Inter-Departmental Relationship With Maintenance
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The housekeeping department depends on maintenance to keep things in order.
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While carrying out their scheduled work, housekeeping employees may find some deficiencies in the hotel facilities, such as faulty electrical plugs, dripping faucets, leaking pipes or malfunctioning air-conditioning units etc.
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A need for urgent repairs is reported to maintenance over the telephone and these requests are usually taken into action immediately.
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There are various heads under which maintenance work is done they are:
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Electrical work: air conditioning and heating; fused bulbs, lights and lamps that are not functioning; defective plugs and plug points; short circuits; and faulty geysers, refrigerators, and minibar fall under this category.
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Boiler work: this is necessary to maintain a supply of hot water to the guestroom.
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Mechanical work: this entails repair or replacement of any faulty equipment, such as vacuum cleaners, ice-cube machines, and so on.
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Plumbing work: this deals with faulty faucets (taps), showers, drainage systems, water closets, and so on.
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Carpentry work: broken of shaky furniture; mirrors and cupboards in less than peak condition, and fresh woodwork are all part of this.