Hospital Housekeeping
ITI trade Hospital House Keeping is powered by NCVT. ITI trade Hospital House Keeping is a job oriented trade ITI trade Hospital House Keeping is suitable for government job and private job. This ITI trade Hospital House Keeping is very powerful for self-empowerment. This ITI trade Hospital House Keeping is perfectly design to fulfill industrial requirement of Indian Industries as well as International industries.
͞Hospital Housekeeping͟ trade under CTS is one of the popular courses delivered nationwide through a network of ITIs. The course is of one year (02 semester) duration. It mainly consists of Domain area and Core area. In the Domain area (Trade Theory & Practical) impart professional skills and knowledge, while the core area (Employability Skill) imparts requisite core skills, knowledge, and life skills. After passing out the training program, the trainee is awarded National Trade Certificate (NTC) by NCVT which is recognized worldwide.
Hospital Housekeeping maintains a sterile environment throughout the hospital, performs waste management and replenishes linen along with a team of other housekeepers several times a day to keep infection and disease at bay. They also ensure that all wastepaper baskets and trash receptacles around the hospital are emptied and washed and that all surfaces are sanitized using disinfectants
Hospital Housekeeping has a wide scope of Employability ranging from self-employment, contractual employment to Industrial jobs. On successful completion of this course, the candidates shall be gainfully employed in the industries for following occupations:
- Hospital housekeeper Matron,
- Housekeeping
- Janitor
JOB ROLE
Hospital housekeeper; maintain a sterile environment throughout the hospital that they are working for. They handle waste management duties and replenish linen along with a bevy of other housekeeping duties.
Matron, Housekeeping; Controller of Household supervises work of staff in hostels, boarding houses, orphanages and other residential institutions and looks after welfare of residents and cleanliness of premises. Allots duties to domestic staff engaged in cleaning rooms. Ensures that Ayahs, Waiters etc., attend to comfort of residents and maintains cleanliness of place. Meets women residents, enquires about their comfort and arranges for their requirements.
Hospital housekeepers clean patient rooms, surgical units, administrative offices and restroom several times a day to keep infection and disease at bay. They also polish furniture, vacuum carpets and distribute clean linen and hospital gowns in their assigned areas. Hospital housekeeping staff owing to the need to meet its high standards of cleanliness and sanitization. A hospital needs the services of a housekeeper to manage a clean environment in a constant manner. They clean rooms, bathrooms, hallways, locker rooms and wards along with performing linen changing duties and laundry. They also ensure that all wastepaper baskets around the hospital are emptied and washed and that all surfaces are sanitized using disinfectants. Another important task of a hospital housekeeper is to empty trash receptacles, a duty in which they need to be extra careful. Surgical waste is the cause of many diseases which is why hospital housekeepers are trained in removing it with care and responsibility.
Janitor; keeps hotel, office building, apartment house, or similar building in clean and orderly condition and tends furnace, air-conditioner, and boiler to provide heat, cool air, and hot water for tenants, performing any combination of following duties: Sweeps, mops, scrubs, and vacuums hallways, stairs and office space. Regulates flow of fuel into automatic furnace or shovels coal into hand-fired furnace. Empties tenants' trash and garbage containers, Maintains building, performing minor and routine painting, plumbing, electrical wiring, and other related maintenance activities, using hand tools. Replaces air-conditioner filters. Cautions tenants regarding complaints about excessive noise, disorderly conduct, or misuse of property. Notifies management concerning need for major repairs or additions to lighting, heating, and ventilating equipment. Cleans snow and debris from sidewalk. Mows lawn, trims shrubbery, and cultivates flowers, using hand tools and power tools.
- 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.
