• Perform proper sanitation; maintain cleanliness and purification of water.
• Identify the removal and control technique of unwanted odours and sources of odours.
• Perform and demonstrate the hospital waste disposal.
• Perform Safety awareness activity in hospital from fire, electrical and natural hazards.
• Identify diseases transmitted by rodents and animals and apply pests for Prevention, control and eradication of rodents and animal nuisance.
• Create and Maintain pleasant lighting, making aesthetic colour scheme, ventilation and applying roper interior decoration In different hospital areas.
• Distribute clean linen and hospital / surgical gown and maintain inventory.
• Demonstrate both internal and external environmental hygiene of hospital premises.
• Supervise both internal and external environmental hygiene of hospital premises.
• Carry out infection control measures.
• Co-ordinate and monitor managerial task.
• Practice basic operation in computer.
• Revision, Project work and Examination

During the one-year duration of ͞Hospital Housekeeping͟ trade, a candidate is trained on Professional Skill, Professional Knowledge and Employability Skill. In addition to this, a candidate is entrusted to undertake project work, extracurricular activities and on-the-job training to build up confidence. The broad components covered related to the trade are categorized in two semesters each of six months duration. The semester wise course coverage is categorized as below:

1 st Semester – In the first semester, the trainee learns about elementary first-aid, firefighting, environment regulation and housekeeping, etc. The trainee understands the importance of personal hygiene, cleanliness and basic principles of sanitation of hospital environment. He practices basic and special cleaning procedures, maintenance of toilets. He learns the different process of water treatment and purification, removal of bacteria. Trainees gather knowledge of removal and control technique unwanted odours in the hospital premises. He learns the methods of handling and disposal of solid, liquid, pathological and nuclear waste. He knows the methods of extinction of fire by the different fire fighting equipments and awareness of handling the dangerous situations occurring by natural calamities. He will able to supervise the precaution, control and eradication of the pest, rodent and animal nuisance.

2 nd Semester – In the second semester, the trainee learns to maintain the environment pleasant to patients, staff and visitors. He learns to make aesthetic and suitable arrangement of soft furnishing. The trainee learns quantitative and qualitative requirement of lightings in different hospital areas. The trainee acquires knowledge in hospital linen services, viz. selection, procurement, storing, sterilizing, replacing and accounting. The trainee learns to maintain housekeeping equipment. The trainee also supervises both internal and external environmental hygiene of hospital premises and carries out infection control measures. He monitors and maintains various housekeeping records and documents. He acquires knowledge of basic computer operations to maintain hospital management data. The trainee also undergoes two weeks on-the- job training in various hospitals at the end of the second semester which gives them more practical exposure to hospital environment.

GENERIC LEARNING OUTCOME

• 1. Apply safe working practices.
• 2. Comply with environment regulation and housekeeping.
• 3. Assist in exigencies and carry out elementary first-aid during emergencies.
• 4. Work in a team, understand and practice soft skills, technical English to communicate with required clarity.
• 5. Explain energy conservation, global warming and pollution and contribute in day-today work by optimally using available resources. 
• 6. Explain personnel finance, entrepreneurship and manage/organize related task in day-to-day work for personal & societal growth. 

SPECIFIC LEARNING OUTCOME

First Semester:

• 7. Perform proper sanitation; maintain cleanliness and purification of water.
• 8. Identify the removal and control technique of unwanted odours and sources of odours.
• 9. Perform and demonstrate the hospital waste disposal.
• 10. Perform Safety awareness activity in hospital from fire, electrical and natural hazards.
• 11. Identify diseases transmitted by rodents and animals and apply pests for Prevention, control and eradication of rodents and animal nuisance.

Second Semester:

• 12. Create and Maintain pleasant lighting, making aesthetic colour scheme, ventilation and applying roper interior decoration In different hospital areas.
• 13. Distribute clean linen and hospital / surgical gown and maintain inventory.
• 14. Demonstrate both internal and external environmental hygiene of hospital premises.
• 15. Supervise both internal and external environmental hygiene of hospital premises.
• 16. Carry out infection control measures.
• 17. Co-ordinate and monitor managerial task.
• 18. Practice basic operation in computer.