Houseman

SUMMARY:
Our client is looking for a Houseman to join their organization

POSITION INFO:
Area/Location: Franschhoek, Cape Town
 
Our client is looking for a Houseman to join their organization
 
Duties and Responsibilities

• Clean rugs, carpets and upholstered furniture using a vacuum cleaner, broom and carpet shampoo machine.
• Clean rooms, hallways and restrooms.
• Wash walls and ceiling, moves furniture and turn mattress.
• Sweeps, mops, scrubs, waxes and vacuums and polishes floor.
• Dusts and polishes metalwork.
• Collects dirty linen for laundering from housekeeping carts.
• Assists in keeping the lobby area clean, neat and free of debris and trash as needed.
• Receives linen supplies from laundry and stocks linen closets on guest floors in a neat organized manner.
• Maintains housekeeping carts and stocks supplies.
• Remove dirty linen from beds when asked to help housekeepers.
• Remove trash collected by room attendants.
• Walks all assigned floors at beginning, throughout the day and end of shift to collect trash, dirty linen and other items as assigned by management.
• Transports clean linen to the housekeeping storage rooms on the floors and refills the stock of linen on each floor
• Refills the stock of guest amenities and supplies on each housekeeping storage area.
• Help the room attendants with heavy lifting and special cleaning projects as directed.
• Clean all public areas in the prescribed manner while following department standard operating procedures.
• Remove dirty linen and trash from the pool side and other service areas and takes to appropriate locations in the prescribed manner.
• Assist housekeeping with placing bed boards, roll-ways beds, extra bed etc. in appropriate fashion per standard operating procedures.
• Report missing / found articles, damage or merchandise problems to the housekeeping supervisor and managers.
• Respond at all times in a friendly, helpful manner to guests and other colleagues.
• Handle any tasks assigned by the supervisors as and when needed.

• Previous work experience as a Porter
• Matric
• Physical mobility and stamina required
• Must be able to follow instructions
• Possess detail orientation skills and demonstrate a professional attitude.
• The candidate must have the ability to work independently and under little supervision.