Catering Assistant

**Job 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**

**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

**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