Facilities Operations: Compliance with UK Regulations and Standards

This report examines the statutory regulations, health, safety, and environmental measures pertinent to facilities operations, particularly within the UK context. It emphasizes the importance of adhering to UK laws, especially concerning health and safety legislation, and the need for comprehensive documentation to ensure compliance. The report outlines specific requirements for hotel operations, including licensing, certifications for food safety and hygiene, and the implementation of pest control measures to maintain a clean and safe environment. It stresses the significance of staff health checks, well-maintained machinery, and the creation of checklists to uphold health and safety standards for customers. Furthermore, it highlights the necessity for facilities managers to possess relevant skills and secure the appropriate licenses for building operations and other statutory requirements, ensuring that hotels operate within the boundaries of the law and prioritize the well-being of both staff and guests.

FACILITIES AND
OPERATIONS
MANAGEMENT
TASK 2

2.1 THE STATUTORY REGULATIONS THAT WILL AFFECT FACILITIES
OPERATIONS IN AN AGREED CONTEX
• Different country have different laws for operators , UK laws is very strict with respect to
the facilities operation . There should be availability of and implementation of the safety
and environmental effective and useful policies.
• Dependency of development of hotel as per the UK laws on safety , environment and
health of the customer that are visited the hotel. It is important that all kind of license and
certification of hotel operation as per UK laws..

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• This will ensure that the staff and owner of the hotel have specialization of running hotel
facility. State regulation on alcohol license, certificates for sound and music and
certification of safety and security of the customer is under the laws of UK .the process of
internal and external process audits has to be implements and planed

2.2 THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEASURES THAT MUST
BE IMPLEMENTED BY A FACILITIES MANAGER IN A GIVEN CONTEXT
• UK laws is strict about safety and health. Under the section health and safety act 1974, it
has taken UK that each and every facilities have to follows this act and implement. The
health and safety environment issues that should be adopted within the hotel. Regular
pest control process that should have to be adopted hotel operators .
• This will help to reduces termites , cockroaches and other kind of pests . Its impact that
facility very clean and hygienic. This will helps to maintain health and hygiene related
aspects within the hotel as per the statutory

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• Also it is important that keep checking staff health by organizing health camps so that
they remain health and they can generate maximum of their productivity . It is also
important that better and full maintained machinery will helps for effective services that
customer attracted to the service.

2.3 DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED TO ACCOUNT FOR COMPLIANCE WITH
STATUTORY REGULATIONS AND HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL
MEASURES.
• Documentation for every hotel is required because is it essential to proves customer that
services and food is in the hotel is properly checked . Registration of hotel is important to
handle and operate different segment . There are some document and registers that have
to be maintained for regulation of health and safety issues .
• License for hotel property – A facilities manager need to have some skill to operate
hotels, it include a particular license. There would be controlled , building operation and
other statutory licenses.

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• Certification and licenses- Hotel specialization for food and services. It is required that
certification should be as per the UK hygiene and food safety act. It is appropriate that the
hotel staff has to follows and implement for effective manner.
• Certification on the health and safety of the customers - it is important that maintained
food and safety would be done when attend and served well term of safety, food and
environment. It is essential that the preparing checklist for hotel operations like
housekeeping , security that helps maintained the health and safety for the customer .

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