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laundry schedule is computed on a ship with 1,500
crew members. Your weekly workload is 36,000
pounds and your daily workload is 7,200 pounds.
You are well within your laundry capabilities
because your laundry can wash and dry more than
36,000 pounds in a 96-hour workweek. Therefore,
your workweek will be considerably less than 96
hours. Your pressing capabilities are also more
than adequate.
Now that you have determined your laundry
capabilities, your next step would be to determine
the number of personnel in each division. This
may be a difficult task on a ship as large as a
carrier. The best thing to do is schedule a meeting
of all divisional laundry petty officers and let them
know you are preparing a new laundry schedule
and that you will need to know the total number
of personnel in each division. Give them a
deadline for giving you this information so time
won’t be wasted. The divisional laundry petty
officer may obtain the total number of personnel
in each division from the divisional mustering
petty officer.
Once you receive the information from all the
divisional laundry petty officers, list the divisions
and the number of personnel in each division as
shown in figure 7-6. Multiply the number of
personnel in each division by 24 and this will give
you an estimate of the total pounds of laundry
you will receive from that division per week.
Beginning with Monday, insert a combination of
bulk and individual lots until you come close to
your daily workload of 7,200. Since officer and
CPO laundry is delivered twice a week, you will
multiply the number of officers or CPOs by 12
instead of 24 as shown in figure 7-6. Divisional
laundry can be done in this fashion also. Look
at Division F in figure 7-6. Notice how Division
F’s laundry is delivered twice a week instead of
once. In this case, multiply the total number of
personnel in Division F by 12 instead of 24 on the
days they will deliver their laundry. Continue the
process of inserting divisions in one of the days
until all bulk and individual lots are accounted
for and you have your laundry schedule.
Your laundry schedule should show such
things as (1) type of lot, (2) individuals and groups
to whom the lots belong, (3) personnel who deliver
the lots, (4) day and hour of delivery, and (5) hour
of pickup. Your schedule should also include
accompanying instructions showing method of
delivery, services rendered, and any other
information necessary.
Aboard ship in port, you can normally expect
a workload that is equal to one-half of your
underway workload. Changing conditions such
as underway periods should have a limited effect
on your laundry schedule when the above
scheduling method is used.
DAMAGE TO LAUNDERED ITEMS
As the laundry supervisor, familiarize yourself
with the causes of clothing damage and take
preventive measures to eliminate these causes.
Careful attention to detail will eliminate claims
for damage to clothing in the laundry. Many
reasons why clothing is damaged in the laundry
are listed below:
Not conforming to the Navy wash
formulas
Using the washer extractor in manual
mode instead of automatic
Overloading washers and dryers
Not sorting clothes properly
Overextracting clothing in the washer/
extractor
Water temperature set too high
Water levels too low
Overdrying
Items such as pens, gum, and so forth, left
in pockets of shirts or pants
Burning or scorching clothing on presses
Pressing clothing that is too wet
Dryer fires
Improper padding of presses
DAMAGE TO CLOTHING DURING
THE RECEIVING PROCESS
During the receiving process many problem
areas can be identified and corrected before
routing lots to the wash deck. After properly
identifying all clothing as discussed in Ship’s
Serviceman Third Class, NAVEDTRA 10176, you
should quickly check all pockets of the shirts and
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