Housekeeping Essay

CASE STUDY:

PROPER MAINTENANCE AND FOOD TO SERVE IN EVERY COSTUMERS AND PROVIDING GOOD STAFF AND EMPLOYEES in Go Hotels-Dumaguete City Philippines

FOCUS:

LIGHTNING AREA IN EVERY ROOMS, HOUSEKEEPING FACILITIES, FOOD SERVICE AND INDUSTRY, AND PROPER TRAINING FOR EVERY EMPLOYEES.

I. Introduction

This paper analyses majorly on the Housekeeping facilities and the Proper training for every employees of Go-Hotels Dumaguete City in Negros Occidental.

Go Hotels-Dumaguete is one of the hotel branch in Go Hotels in Visayas. It is the budget hotel brand of the Gokongwei family’s Robinsons Land Corporation (RLC), which also operates Holiday Inn and Crowne Plaza. It was opened last March 2012.Go hotel-Dumaguete is located at Calindagan cor. South Road,

This fact makes it very difficult to improve working conditions for housekeepers by means of better engineering. However, some improvements can be made by selecting more appropriate equipment like lighter vacuum cleaners (preferably the self-propelling type), and lighter service carts with wheels designed for carpeted floors would ease the workload for their operators providing this equipment is always kept in good repair. When new vacuum cleaners are purchased, low noise emissions should be one of the criteria. Job rotation is one possible approach. It requires workers to move between different tasks, at fixed or irregular periods. However, it must be a rotation where workers do something completely different. Different tasks must use different muscle groups to allow muscles already stressed to recover. The housekeeping supplies should necessarily checked daily like the towel, bed sheets and garbage trash. Housekeeping is not just about cleanliness. It includes keeping work areas neat and orderly; maintaining halls and floors free of slip and trip hazards; removing of waste materials (e.g., paper, cardboard) and other fire hazards from work areas. It also requires paying attention to important details such as the layout of the whole workplace, aisle marking, the adequacy of storage facilities, and maintenance. Good housekeeping is also a basic part of accident and fire prevention. You can assist with good housekeeping practices by: cleaning up spills on floors immediately & placing appropriate signage, keeping walkways clear of obstructions, storing work materials should be neatly, removing any waste regularly and keeping thoroughfares, emergency exits and fire fighting equipment free from