AddressJob description: Catering Assistant
£14.25 per hour inclusive of holiday pay
Temporary
Part time hourly paid.
Job purpose
To assist in the delivery of a high quality, efficient catering service which offers good customer service and complies with health, safety and hygiene regulations. This role is in the Catering and Hospitality department and involves working with college learners.
Main duties and responsibilities
Specific duties will include:
- Before and after service, clean, tidy and sanitise kitchen equipment, utensils, work stations and surfaces, still areas, tables and waste bins, including front of house and dining areas as required, using the correct chemicals and materials
- Empty waste bin bags and sweep floors in accordance with HACCP requirements
- Take part in the recording of all hot and cold temperatures in accordance with HACCP procedures
- Notify line manager of any breakages, faults, damage or hazardous machinery.
- Promote customer service by dealing with customers in a polite and helpful manner
- Work as part of a team including showing good practice to new staff members and learners ; lead by example by working in a timely fashion and within the time constraints required in a busy catering working environment
- Assist with the setting up of any functions and hospitality within the college
- Provide cover for absent staff members when required.
- Clean crockery and cutlery replenishing for daily use.
- Any other duties as reasonably requested by line managers.
Food Hygiene and Illness
Food handlers must maintain high standards of personal hygiene. This includes:
- Keeping hands clean at all times. Food handlers should wash their hands after going to the toilet, on entering the kitchen, after eating, drinking, handling chemicals, waste etc.
- Not wearing jewellery or perfume to work
- Ensuring that hair is clean and that suitable head covering be worn
- Enforcing a no smoking policy at work
- Ensuring that wounds, whitlows, cuts etc are covered by blue waterproof dressings
- Discouraging poor hygiene practices such as nose picking, finger biting, ear scratching etc.
PPE
- Adherence with the designated code of dress will be required at all times in order to ensure full compliance with the food safety, health and safety and consumer protection legislation. The dress code will include suitable uniform clothing, sensible shoes and appropriate head protection such as a hat or equivalent. Failure to adhere to dress code may lead to disciplinary action.
Person specification Essential Desirable Assessment method
Qualifications
Food Safety Level 2 qualification or willingness to achieve within agreed period
Allergen awareness Level 2 qualification or willingness to achieve within agreed period
First Aid qualification or willingness to achieve within agreed period
Knowledge and experience
Experience in a catering
Experience in a busy catering environment
Experience of handling cash transactions
Good appreciation of safety legislation (Hygiene, manual handling, COSHH)
Skills and attributes
Confident and able to cope in a range of situations
Working to high professional and ethical standards
Ability to work independently and as part of a team
Additional requirements
Flexible approach to working hours
Able to cater for customers in an efficient, polite and professional manner
Welsh language skills
Full details of the Welsh skill levels can be found at: https://www.gllm.ac.uk/jobs
Welsh Understanding Intermediate
Welsh Speaking Intermediate
Welsh Literacy Intermediate
Please note: consideration will be given to applicants who indicate that they are within 1 level of meeting the required Welsh skills requirement for the post on the proviso that any offer of employment would include a contractual agreement to develop their Welsh Skills.
Job Types: Part-time, Temporary contract
Contract length: 6 months
Salary: £14.25 per hour
Expected hours: 15 per week
Benefits:
- Bereavement leave
- Company pension
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Enhanced paternity leave
- Free parking
- On-site parking
- Store discount
Work Location: In person
Reference ID: CMD/208/24
