Housekeeping (356)

1. INTRODUCTION

While the course may be used by a lay person for personal enrichment, it has been felt that there is a growing demand for trained housekeeping personnel who can give a professional touch to housekeeping wherever they work in hotels, guest houses, hospitals, offices, shopping complex resorts, etc. This course will enable all learners to give that professional edge to their housekeeping skills.

2. OBJECTIVES

After reading through this course, the students will be able to,
appreciate that housekeeping needs professionals like any other area;
develop various housekeeping skills like cleaning, laundary, special cleaning, spring cleaning, etc;
develop a sense of art while doing interior decoration;
develop skils in managing a small enterprise.

3. JOB OPPORTUNITIES
1. self employment: i) as owner of a housekeeping firm
ii) as owner of a small guest house
2. wage imployment: ii) as a worker in a housekeeping firm.

4. COURSE DURATION
1 Year; The credit can be transfered against any one academic course.

4.1 SCHEME OF STUDY
Theory — 40%
Practical — 60%

5. ENTRY LEVEL QUALIFICATION
Education : Class X pass

6. SCHEME OF EVALUATION
Internal assessment: NA
External examinationTotal Marks - 100
% age Marks
1. Theory 40 60
2. Practical 60 60

6.1 PASSING CRITERIA
a) Separate 33% pass in both Theory and Practical Seperately are necessary.

7. COURSE CONTENTS Syllabus
Unit Contents Theory Practical
Importance of l Visit to establishment to get familiar
Housekeeping with the role of housekeeping
department.
Organisation chart and
functions of l Make a list of activities which a house
housekeeping keeper must look after in any
establishment
Personal grooming and
etiquette l Prepare a report on job specification
and description of various house-
Cleaning, cleaning keeping personnel.
material and equipment
To talk to various establishment care-
Laundry in a house takers/housekeeping/workers to find
keeping unit. out details of their duties,
responsibilities and the problems l Requirements, types, faced.
maintenance and
distribution of linen l State and list the requirement for a
Personal hygiene and cleaning unit or laundry unit attached
clothing to an establishment.
Collection and disposal Laundering of different types of fabrics
of wastes. and linen.
Elemens and principles Maintaining records and stock
of Art. registers for consumables and
nonconsumbles, expenditure
Colour and its use.
in different rooms.

Space organisation. l Observe neighbours and list their
furniture, furnishing, problems due to neglect of personal
accessories and lighting. hygiene.
Flower arrangement, floor l Visit hospitals/clinics and list the
decoration and indoor disease caused due to neglect of
plants personal hygiene.
Maintenance of premises l List the activities necessary for
maintaning good personal hygiene
a. Plumbing which are. Observe five people and
b. Electrical administer a questionnaire and
give suggestions.
Pest control and
erradication. l Prepare a first aid box.
Environmental hygiene l Learn to operate fire extinguishers
and sanitation and to report any emergency.
Record keeping l Practice various means of
eradication of pests like
cocroaches, mosquitoes, white ants
etc.
Make a scrap book with cutting
from magazines regarding furniture
arrangement.
Make a colour wheel and colour
schemes
Visit showrooms, hotels, guest
houses, houses and observe
the following.
1. Furniture arrangement
2. Furnishing
3. Accessories
4. Lighting
5. Floor covering
6. Indoor plants etc.l Make flower arrangements using fresh
flowers, dry twigs, foliage and try to
arrange them at home every day.
Prepare designs and make rangolis for
various occasions and areas.
Practice simple home repairs such as
replacing washers, fuse, plugs, and bulbs.
Clean and polish floors and floor covering

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