Nature of Work
Housekeeping supervisors are responsible for organizing, directing and supervising the housekeeping department to run satisfactorily and efficiently. Housekeeping covers the regular upkeep and maintenance of entire hotel areas, including lobbies, reception areas, rooms, common areas, back areas, entertainment or exercise areas, and public spaces. It also includes the general upkeep of staff uniforms and hotel linen and servicing of guest clothing. Outside the hotel industry, housekeeping management is required in hospitals, at offices, cruise liners, service apartments, and so on.
Essential Skills and Qualities
- Being personable and neat in appearance
- Ability for repetitive physical work
- Attention to detail
- Knowledge of cleaning methods and materials, hotel / hospital / corporate structures and layouts and basic hierarchies
Work Opportunities
Housekeeping skills open up opportunities in the hospitality industry, in hospitals, in corporate offices, services apartments, as well as in nursing homes, community living centres, apartment buildings, senior homes, etc. Based on your interest, you may rise up the ranks to supervisory roles or open your own contractual housekeeping agency or training facility. You can extend this occupation based on your interest and targeted skillset such as Hotel housekeeping (Assistant Housekeeping Manager, Housekeeping Executive), Hotel Housekeeping Operations and Management (Matron- housekeeping, Janitor, Hospital Infection Control Officer, Assistant Manager – Support Services), Laundry Management, and so on.
Qualifying Path
After 10+2, one can take up a course in housekeeping at any of the following:
- Starex University, Gurgaon with certificate program
- Amrapali Institute of Hotel Management Uttarakhand
- Institute of Hotel Management Gangtok
- MGR Institute of Hotel Management, Chennai (Diploma in Housekeeping)
- Shree Narsingh Bhagwan Private Industrial Training Institute, Rajasthan, Nirmala Devi Industrial Training Centre, Rajasthan (Diploma in Hospital Housekeeping)
- Institute Of Hotel Management Catering Technology & Applied Nutrition, Bathinda (Diploma in Hotel Housekeeping)
- Institute of Hotel Management, Bangalore
- Institute of Hotel management catering technology and applied nutrition, Kolkata.
- Institute of Hotel Management, Mumbai. IIHM, Kolkata (Post Graduate Diploma in Accommodation Operation Management)
- Garware Institute of Career Education and Development Mumbai University (Post Graduate Diploma in Hospital Management & Health Care)
Colleges offering Diploma courses:
- The State University of Hotel Management and Catering Technology, Trichy
- Ranjita Institute of Hotel Management and Catering technology, Bhubaneshwar
- Institute of Hotel Management, Catering Technology and Applied Nutrition, Bhatinda
- Ashok Institute of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Delhi
- Starex university, Gurgaon
Colleges offering PG Diploma courses:
- Institute of Hotel Management, Bangalore
- Institute of Hotel Management Catering Technology and Applied Nutrition, Kolkata
- Garware Institute of Career Education and Development, Mumbai
- Mumbai University, Mumbai
- IIHM, Kolkata
The following are some entrance tests:
- BITs Pilani Mesra Hotel management exam.
- AIHMCT WAT
- AIMA UGAT
- BVP CET
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