Job position: Food Laboratory Assistant
Salary range: 1800-2300
Name of Authority: Bartley SecondarySchool
Contract Period: 1 January 2027 to 31December 2027; service required from 1 January to 30 November 2027.
Option period: 1 January 2028 to 31December 2028; service required from 1 January to 30 November 2028.
Personnel to be deployed at the following hours:
- Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays: 7:00amto 4:00pm; Wednesdays: 8:30am to 5:30pm. Each day includes a 30-minute lunchbreak.
- No service required in December. Weekends and gazetted public holidays are excluded unless there is a special school event.
- Hours may change; on fewer than ten days per year, work may extend to 6:30pm, with advance notice where possible.
Requirements:
- At least GCE N-Level or equivalent.
- Valid WSQ Food Safety Course Level 1 certification.
- At least two years of relevant experience in a secondary-school Nutrition and Food Science laboratory.
- Spoken and written English for following teachers' instructions and maintaining operational records.
- Ability to use email, Microsoft Word and Excel.
Job Scopes:
- Prepare, weigh, portion and distribute ingredients; arrange utensils, equipment and workstations for lessons and demonstrations, and replenish and reset between sessions.
- Support teachers during practical lessons, respond to spills, report unsafe practices or hazards and collect and store shared equipment.
- Prepare separate, accurately labelled supplies and workstations for each practical-assessment candidate; support sensory evaluation and coursework documentation, follow secure-handling instructions and clear laboratories afterwards.
- Clean and sanitise food laboratories, preparation/storage areas, utensils and appliances; dispose of waste, keep floors dry and walkways clear, and report hygiene or pest concerns.
- Consolidate approved purchasing needs, check deliveries, rotate and label stock, monitor expiry dates and maintain inventory, receipts and delivery records.
- Handle food hygienically, separate raw and ready-to-eat food, follow allergy/dietary instructions, check storage conditions and temperature logs, and minimise wastage.
- Check and care for equipment, isolate defective items, report faults, coordinate authorised servicing and complete shutdown and security checks.
- Support departmental activities and maintain cleaning, stock, temperature and defect records; coordinate with teachers and perform other assigned support duties within agreed hours.
- Teaching, assessment decisions and overall student supervision remain with teachers; specialist repairs are handled by authorised service personnel.