Core - Provide Housekeeping For Guest
Core - Provide Housekeeping For Guest
Core - Provide Housekeeping For Guest
Sector:
TOURISM
Qualification:
HOUSEKEEPING NC II
Unit of Competency:
PROVIDE HOUSEKEEPING SERVICES TO GUEST
Module Title:
PROVIDING HOUSEKEEPING SERVICES TO GUEST
HOW TO USE
THIS
ASSESSMENT CRITERIA:
1. Guest arrival list and guest history are reviewed based on guest folio.
2. Guest is greeted and acknowledged by use of name whenever possible.
3. Up selling and selling techniques are prepared in accordance with industry
policy and procedure
4. Guests are courteously advised on correct usage of equipment
5. Malfunctions are promptly reported in accordance with Standard Operating
Procedures, and where possible, alternative arrangements are made to meet
guest needs.
6. A collection time for requested equipment is agreed upon where appropriate.
7. Coordination with other department is done in accordance with hotel’s
organizational structure and its function.
8. Guest requests are noted and coordinated with other department concerned.
CONDITION:
Students/Trainee must be provided with the following:
1. WORKPLACE LOCATION
2. EQUIPMENT
Telephone
Computer
alarm clock
air conditioning unit
television and video player
Shower (with hot and cold)
electric fan
Refrigerator
3. ACCESSORIES AND SUPPLIES
Pen and paper
7. Perform Job Sheet 1.1-1 Evaluate your own work using the
performance criteria
Keep a copy of your work for the next
activities
8. Read information sheet 1.1.4 Read Information Sheet. After reading
Review Guest Arrival List and Guest the learner is encourage to answer self-
Folio check 1.1-4
9. Answer self-check 1.1-4 Compare the answers to the answer key
10. Perform Job Sheet 1.1-2 Evaluate your own work using the
performance criteria
Keep a copy of your work for the next
activities
Learning Objectives: After reading the INFORMATION SHEET, you must be able to:
1. Identify the types of housekeeping & scope of housekeeping maintenance.
Types of housekeeping
1. Domestic Housekeeping- refers to housekeeping maintenance in a house. It
covers bedrooms, kitchen, dining, receiving area, grounds and the
surroundings areas within the house.
2. Institutional Housekeeping applies to housekeeping maintenance in
commercial lodging establishments like hotels, resorts, inns and apartels.
Institutional Housekeeping usually covers the following areas:
Guest rooms
Hallways and corridors
Lobby
Public Rooms and restaurants
Offices
Stairways
Windows
Stores, concessionaire shops
Grounds
Linen and Laundry area.
It does not include the kitchen and dining areas since these are handled by the
Food and Beverage Section.
Housekeeping job in commercial establishments is more complex to manage as
compared to domestic housekeeping. With a lot of guests to attend to, housekeeping
responsibilities have to be distributed to several sections of the housekeeping
department. One section attends to the maintenance of guestrooms; another to public
areas while separate one takes care of efforts have to be well coordinated among the
various sections to ensure efficient housekeeping maintenance.
I. True or False
EXECUTIVE HOUSEKEEPER
OR HOUSEKEEPING
MANAGER
Executive Housekeeper
Steam
Presser/Ironer
Housekeeping
Supervisor
Assistant Housekeeping
Supervisor
FUNCTIONS
Basic Function: Responsible for maintaining the grounds including plants and
landscape.
Specific Duties:
1. Performs daily sweeping and cleaning of grounds following standard
cleaning procedures.
2. Maintains supplies for plants and grounds maintenance and makes
requisition to replenish stocks.
3. Looks after the plants, prunes leaves, apply fertilizer, weed out dried leaves,
etc.
4. Maintains, insures that everything is in order.
5. Performs cultivation of plants through planting and other techniques; scouts
for new ornamental plants.
6. May perform side duties like maintenance of cleanliness of the pool area,
fountains, façade, gardens, motor pool and other related areas,
7. Performs other related duties as may be assigned by superior.
IX. Pest Control Technician
Basic Function: Attends to the prevention and control of pests through
preventive and corrective techniques.
Specific duties:
1. Searches for areas for pests and insects proliferate and performs the
necessary fumigation:
2. Looks for patches or holes and other entry points of insects and takes
corrective action;
3. Maintains stocks for pest control and looks after their safekeeping and
reasonable use;
4. Checks possible sources and cause of the proliferation of pests and insects,
makes reports and recommendations to remedy the situation.
5. Performs fumigation in accordance with prescribed procedures.
6. Performs other related duties as maybe assigned by superior.
5. Powder girl
Learning Objectives: After reading the information sheet, you must be able to;
1. Prepare maintenance order slip.
2. Practice selling and up selling techniques.
I. Maintenance Order or Service Request
This is to accomplish for the purpose of requesting the Engineering
Department or Building Maintenance Unit to do repair or trouble shoot of defective
facilities or amenities like TV, aircon, leaking faucet, etc. The Shift Engineer shall
assign a technician to check and validate the report and then submit status report
to Housekeeping, see the form below.
This form shall be accomplished by the supervisor once he receives
complaints or reports of defective items in guestrooms and in other parts of his
assigned area.
The report should be acknowledged-received and signed by the secretary
or whoever receives it at the Engineering Office.
ISAT HOTEL
MAINTENANCE ORDER
Remarks: ________________________________________
_________________________________________________
If the Engineering section cannot immediately attend to the service request the
Requesting supervisor should be informed immediately so that he could take
Date Developed: Document No.
July18,2012
HOUSEKEEPING Issued by: Page 25 of 69
NC II Developed by:
Mil-Grace L. Arevalo
Revision #
appropriate action. If the defect is somewhat serious, the best action is to transfer
the guest to another room. One can say, “Sir, I’m sorry for the inconvenience, if you
like to transfer to another room, we have available rooms which is better than this
room. . . . I will refer you to the Front Desk for the room you would like transfer. . . .
And if the defect is minor, the guest is advised to wait. One can say:
“Sir, we have forwarded a request for repair to our Engineering
Office. Right now they are still attending to an urgent maintenance order and then
they will attend to your room in a short while. Thank for bearing with us.”
The Front Desk then will call bell service to assign a bellboy who
will assist the guest in the room transfer and give him a copy of the room change
form together with the key to the new room.
If the choice room is vacant dirty the Front Office will inform the
Housekeeping Department for them to schedule immediate room make up.
Date: __________
Remarks: ________________________________________-
_________________________________________________
Learning Objectives: After reading the INFORMATION SHEET, you must be able
to:
1. Review guest arrival list and guest folio.
ISAT HOTEL
Guest Folio
Name of Guest: Mr. Jay Hawks No. of Guests: 1
Address: # 24 Forest St. Alberta, Canada Room Rate: Room No. 208
Nationality: Canadian 2,500.00
Phone No. 0915768901245 Arrival Date Departure;
09-30-08 10-15-08
Billing Arrangement: Personal Charge to: Cash Basis
Prepared by: Jake Dela Cruz Acknowledge by: Mr. Jay Hawks
Desk Clerk Guest
1. What are the important data in a guest folio and guest arrival list?
Comments/Suggestions:
DATE:___________________________
Name of Arriving Arrival Depar No. Of Room Room Room Remarks
Guest ture Nights No. Type Rate
Guest Folio
ASSESSMENT METHOD
Observation
Demonstration of Practical Skills
3. Perform Task Sheet 1.2-1 Evaluate your own work using the
performance criteria
Keep a copy of your work for the next
activities
Guests Requests
Learning Objectives: after reading the INFORMATION SHEET, you must be able
to;
1. Handle in a polite manner the requests in accordance with the
establishment’s customer service standards and security procedures.
Requests of Guests may relate to:
1. Range of services and products offered by the establishment
2. Availability, hours and location of meals, services, equipment
a. How various types of equipment work
b. Local services, attractions, transport, shops entertainment, etc.
A. Request for Room Service:
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Make-
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Room Disturb Menu
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Make up sign zzzzzzz
DND sign
Hanged in the door knob late in the afternoon
or early in the morning for a request, also if
breakfast is requested.
“Mr. Smith, should you like to avail our wakeup call service, you may
request directly to the Telephone Operator to this nos. 04-733 or to the Front
Desk. Thank You, sir.
The guest shall call the operator directly or may relay the request through
the Front Desk.
When the operator rings a room for wake up call, she should answer do it
graciously by calling the guest by the name as follows: Good Morning Mr. Smith. It
is now 5:00 A.M.
When the guest does not answer the wake up morning call, request the
bellboy or the room boy to knock on the guest room. If there is still no response,
the Duty manager may enter the room with the emergency key.
6. change of linen
As part of hotel services, the hotel may allow certain items to be lent to
guests for their use while in the hotel. However, anything that is issued should be
recorded and acknowledge – signed by the guest so that in case the item is lost or
not returned, the guest could be made accountable. The cost of the item shall be
charged to his account in case of lost.
1. In the form, write down the name of the guest, his room number and the
date of issue. Check the item (whether adaptor, remote control, etc.) Ask
guest to acknowledge and sign in the form.
2. Copy of the acknowledgement receipt is issued to the Front Office cashier
who attaches it to the guest folder/folio so that during check out the
cashier can first verify the said item has been returned. If not, he shall
remind the guest to return it, otherwise he will be charged for it.
ISAT HOTEL
Housekeeping Department
CONTROL FORM FOR BORROWED ITEMS
1. When the guest does not answer the wake up morning call, request the
bellboy or the room boy to knock on the guest room. If there is still no
response, the Duty manager may enter the room with the emergency key.
2. 1. In the form, write down the name of the guest, his room number and
the date of issue. Check the item (whether adaptor, remote control, etc.) Ask
guest to acknowledge and sign in the form.
2. Copy of the acknowledgement receipt is issued to the Front Office
cashier who attaches it to the guest folder/folio so that during check out
the cashier can first verify the said item has been returned. If not, he
shall remind the guest to return it, otherwise he will be charged for it.
Comments/Suggestions:
ASSESSMENT CRITERIA:
1. Guests are courteously advised on correct usage of equipment
2. Malfunctions are promptly reported in accordance with enterprise
procedures, and where possible, alternative arrangements are made to meet
guest needs
3. A collection time for requested equipment is agreed upon where appropriate.
CONDITION:
Students/Trainee must be provided with the following:
1. WORKPLACE LOCATION
2. EQUIPMENT
Telephone
Computer
alarm clock
air conditioning unit
television and video player
Shower (with hot and cold)
electric fan
Refrigerator
3. ACCESSORIES AND SUPPLIES
Pen and paper
Housekeeping/ FO forms
room supplies and amenities
4. TOOLS/MATERIALS
Tapes
Brochures/ manuals
Guest folio, guest list
caution signs
ASSESSMENT METHOD
Interview (oral/ questionnaire)
Observation
Demonstration of Practical Skills
Written examination
Learning Objectives: After reading the INFORMATION SHEET, you must be able
to;
1. Advises guest on room and use of facilities
A. Procedure on how to use the Hairdryer (an example)
One may say, “Ma’am or Mrs. Smith, here is your request item a
hairdryer. Our hairdryer is ceramic coated; Sliding switches are fixed into the
handle generally moving up or down the shaft of the dryer. . The hair dryer must
never get so hot that it burns the user during operation. It is important that the
plastic housing remains at a tolerable temperature. The hair dryer does not cause
electric shock. A special shock safeguard, a Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter (GFCI),
is used in this hair dryer to prevent accidental electrocution. If in not in use please
un plug the item and please return to the front desk on the date and time stated in
the control form on borrowed items. Thank you Ma’am, have a nice day”.
B. Adjusting the temperature of the air conditioning unit.
One may say: “ Ma’am if you like to adjust the temperature of your aircon you
may use the remote control/manual (whichever). . . .
C. Use of TV
State if the television is tap with cable networks, and you have to tell to the
guest if it is operated through remote or manual.
One may say: “Sir, if you like to watch TV you just put on the TV and
use the remote control in choosing Channels you like.”
D. Operation in the facilities in the washroom
You may tell to the guest if the shower has hot and cold and how to operate it,
the bathtub, and other facilities in the washroom.
E. Others:
You may also orient the guest the switches of lights and electric outlets.
* If malfunction of the equipment occur you may change the equipment and report
it to the supervisor for him to report into the Engineering Department.
1. If malfunction of the equipment occur you may change the equipment and
report it to the supervisor for him to report into the Engineering
Department.
Comments/Suggestions:
Witten Test
Demonstration with Oral
[tick the column]
Questioning
Interview
The evidence must show that the candidate……
16. Guest arrival list and guest history are x
reviewed based on guest folio.
17. Guest is greeted and acknowledged by use of x
name whenever possible.
18. Upselling and selling techniques are prepared x
in accordance with industry policy and procedure
19. Guests are courteously advised on correct x
usage of equipment
20. Malfunctions are promptly reported in
accordance with Standard Operating Procedures, and x x
where possible, alternative arrangements are made to
meet guest needs.
21. A collection time for requested equipment is x
agreed upon where appropriate.
22. Coordination with other department is done in
accordance with hotel’s organizational structure and x
its function.
23. Guest requests are noted and coordinated with x
other department concerned
24. Requests are handles in a polite and friendly
manner in accordance with the establishment’s x x
customer service standards and security procedures.
25. Guest is acknowledged by use of name x
whenever possible
Feedback to candidate:
1. The baby crib, to make the baby comfortable, so that he/she will not
create noise thus not disturbing the in house guests.
2. Apologize for the delay of cleaning, and then proceed to the cleaning
activity.
3. Apologize then offer your service to bring the items to be pressed at the
nearest pressing shop.
4. Apologize then offer extra cooling unit, if not contented offer him to
transfer to a cooler room.
5. Front Desk
TRAINEE’S NAME
FACILITATOR’S NAME
QUALIFICATION HOUSEKEEPING NC II
DATE OF EVALUATION
TIME OF EVALUATION
THE PERFORMANCE OF THE TRAINEE IN THE SATISFACTORY NOT
FOLLOWING ASSESSMENT METHODS SATISFA
CTORY
[PLEASE TICK APPROPRIATE BOX]
D. WRITTEN EXAM.
E. INTERVIEW
F. DEMONSTRATION
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