Housekeeping

Good Housekeeping

Good housekeeping is the foundation of a safe, healthy and pleasant educational institution and experience. It is essential that all areas be kept clean, orderly, and with all necessary things in the proper places. Employees should be aware of hazards arising from poor housekeeping. Good housekeeping improves safety, efficiency and quality at the same time. Plus bonus, we have a healthier environment and it’s easier to find things! Good housekeeping is a day to day activity and should not be viewed as a separate task or something to do after the shift. In other words someone else will do it! Clean up time is all the time!

Good housekeeping is a team effort and a team is made up of individuals. The individual employee’s responsibility, is as follows: To keep work areas clean, neat, tidy and free from excessive material at all times.

Guidelines and Inspection

• Keep work areas neat and clean.
• Place tools, equipment and supplies in their correct places.
• Keep stairways and other walkways free of debris, hoses and other obstructions. Put trash in approved containers.
• Remove protruding objects such as nails, spikes, wire or other sharp points.
• Keep workspaces and stations free from items that are not being used or worked on at present.
• Place dirty rags in the bins that are provided.
• Paper cups, plates, and lunch debris, including trash must be thrown in the appropriate trashcans.
• To avoid skin irritations, wash frequently, using soap and water. Wear gloves when handling substances that may cause irritation.
• Cigarette butts picked up from in front of the building. Even though they shouldn’t even be there

Employee Housekeeping Responsibility

• To keep work areas clean during the shift.
• To constantly put trash in the proper trash bins, scrap in the scrap bins and recyclable materials in the designated bins with lids.
• To keep the floors free from excessive material.
• To ensure that aisles and walkways are clear, unobstructed and in good order.
• To ensure that materials are stacked correctly and safely in the correct places
• To do an informal housekeeping inspection of the area on a daily basis and to rectify housekeeping hazards.
• To monitor and make sure that no items are stacked in no stacking areas such as under fire equipment and electrical switchgear. •
• Report faded housekeeping notices and signs.
• Always return Equipment to their correct place after use.
• Ensure that spill and other tripping \ slipping hazards are cleaned up or fixed.

Our supervisors will be inspecting on a regular basis to make sure that tasks are being completed to a high standard. We are not going to set someone up for failure. But if we fail to perform, our performance will fail. It will become obvious!

Golden Housekeeping Rules

• If you remove something, replace it.
• If you unlock it, lock it.
• If you open it, close it.
• If you switched it on, did you switch it off?
• If you break it, fix it, if you borrowed it, look after it, if you use it, look after it as if it were yours.
• If it is not yours, ask permission first, if you have not been trained to do it, don’t do it, do not interfere if it does not concern you.
• If you spill it, wipe it up. If someone else spilled it – wipe it up.
• If you mess up, clean up, if you remove, replace.
• To get others to follow, set the example.
• You are the champion of good housekeeping.
• Teach others that neatness is an important part of maintaining a clean and safe environment.

What to Expect form Housekeeping

• Restrooms - toilets, sinks, mirrors, dispensers (wipe), dust mop, sweep, mop, empty trash (restock if needed)
• Office(s) - empty trash
• Hallways - dust mop and/or sweep, mop, vacuum, empty trash
• Computer Lab(s)/Lecture Halls - dust mop and/or sweep, mop, wipe down tables, empty trash
• Classroom(s) - clean black board(s) and/or white board(s), empty trash, vacuum if needed
• Clean front entrance glass, clean 5 ft. from building, empty trash on outside of building, sweep and mop stairwell steps (west end of building) wipe down hand rails
• Clean janitor’s closet, all soiled laundry must be placed in laundry bag, all mop water must be emptied, and floor should be free of debris