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If the previous laundry supervisor did not keep
this summary sheet, or did not keep the laundry
logs properly, it may make your preparation of
the laundry schedule more difficult. In this case,
use your past experiences plus other factors that
determine laundry scheduling to prepare a workable
and effective schedule. You may have to adjust
the schedule periodically for smooth operations.
THE IDEAL LAUNDRY SCHEDULE
The ideal schedule fulfills the laundry
requirements aboard your ship. Fulfilling these
requirements entails a trial and error period where
you adjust the schedule until requirements are
met. Since the factors that determine a laundry
schedule vary, it is difficult and impractical to give
you a schedule; however, we will give you the facts
and groundwork for making a schedule.
Some laundries use the daily schedule (fig.
7-3). This type of scheduling allows the bulk lots
LAUNDRY SCHEDULE
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Officer
All division bulk work
Cooks and messcooks
Wardroom table linen
CPO
All division bulk work
Cooks and messcooks
CPO table linen
Officer
All division bulk work
Cooks and messcooks
All wardroom linen
CPO
All division bulk work
Cooks and messcooks
All CPO linen
Cooks and messcooks
Field day
Finish up leftover laundry
Closed in port
At sea:
Cooks and messcooks
CPO and officer table linen
Figure 7-3.—Daily laundry schedule.
to be delivered daily instead of once or twice a
week. This is not only an easier way of scheduling
operations, but it eliminates the stowage of soiled
clothing in the berthing spaces and the odors
associated with them. The main problem with the
daily schedule is delivery and pickup. You must
have complete control of delivery and pickup. As
the laundry supervisor, you should have the names
of each divisional laundry petty officer to make
sure the laundry is picked up and delivered on
time. If the laundry is not picked up and delivered
by a division daily, you will run into a light load
on one day and a heavy load on another day.
Laundry that is not picked up daily will eventually
become cluttered with soiled laundry and cause
an unsanitary condition.
On some ships, the daily schedule may not fit
the requirements of the laundry. This may be due
to heavy workloads, lack of water, steam, or
broken equipment. In any case, you have to
prepare a schedule to fit your laundry capabilities.
Computing your laundry capabilities can be
simplified by using the laundry worksheet
illustrated in figure 7-4. Use the following steps
when computing your capabilities:
1. Enter the crew size and multiply by 24 to
arrive at how much laundry you should be capable
of processing a week.
2. Enter the number of officers and chief
petty officers aboard.
3, Enter the number of laundry crew (you
should have approximately 1 laundryman for each
75 to 100 crew members).
4. Enter the total number of washer
extractors, tumbler dryers, and three press
operator stations aboard.
5. Multiply the number of installed washer
extractors by their weight capacity. Since the
production standard for a washer extractor is one
load an hour this figure will tell you how much
you can expect to wash in an hour.
6. Multiply that hourly figure by 96 and it
will tell you how much you can wash in a 96-hour
workweek.
7. Multiply the number of installed dryers
by their weight capacity. Since the production
standard for a dryer is two loads an hour multiply
the figure you arrive at by 2 and this will give you
your hourly drying capacities.
8. Multiply this figure by 96 to arrive at your
drying capabilities for a 96-hour workweek.
9. Since the production standard for a
three-press operator station is 20 shirts or trousers
per hour, multiply the number of three-press
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