Hospitality & Tourism
Pathway Description
Housekeeper - This major prepares students as housekeepers who clean and maintain living areas such as hotel/motel rooms, private residences, and retirement facilities. Students are introduced to careers in the hospitality and tourism industry including food service, lodging, travel and tourism, recreation, and attractions. Instruction includes an overview of hospitality and lodging management as well as hospitality services, basic housekeeping skills, and industry safety.
Service Careers Housekeeping Assistant - This major introduces students enrolled in the Service Careers majors to entry level jobs in the housekeeping industry where they will clean and maintain living areas such as hotel/motel rooms, private residences, and retirement facilities. Included are safe practices, use of tools and equipment, and safe handling of chemicals related to the housekeeping industry along with life skills and employability skills. Students receive job training in housekeeping skills such as vacuuming, dusting and changing bedding, and sanitizing rooms and furniture.
Housekeeping Workforce Transition (T&I) - This major will be used for all Individualized Cooperative Education (ICE) programs to build their training outline. Students will focus on employability skills while receiving hands-on experience in the housekeeping industry. Included is a work-site experience (WSE) where students develop proficiency skills unique to their given occupation along with a formal mentoring program designed to accelerate an individual student’s skill development.
| Career Pathway: Lodging | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career Majors/Certifications | Total Clock Hrs | Pell | VA | ||
| Housekeeper | 180 | no | no | ||
| SC Housekeeping Assistant | 180 | no | no | ||
| Housekeeping Workforce Transition | 390 | no | no | ||
Instructor: Mr. Randy Anderson
Telephone: 390-9591 ext. 305
Email: randerson@eoctech.edu
Teaching Asst: Ms. Donna Storm
Telephone: 390-9591
Email: dstorm@eoctech.edu
Admission Requirements
Assessment testing (TABE or COMPASS)
Certifications Available
Oklahoma Board of Career and Technology Education Competency Certifications
Student Organization Affiliation
Skills USA