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Hut Captain Duties

Summary:

  • Instructions

  • Dinner speech

  • Manual

  • Hut Captains Report

  • Stereo Instructions

  • Music

The role of Hut Captain is important for the running of the Lodge. It is an honorary representative of the Committee and helps keep the Lodge working smoothly. The following information outlines what is required of the role.

Instructions

Thank you for agreeing to act as Hut Captain during your stay.

The Club’s Management Committee very much appreciates your support and taking 10 mins at the week’s end to capture your comments, observations and any member/guest feedback via the online Hut Captains reporting feature.

This role is not onerous, but it does require clear communication of the important information as entrée is being served at dinner of your first night – and also on additional evenings if there has been a mid-week changeover and new members and guests have arrived.

It is important to note that if any member or guest has a complaint or suggestion for an improvement concerning the Lodge, it should be brought to the attention of the Hut Captain and not the Lodge Managers.

The Lodge Management Team is
Responsible for:

  • Kitchen – cleaning, all practices, washing dishes at meal-times until the last dish is served.

  • Daily cleaning of common areas.

  • Daily cleaning and disinfecting of all bathrooms. 

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Hut Captains Are Responsible For:

  • Preparing the duty roster.

  • Giving a talk at dinner whenever there is a changeover of guests, covering the points listed here.

  • Receiving any concerns or complaints from members and passing them to the appropriate committee member.

Helpful hint: When rostering for the week ahead, please ensure at least ONE member is rostered on duty with guests who are on the bunk list.

Also, include the roster for lunch on your last day as Hut Captain.

Cancelation Policy

Guests Are Responsible For:

  • Complete duties as per the roster set by the Hut Captain.

  • At any time, do not enter the kitchen while the Lodge Managers are present and the serving bench is down at the entrance to the kitchen.

  • When you are on breakfast or dinner duty, once the last meal/dessert has been served and the serving bench is raised, enter the kitchen to wash and pack away remaining dishes, glass and cutlery.

  • Follow all instructions from Hut Captain and Lodge Managers.

New Signs:

  • There is a touch screen installed near the lounge room entrance that has all the signs required.

  • This includes a section for new guests – a few pages that describe the basics. Please encourage anyone who has not stayed at the lodge before to read.

  • Suggestions for new signs should be sent to lodge.management@iacski.com. They can be added remotely.

Dinner Speech:

Things to mention at dinner

Fire Alarms

Note: Whenever new members and guests arrive the lodge fire drill procedures must be explained.

If you hear the fire alarm, everyone should respond by quickly gathering warm clothes and footwear before heading for the nearest fire exit.

The assembly point is on Corroboree Rd just above the rear of the lodge.

Location of exits: Lodge Managers Flat, Dining Room Door, Main Entrance and 

Rooms 1 - 4 Corridor.

Roster

Check the roster to see when you are rostered on for a duty. The tasks for each duty are explained on the screen here in the dining room.

At mealtimes, particularly at breakfast and dinner, no one is allowed in the kitchen except for Thomas and Gabby until the last meal is served and the serving bench at the entrance to the kitchen is raised.

Those on duty are to set the tables and collect meals from the serving bench. Used crockery and cutlery are to be returned to the same bench after each course. Thomas and Gabby will wash up and put away dishes until the last meal or dessert is served.  Following the last meal or dessert, the serving bench will be raised, the people on duty will then be able to enter the kitchen to wash and pack away the remaining dishes, glasses and cutlery. 

If a duty does not suit, try to arrange a swap with someone. If that does not work, see me (the Hut Captain).

If you are on roster:

Wash or sanitise your hands before setting tables and serving meals

Tie long hair back

Wear shoes

Checkout

Check out time is 10am.

On your day of departure, dirty linen and towels must be brought up at breakfast (7:30am) and placed in the separate green laundry bin bags in the dining room cupboards.

When a bag is 80% full, remove it from the bin and place it against the wall.

Take a new green bag located next to the fire-hose reel and line it with a plastic bag and place it in the empty bin.

Vacuum your room and empty the wastebasket. Wipe down all surfaces including windowsills. Cleaning supplies are held in the loft stair shelves for upstairs and in the entry cupboard for downstairs.

Meals and Coffee

Casual meals are available. Lodge Managers are to be given 48 hours' notice.

Coffee Machine use - free. We usually have pods available, but if not, you can pick up supplies at Woolies at Jindabyne or Brunelli's at Perisher.

Cleanliness and Behaviour

Please keep all common areas of the lodge clean and tidy for the enjoyment of all. Clean as you go.

The lounge room and boot room must be kept clean and tidy especially in regards to kids' toys, food and games.

Emphasise the need for general cleanliness and considerate behaviour at all times by members and guests.

If children are staying in the Lodge, they are to be supervised at all times.

Any questions or issues with cleanliness, linen, etc. report to me (the Hut Captain) for raising it with the Lodge Managers.

If you are a smoker, no smoking is allowed within 3 to 5 metres of the building - which means no smoking outside the entry-foyer or the bottom floor emergency-exit.

Issue with Upstairs Bathroom

When using the upstairs bathroom, when washing your hands make sure that you let the tap run longer than normal.  The reason for this is that this relates to the way the plumbing system works whereby when the toilet is flushed, the water from the 'S' bend of the basin is also flushed away. By allowing the tap to run longer, this allows the water in the 'S' bend of the basin to fill up which then stops the bad sewerage smell coming out of the pipes.

In case of Illness

If you or your guest develop a respiratory illness or another ailment during your stay, you need to isolate in your room, and it is recommended that you depart early.  Advise the Hut Captain and the Booking Officer and a pro-rata refund for the foregone days will be provided.

At the end of your stay

If you’ve had a great stay and would like to say thankyou to Tom & Gabby via a voluntary tip, these can be done via PayID to cheers@iacski.com - full detail on the dining room fridge

Lodge Manual:

DRINK MACHINE MAINTENANCE INSTRUCTIONS

Hut Captains are advised to check the machine on their day of arrival. At this time the machine should be filled to capacity for each type of drink. It would then probably only require filling towards the end of the week.

To Open Machine:

1. Insert key (located on the main key ring in the kitchen) and turn clockwise. The handle should pop out.

2. Turn handle anti-clockwise whilst simultaneously pulling the door until it opens. This will take quite a few turns to release the screw.

3. Once the door is open, check the level of the drink cans in each flavour. The order of dispensing slots is from right to left which matches the order of the front panel display from top to bottom.

4. To empty the money bin, open the cover panel on the back of the door. At the lower left there is a dark grey metal (galvanised) box with a hole in the top right corner. Lift the box out by tipping the top of the box outwards then lifting.

coins should be collected at the end of the week, counted and given to the manager.

 

To Close Machine:

1. Close the door then screw the handle in (several turns required) until the seal on the door contacts the main body and some resistance is felt on the handle.

2. Push the handle back into the recess until it locks into place.

 

Trouble Shooting

Insufficient or No Change given:

The change reservoir(s) has been exhausted. This can be remedied by opening the door and re-filling the change reservoir(s), however this is tedious and not recommended.

A preferred solution is to use coins other than $2 coins as much as possible and only use $2 coins as a last resort. The use of $1 /50c / 20c / 10c / 5c coins will automatically replenish the change reservoirs as required. Change should be put into machine slowly so that the machine can recognise and count each coin.

Empty Slots:

If any flavour slot is emptied, a red light will be displayed on the front panel. A brief check for these warning lights should be done each morning.

 

CLEANING AND KITCHEN EQUIPMENT

Policy and Procedures:

Colour Coding Standards for Cleaning Equipment for Bathroom and Kitchen Areas. To reduce the risk of cross infection, increase bacterial control and to reduce the risk of infection to workers and customers.

Background:

Providing a policy will have a dual purpose of providing equipment that reduces back injury by increasing equipment in upstairs and downstairs areas. Illawarra Alpine Club is being proactive in promoting a safe work environment for workers, members and visitors to the facility. Adequate equipment will be available therefore reducing the risk of injury.

Guidelines:

1. Clear identification of cleaning equipment by colour coding of a variety of cleaning equipment therefore restricting equipment to confined areas.

2. Reviewing methods of cleaning to reduce risk of cross contamination.

3. Correct hand washing methods will be practised to minimise cross contamination.

Supporting Methods:

  • Colour Coding for Cleaning

  • Green Kitchen Area

  • Red Bathrooms

  • Blue General Cleaning

Colour Coding for Kitchen Equipment:

White -   Dairy products-bread, cheese, cakes, rolls & pasties

Green -  Fruit and Vegetables

Red -     Raw Meats and Poultry

Yellow - Cooked and Processed Meats

Blue -    Seafood

Signage Areas where cleaning is in progress must display a sign "Cleaning in Progress"

NO PERSON WILL ENTER THE AREA UNTIL THE PERSON WHO PLACED THE SIGN THERE REMOVES IT

  • Bathrooms and toilet areas will be cleaned after all cooking and food preparation duties are completed.

  • Using the correct spray bottle solution, spray onto surface then wash off with warm water. This reduces chemical residue on the floor surface, which may lead to a slip falls risk factor.

  • Disposable gloves are to be worn when cleaning bathroom areas and changed when changing cleaning areas.

  • Chemical products dilution rates as per recommendation.

  • Hazard, poisons information and spills information will be available and visible at storage site.

  • Dirty rinsing water will be disposed of into laundry sink or into toilet bowl and NOT into hand washing or kitchen sinks.

 

Products to be used:

  • Cleaning Equipment

  • Disposable gloves

  • Coloured mops, mop handles, buckets and cloths.

  • Colour coded Spray bottles with chemical information on outside.

  • Sign - "Cleaning in Progress"

Kitchen:

  • Cutting boards

  • Colour coded kitchen cleaning equipment

OPERATING PROCEDURES FOR WATER, GAS AND ELECTRICITY WATER

  1. The water-main supply valve is located on the south (other) side of the roadway and is approximately opposite the back fire escape door.

  2. The water supply valve to the Lodge (excluding kitchen and Manager's flat) is located inside the vanity unit in the Gents' bathroom. A small sign has been placed on the vanity to make people aware of this supply

  3. The water supply valve to the Kitchen and Manager's flat is located outside, below the grate approximately underneath the southern window of the Manager's flat.

  4. There is a stop-valve located above the ceiling of the Ladies toilets (remove cover plate), normally in the closed position. This valve connects the two hot water systems in times of emergency, e.g. if the kitchen hot water system fails, open this valve and the Boiler Room tanks will also feed the Kitchen and Manager's flat.

In the event of an emergency, it is important for the managers, the Committee members and as many members as possible to be aware of these four locations.

 

BOILER OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS

  1. WHAT TO DO IF YOU SMELL GAS
    Do not try and light the boiler. Turn off the gas on the outside northern box downstairs. Immediately call a Licensed Gas Fitter e.g. Elgas, Cooma ph. 6452 1440

  2. TO TURN ON THE BOILER
    Turn 'ON' Electrical Central Heating switch at outside fuse box.
    Check that gas supply is 'ON'.
    Turn "ON' Gas valve at Boiler, handle will then be in line with pipe.
    If the gas has not yet been used in the kitchen, turn on one of the top stove plates to purge the pipeline and leave the burner alight while starting the boiler.

Club Music

Pat Boone Speedy Gonzales
Schone Madchen
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