Technological Studies Technician - Hospitality

Ottawa-Carleton District School Board (OCDSB); Ottawa; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A large school board in Eastern Ontario is seeking a Technological Studies Technician - Hospitality to work with the Food Services teacher. The role requires a culinary arts diploma and experience, with responsibilities centered on facilitating technological studies activities. Applicants must demonstrate strong interpersonal skills and a safe work habit in commercial kitchen settings. Salary range is $20.31 to $24.49 per hour with a part-time schedule.

Qualifications

• Completion of secondary school diploma specializing in culinary arts, or equivalent.
• Minimum of 2 years of relevant experience.
• Food Handler certification and First Aid/CPR certification are definite assets.

Responsibilities

• Work primarily with the teacher of Food Services to facilitate technological studies activities.

Skills

Culinary arts

Food Handler certification

First Aid/CPR certification

Knowledge of commercial kitchens

Interpersonal skills

Mathematical skills

Communication skills

General knowledge of computer programs

Education

Secondary school diploma specializing in culinary arts

Job description

The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board is the largest school board in Eastern Ontario and offers students and parents a world of choice for learning. Our nearly 150 schools offer a wide range of programs to promote learning excellence and meet the individual needs of students, parents, and the community at large. Our schools are teaching communities where principals, vice-principals, teachers and support staff nurture student well-being and challenge students to achieve their best.

We are seeking a creative, dynamic, committed professional.

Technological Studies Technician - Hospitality

Lisgar CI

Position Status: Regular, 50%

Work Year: Works 10 months per year

Hours of Work: 18.75 hours per week (Monday to Friday, 11:45 a.m. – 3:15 p.m.)

Salary range: $20.31 to $24.49 per hour

Under the supervision of the school Principal and the Head of Technological Studies, the Technological Studies Technician - Hospitality will work primarily with the teacher of Food Services to facilitate technological studies activities.

Qualifications

• Completion of secondary school diploma specializing in culinary arts, or equivalent, and a minimum of 2 years of relevant experience.
• Food Handler certification, First Aid/CPR certification, and Canadian Red Seal/Cook are definite assets.
• Knowledge of specifications for industry food products and practices, commercial kitchens and commercial food preparation, and the sanitization of commercial kitchens.
• Knowledge of relevant health and safety acts and regulations.
• Ability to demonstrate safe work habits.
• Requirement of mathematical skills for daily, weekly, and monthly reconciliation; understanding of basic business practices for balancing accounts and maintaining records.
• Interpersonal and communication skills to motivate/coach/train and act as a role model for students, receive information and respond to telephone calls, exchange information, report on student performance using tact and diplomacy.
• Ability to use kitchen equipment.
• General knowledge of computer programs such as Email, Word and Excel.

Application Process

Applications will be considered in accordance with the PSSU Collective Agreement.

OCDSB employees serve students, colleagues, families and community partners. We invite people of all abilities, orientations, faiths, ethnicities, races, genders and ages to join us as we create learning and working spaces that honour the unceded and unsurrendered land of the Algonquin people, and respect, value and increasingly reflect the diversity of Ottawa. Your lived experience is an essential contribution to deliver the education every student deserves with dignity.

If you require accommodations at any point in the selection process, please send an email to at any time.

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