Linen Attendant Job Description
Linen Attendant Duties & Responsibilities
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Linen Attendant Qualifications
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Education for Linen Attendant
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the linen attendant job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as High School and Collage Degree in General Education, High School Education, Education, Letters, Technical
Skills for Linen Attendant
Desired skills for linen attendant include:
Desired experience for linen attendant includes:
Linen Attendant Examples
Linen Attendant Job Description
- Dusts and cleans all lampshades, ceiling, ceiling fans, exhaust fans, all the machines walls, in Laundry on daily basis
- Ensures that guest requests for additional linen are delivered promptly
- Return lost and found items to the Senior Laundry Attendant or Laundry Supervisor and complete required forms
- Reports equipment failure, damage to furnishings or missing items to the Senior Laundry Attendant or Laundry Supervisor
- Handles guest requests and immediately refers problems and complaints to the Senior Laundry Attendant or Laundry Supervisor
- Provides assistance to guests in all hotel emergency evacuation and medical procedures
- Maintains a high standard of hygiene and sanitation throughout all areas in the laundry
- Reports any health or safety hazards to the Senior Laundry Attendant or Laundry Supervisor
- Performs other duties when directed by Senior Laundry Attendant or Laundry Supervisor
- Behaves in a ecology friendly manner, helps to reduce the amount of energy and cleaning supplies
- Watches for defects and is responsible for the immaculate appearance of laundered items
- Must be able to push, pull, and lift up to 45 pounds
- Prior experience in a similar position preferred
- Keeps log of completed work and disposition of unusable materials
- Keeps records of linen distribution by department
- Keeps daily log of soiled linen pounds sent to laundry and cleans linen pounds received from laundry
Linen Attendant Job Description
- Sorts laundry according to type, condition and weight, and records weight
- Plans, organizes and coordinates functions and activities of linen department to supply clean, sanitary and quality linens to all departments ensuring quality patient care
- Checks floor linen supplies and lists linen usage by department
- Counts and stocks linens for distribution or places them in supply storage
- Reports linen supply shortages to supervisor
- Delivers linens to user departments according to pre-established par levels and schedules
- Distributes emergency supplies as needed
- Folds, sorts and stacks both large and small articles
- Examines articles for stains, tears, or other imperfections
- Takes supply requests and delivers them
- Assists in care and maintenance of department facilities, equipment and supplies
- Establishes and maintains safety, environmental and infection control policies and procedures
- Keeps linen room neat and orderly
- Cleans delivery equipment and assists with other cleaning duties in laundry and linen department
- Assists with other Environmental Services department schedules and responsibilities as required
- Maintains established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, quality improvement program, environmental and infection control standards
Linen Attendant Job Description
- Maintains standards as required in Disciplinary Action Section of Career Ladder Program
- Will be expected to perform the day to day operation of the soil/linen room as instructed by linen room manager
- You can also be scheduled to work in the Soil Room, Public Area and Housemen
- Responsible for removing all linen from laundry shoots
- Separates the terrycloth from the sheets
- Completes inventory of all items
- Tracks damaged inventory
- Transports laundry in carts to the loading dock
- Sorts, counts and transports all accessory items to be processed, blankets, mattress covers
- To ensure all guest requests are completed within 20 minutes
- Ability to push upwards of 400 pounds
- High School Diploma, Certificate of Attendance, Certificate of Completion, GED, or experience required
- FL Driver’s license required
- To ensure optimum stock levels are maintained of the guests supplies and cleaning supplies
- To clean and follow WSH rules for stocking the linen room
- Ensure soiled linen is collected from all floors and sorted at the linen room
Linen Attendant Job Description
- To complete any task assigned by the managers
- Linen Attendant coverage is provided 24 hours daily
- Maintain the cleanliness of all areas assigned
- Send and receive communication through a variety of communication devices
- Operate Linen and trash chutes and conveyors
- Ability to operate electrical cart while towing linen bins or trash
- Ability to stock and maintain Prohost Cart System
- Load, unload, push, and pull linen bins with clean and soiled linen
- Inventory and ordering of linen and supplies for various departments, including but not limited to Housekeeping, Food and Beverage, Spa, Pool and Banquets
- Accurately receive and weigh linen
- Record and document weights, quantities, delivery times, linen types
- Transport soiled and clean linen to designated locations throughout the property
- Maintain linen and supply inventories in linen rooms
- Clean and mop all locker rooms and straighten shelves as required
- Reporting any safety and security concerns
- Monitor scheduled and unscheduled maintenance on departmental equipment
Linen Attendant Job Description
- To deliver requests to guest in an efficient and courteous manner
- To be responsible for the collection and disposal of all rubbish and to ensure that areas assigned are clean of obstruction to comply with the emergency fire and evacuation regulations
- To assist with linen inventories
- Assist in quarterly linen inventories
- Must maintain high standards of linen cleanliness and laundry room maintenance
- Ensure that all linen items are cleaned, presoak items when needed
- Keeps soiled and clean laundry items separated at all times
- Keeps spills in work area mopped up
- Gain comprehensive knowledge of all equipment and chemicals
- Sort/record discarded linen into categories and report damage or loss
- No prior experience is required as training will be given
- Must be open to working AM and PM shifts
- Must have the ability to push, pull, and lift items above 50lbs
- Experience and knowledge of medical center linen and/or supply support procedures
- Knowledge of regulatory (TITLE 22) linen requirements and infection control methods and procedures
- Ability to work in a high paced, multi-functional work environment