Kitchen hand
Medi Chef

*** Currently accepting x1 student per month ***

Do you have a passion for cookery and preparing meals at a massive scale? This unique placement provides students with the skills and knowledge to prepare meals for Hospital patients and work within the industrial Cookery industry. Students will learn how this industrial cookery setting prepares over 3,500 meals per day to over 8 different hospitals. With supportive staff, the student will learn the importance of strict work safety and hygienic practices, cleaning and preparation and an insight into industrial kitchen operations.

*** Please note this is not a commercial kitchen with conventional cookery settings. Most ingredients are already pre-cut/ prepared ****

Skills You Might Learn

- Work effectively with others and/or independently.
- Source and use information on the hospital cookery industry.
- Use Hospital and industrial grade equipment and resources.
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- Use hygienic practices for food safety.
- Participate in sage work practices.
- Clean and tidy areas and equipment.
- Show social and cultural sensitivity.

Typical Tasks & Duties

_ Use Hygenic practices for food safety.
- Clean equipment and workstations.
- Work effectively with others and independently.
- Participate in safe work practices.
- Use industrial cookery skills effectively.
- Basic training and competency to work in the cookery industry with a focus on industrial cookery.

Student Requirements

This placement is suitable for Year 11 and Year 12 students studying Hospitality/ Cookery certificates.

May, 2024 is FULL

Dress Requirements

All black with collared shirt and closed in shoes.

Special Transport Requirements

Ivanhoe train station (on the Hurstbridge Line) is a short bus journey away from the Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital.

RELATED COURSES INCLUDE

• SIT20416 - Certificate II in Kitchen Operations