Important Question about Housekeeping for Safety Officer Interview

Safety Officer Job Interview Question:

On this page, we shall look at one of the important questions asked in Safety Officer job Interviews about housekeeping and its answer. 

What is 5S in Housekeeping?

Answer.

5S Housekeeping wheel Diagram - HSE

Housekeeping means cleanliness and orderliness. Good housekeeping means a place of everything and everything in its place. Poor housekeeping is a source of accidents in the industry.

Poor housekeeping means the resistance to unsafe conditions at the workplace which may cause accidents.
5s is a Japanese concept which explains the systematics steps to workplace management. The workplace includes the shop floor, plant, and offices. With the practice of 5’S, work can be done cheaper, quicker, more easily, and with fewer mistakes. It can be used as a basis to maintain good housekeeping. The full form of 5’S are:

SEIRI: SORTING OUT
SEITON: SYSTEMATIC ARRANGEMENT
SEISO: SWEEPING
SEIKETSU: SANITIZING
SHITSUKE: SELF-DISCIPLINE

SHORTING- clearly distinguish needed items from in needed items and eliminate the latter.
SYSTEMATIZING– keeping the needed items in the correct place to allow for easy and immediate retrieval.
SWEEPING- keeping the workshop swept and clean.
SANITIZING- this is the condition we get from when we maintain the first three S’s I.e. sorting, systematizing, and sweeping.
SELF DISCIPLINE- make a habit of maintaining established procedures.