Housekeeper (hotel and related establishment) plans, organises and supervises the work of domestic staff in hotels, hospitals and other institutions. He/she trains, assigns duties to and supervises workers such as room stewards and stewardesses, laundry workers and seamstresses. He/she ensures prescribed standards of efficiency and cleanliness are met. He/she assists in purchasing supplies, examines condition of rooms, reports on repairs needed and suggests improvements, checks housekeeping accounts and takes inventories of bed linen and other articles. He/she may also prepare housekeeping budget.