food counter attendant
Education:
No degree, certificate or diploma.
Work setting:
Urban area. Coffee shop.
Tasks:
- Clear and clean tables, trays and chairs.
- Operate dishwashers to wash dishes, glassware and flatware.
- Sanitize and wash dishes and other items by hand.
- Keep records of the quantities of food used.
- Package take-out food.
- Portion and wrap foods.
- Prepare, heat and finish simple food items.
- Serve customers at counters or buffet tables.
- Stock refrigerators and salad bars.
- Take customers' orders.
- 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.
- Sweep, mop, wash and polish floors.
- Wash, peel and cut vegetables and fruit.
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses :
Food Safety Certificate.
Equipment and machinery experience:
- Conventional oven.
- Electronic cash register.
- Food dispensers.
Work conditions and physical capabilities:
- Fast-paced environment.
- 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:
Are you available for shift or on-call work?.
Employment terms options:
- Early morning.
- Evening.
- Shift.
- Flexible hours.
- Morning.
- Night.
Experience:
No experience (will train).
Employment terms options:
Day. Weekend.
Support for newcomers and refugees:
Recruits newcomers and/or refugees who were displaced by a conflict or a natural disaster (for example: Ukraine, Afghanistan, etc.) . 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.
Supports for visible minorities:
- Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.).
- Offers mentorship programs that pair members of visible minorities with experienced employees.