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Rochester & Elmore District Health Services

Rochester and Elmore District Health Service (REDHS) is a small rural health service in north central Victoria providing a broad range of services to its community. Acute and residential aged care services are complemented by primary care services and home nursing.

Skills You Might Learn

- Decision making
- Working in a team and independently
- Working with people of all different abilities and backgrounds
- Working with new technology and software
- Time management
- Problem solving
- Communication
- Basic food handling and knife skills
- Appropriate nutritional knowledge and healthy choice standards
- Develop food safety skills

Typical Tasks & Duties

Student tasks may include but are not limited to:
- Ensure friendly & professional customer service at all times.
- Setup and mise en place of kitchen.
- Communicate and liaise with team members
- Food preparation as instructed
- Follow hygienic food and beverage handling procedures.
- Provide general assistance in cleaning, as directed.
- Ability to work in a team based environment.
- Work according to policies and procedures

Student Requirements

Suitable for VCE or VCAL student as only one day out of school a week. Applicants from year 10 and 11 welcome to apply.
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Motivated and organised
- Ability to use own initiative
- Willingness to learn
- Ability to work independently as well as part of a team.
- Responsible, supportive and caring attitude
- Good people skills
- Accommodating to different personalities and abilities

Dress Requirements

Student own chef's whites and closed toe, non slip leather shoes.

School pants and polo top is acceptable.
Student to change into chef's uniform at workplace.

Special Transport Requirements

Students are responsible for getting to and from work. Bus and train station across the road

RELATED COURSES INCLUDE

• SIT20312 - Certificate II in Hospitality (Kitchen Operations)