Kitchen Assistant (School)-Serangoon
Key Responsibilities:
1. Daily Operations (School Terms):
- Clean, sanitise, and maintain kitchens, workrooms, preparation tables, sinks, cookers, ovens, grills, and floors.
- Manage kitchen linen laundry and ensure safe kitchen waste disposal.
- Routinely check and replenish cleaning supplies, detergent, and other utility materials.
- Receive, verify, and systematically organise daily incoming food deliveries.
- Ensure all shared kitchen utensils, cutlery, tools, and appliances are complete, accounted for, and safely stored.
- Prepare and weigh culinary ingredients and layout equipment based on teachers' structured lesson instructions.
- Provide active operational support to teachers and students during practical lessons, ensuring food ingredients are stored safely using the First In First Out (FIFO) principle.
2. School Holiday Assignments:
- Perform deep, thorough structural cleaning and sanitisation of the Food Laboratories.
- Identify, clear, and discard expired or unwanted food inventory safely.
- Conduct comprehensive stocktaking of kitchen equipment, appliances, and dry ingredients.
- Check expiration records, update digital inventory spreadsheets, and log all stock quantities accurately.
- Replace storage shelf drawer linings, layout clean tablecloths, and systematically prep the labs for the new school term.
- Assist the Operations Manager (OM) with non-laboratory school operations and Operations Support Officer (OSO) duties as assigned.
Job Requirements
- Experience: Prior working experience as an NFS Food Laboratory Assistant within a local secondary school setting is required.
- Certification: Must hold a valid WSQ Food Safety Course (FSC) Level 1 certification.
- Education: Minimum GCE N-Level certificate or equivalent qualification.
- Communication: Effective verbal and written communication skills in English to accurately comprehend teachers' guidelines and maintain log sheets.
- Technical Skills: Foundational proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and email tools for basic inventory record keeping.
- Competencies: Strong knowledge of proper food handling protocols, safety measures regarding industrial cleaning agents, and kitchen asset care.