaning and property maintenance.
- Maintain Organization Confidentiality
Unit IV – Hygiene and Safety
- Routine Procedure in cleaning and sanitization of cleaning equipment
- Clean, Hygienic and hazard free procedures at work
- Disposal of Guest and Department wastages
- Emergency Situations and Safety Handlings and Basic First Aids
- Identification of Hazards at Work Place
UNIT V – On Job Training
- Practice the Room Making procedures
- Handling Equipment, Cleaning Agents and Guest Supplies
- Co-ordinate with Housemen and supervisors in learning Basic cleaning routine
- Follow standard operating procedures
- Understand Daily Housekeeping Operations in Hotel
Reference Books:
- Sudhir Andrews Hotel House keeping a Training Manual – 2nd edition-Tata Mc graw hill – 2009
- G.Raghubalan & Smrita Raghubalan Hotel Housekeeping Operations and Management – 2nd edition -Oxford University Press 2009.
- Ursula Jones Cassell – Hotel & Catering Management – 2nd edition-Octopus Publishing Group Limited, 1997.
- John C. Bronson and Margaret Lennox Hotel Hostel Hospital Housekeeping-5th edition– Edward Arnold Taylor& Francis Group -1988.
Online Materials & Weblinks:
- https://epgp.inflibnet.ac.in/Home/ViewSubject?catid=Cdnwi2LUCCLzrJZ76d/o1A==
- http://paramjamwal.blogspot.com/2015/09/h3-direction-ltr-h3.html
- https://www.slideshare.net/Nabin2058/presentation-of-housekeeping-and-accommodation-operation-hospitality-service
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3F9Nc2rp2eA
- https://epgp.inflibnet.ac.in/Home/ViewSubject?catid=Cdnwi2LUCCLzrJZ76d/o1A==
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFWHLDWiSrY