kitchen helper
Education:
Secondary (high) school graduation certificate. or equivalent experience.
Work setting:
- Remote location.
- Rural area.
- Staff accommodation available.
Tasks:
- Bring clean dishes, flatware and other items to serving areas and set tables.
- Clean and sanitize items such as dishwasher mats, carts and waste disposal units.
- Clear and clean tables, trays and chairs.
- Load buspans and trays.
- Operate dishwashers to wash dishes, glassware and flatware.
- Place dishes in storage area.
- Sanitize and wash dishes and other items by hand.
- Scour pots and pans.
- Keep records of the quantities of food used.
- Package take-out food.
- Portion and wrap foods.
- Prepare, heat and finish simple food items.
- Stock refrigerators and salad bars.
- Use manual and electrical appliances to clean, peel, slice and trim foodstuffs.
- Clean and sanitize kitchen including work surfaces, cupboards, storage areas, appliances and equipment.
- Handle and store cleaning products.
- Receive, unpack and store supplies in refrigerators, freezers, cupboards and other storage areas.
- Remove kitchen garbage and trash.
- Sharpen kitchen knives.
- Sweep, mop, wash and polish floors.
- Wash, peel and cut vegetables and fruit.
Equipment and machinery experience:
- Conventional oven.
- Deep fryer.
- Food dispensers.
- Grill.
Work conditions and physical capabilities:
- Fast-paced environment.
- Handling heavy loads.
- Physically demanding.
- Repetitive tasks.
- Standing for extended periods.
- Work under pressure.
- Attention to detail.
Weight handling:
Up to 23 kg (50 lbs).
Personal suitability:
- Client focus.
- Efficient interpersonal skills.
- Reliability.
- Team player.
- Ability to multitask.
- Initiative.
- Dependability.
- Positive attitude.
Screening questions:
Do you have experience working in this field?.
Experience:
1 to less than 7 months.
Employment terms options:
- Early morning.
- Evening.
- Shift.
- Flexible hours.
- Morning.
- Night.
- Day.
- Weekend.
- Overtime available.
Health benefits:
Health care plan.
Financial benefits:
Gratuities.
Support for newcomers and refugees:
- Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports newcomers and/or refugees.
- Assists with immediate settlement needs of newcomers and/or refugees (for example: housing, transportation, storage, childcare, winter clothing, etc.).
- Supports social and labour market integration of newcomers and/or refugees (for example: facilitating access to community resources, language training, skills training, etc.).
- Recruits newcomers and/or refugees who were displaced by a conflict or a natural disaster (for example: Ukraine, Afghanistan, etc.) .
- Supports newcomers and/or refugees with foreign credential recognition.
- Offers mentorship programs that pair newcomers and/or refugees with experienced employees .
- Provides diversity and cross-cultural trainings to create a welcoming work environment for newcomers and/or refugees .
- Does not require Canadian work experience.
Support for youths:
- Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports youth employment.
- Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth.
- Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for youth.
- Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth.
Support for Veterans:
- Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports Veterans .
- Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for Veterans.
- Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for Veterans .
- Recruits Veterans and other candidates with military experience through targeted hiring initiatives (for example: job fairs, outreach programs etc.) .
- Assists with immediate transition needs of Veterans (for example: relocation, housing, etc.) .
- Offers workshops, counselling services or other resources to help Veterans navigate their transition into the civilian workforce (for example: adapting to different organizational structures) .
- Supports Veterans in translating their military skills and e