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2nd Sem Accommodation Operations Notes

Preventive measures and Control measure for Pest Control

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Last updated: 7 July 2023

PEST CONTROL GOALS/methods–

    1. Prevention – keeping a pest from becoming a problem.
    2. Suppression – reducing pest numbers or damage to an acceptable level.
    3. Eradication – destroying an entire pest population.

Threshold Level: These are the levels of pest population beyond which pest control action should be taken to prevent the pest in an area from causing unacceptable injury or harm. These are also known as “Action Threshold”.

General Preventive Measures

  • A clean well-ventilated environment cuts down the possibility of pests.
  • Remove waste as early as possible.
  • Periodic and spring cleaning.
  • Good building maintenance.
  • Eliminating potential breeding sites
  • Pest control
    • Self
    • On contract-Usually hotels hire professional pest control companies on the service contract. These companies visit the premises on a regular basis and check for any problem areas and take preventive measures.
  • Frequency of pest control
    • Alternate days – spraying of insecticides – open areas
    • Fortnightly –spraying of insecticide –  In front of the house, back of the house and floors
    • Once in six months/ year – Fumigation – entire areas including rooms and kitchens
    • If at any time there are signs of infestation special treatment is done in the specified area to prevent its spread.
  • Flies, mosquitoes, ants and moths can be killed with spray insecticides. This can be done when the guest is not there in the room and well before service in bars and restaurants. Entry to these is also prevented by double doors at all entrances and exits. Also, use of air curtains.
  • Spray of special insecticides against flying and crashing insects.
  • Fumigation at regular intervals eliminate the pest
  • Against mosquitoes there are small electric machines which heat up; a special tablet placed on it gives off a vapour that kills them.
  • On terraces, one can use mosquito coils.
  • Curtain open-air restaurants supply a spray which one can spray on legs or arms to deter mosquitoes.
  • Hotels with large gardens usually spray the garden areas against flies in the morning and against the mosquitoes in the evening.

 

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Syllabus BHM154 (T)

01 Room Layout and Guest Supplies

  1. Standard rooms, VIP ROOMS
  2. Guest’s special requests

02 Area Cleaning

  1. Guest rooms
  2. Front-of-the-house Areas
  3. Back-of-the house Areas
  4. Work routine and associated problems e.g. high traffic areas, Façade cleaning etc.

03 Routine Systems and Records of Housekeeping Department

  1. Reporting Staff placement
  2. Room Occupancy Report
  3. Guest Room Inspection
  4. Entering Checklists, Floor Register, Work Orders, Log Sheet.
  5. Lost and Found Register and Enquiry File
  6. Maid’s Report and Housekeeper’s Report
  7. Handover Records
  8. Guest’s Special Requests Register
  9. Record of Special Cleaning
  10. Call Register
  11. VIP Lists

04 Types of Beds and Mattresses

05 Pest Control

  1. Areas of infestation
  2. Preventive measures and Control measure

06 Keys

  1. Types of keys
  2. Computerised key cards
  3. Key control