Role and importance of departments Maintenance It is the combination of actions carried out to retain an item of machine or equipment or system

or plant. In order to restore it to an exceptable working condition. The maintenance covers following aspects 1. Inspection of thet items / plant / equipment / machine & system. 2. Repair of the defects if any. 3. Minor modification in order to reduce maintenance affects. Function of maintenance department The basic function of maintenance department in hotels are 1. Inspection 2. Testing 3. Repair, removal, replacement 4. Cleaning & lubrication 5. Servicing & over howling 6. Adjustment, alignment & reinstallation 7. Securing material supply & storage of spares. 8. Preparation of reports about maintenance 9. Administrative duties. 10. Contingency items. Maintenance management deals with effective & efficient use of resources such as man, money, material time & space to achieve pre-determined objectives, planning, organizing, directing, staffing & evaluating functions of management applied to maintenance activities. Maintenance engineering covers the basic & scientific principles of any equipment. The basic principle is to keep the equipment in working order, free from break down & on safe condition at reasonably minimum cost. Function of maintenance department It can be classified under preparation, operation & progression heads. Maintenance can be organized as centralized or de-centralized or it may be combination of both. It depends upon the physical location of facilities, types of equipment in use and availability of skilled maintenance personnel. Functions of maintenance under preparation heads are 1. Maintenance request 2. Repair of equipment under breakdown 3. Registration of assets & facilities. 4. Preparation of checklist 5. Preparation of maintenance schedule 6. Jobs specification 7. Programming annual & weekly planned maintenance programme. 8. Work priority

9. Safety Functions of maintenance under operation heads are 1. Routine analysis 2. Layout and cost 3. Work measurement 4. Managing work load