General Assistant - Education

Tsebo Solutions Group; Stellenbosch; On-site; ZAR 83,000 - 124,000; Full time

Job summary

Tsebo Solutions Group is recruiting for a kitchen services assistant in Stellenbosch. The role involves assisting with meal preparation, especially salads and desserts, and placing food on the serving line.

You will keep serving lines stocked and clean, and support training for new staff as needed. The position also requires maintaining high standards of cleanliness, quality customer service, and adherence to health and safety and food safety standards.

Qualifications

• Must enjoy practical and methodical work.
• Be honest and reliable.
• Have good hand-eye coordination.
• Be able to work quickly and safely.
• Have good personal hygiene.
• Be free from skin allergies to foods and detergents.
• Have good communication skills.
• Must be able to work as part of a team.
• Must have the stamina to work 45-50 hours per week.
• Be able to bend, stand and lift.

Responsibilities

• Ensure cleanliness and hygiene regulations are complied with within all tasks.
• Meet quality standards of customer service and operating processes, health and safety standards and food standards.
• Assist in the preparation of meals, especially salads and desserts.
• Place entrees, salads, desserts and other food on the serving line.
• Keep the serving line well-stocked and clean.
• May assist in training new employees.
• Store and record food leftovers.
• Keep canteen tables, kitchen and other areas clean and orderly.
• Ensure customer expectations are met within the contract provisions.
• Provide a high level of customer service within area of responsibility.
• Count stock in designated area and hand over to next shift staff where applicable.
• Carry out reasonable requests by management.
• Attend meetings and training courses as required.

Skills

Practical work

Hand-eye coordination

Team player

Stamina 45-50h

Personal hygiene

Communication skills

Education

National Senior Certificate

Job description

• To ensure that the Company & Statutory regulations regarding cleanliness & hygiene are complied with within all tasks undertaken.
• To ensure that the quality standards of both customer service and operating processes, health and safety standards and food standards are met.
• Assists in the preparation of meals, especially salads and desserts.
• Places entrees, salads, desserts and other food on the serving line.
• Keeps the serving line well-stocked and clean.
• May assist in training new employees.
• Stores and records food leftovers.
• Keeps canteen tables, kitchen and other areas clean and orderly.
• To ensure that customer expectations are met within the provisions of the contract.
• To ensure a high level of customer service within the area of responsibility.
• Where applicable, to ensure that stock in the designated area of responsibility is counted and signed over to the correct staff on the following shift.
• To carry out any reasonable request by management.
• To report and where possible take action when faced with customer and client complaints or compliments.
• To attend meetings and training courses as may be necessary.
• Performs related work as assigned.

Duties & Responsibilities

• To ensure that the Company & Statutory regulations regarding cleanliness & hygiene are complied with within all tasks undertaken.
• To ensure that the quality standards of both customer service and operating processes, health and safety standards and food standards are met.
• Assists in the preparation of meals, especially salads and desserts.
• Places entrees, salads, desserts and other food on the serving line.
• Keeps the serving line well-stocked and clean.
• May assist in training new employees.
• Stores and records food leftovers.
• Keeps canteen tables, kitchen and other areas clean and orderly.
• To ensure that customer expectations are met within the provisions of the contract.
• To ensure a high level of customer service within the area of responsibility.
• Where applicable, to ensure that stock in the designated area of responsibility is counted and signed over to the correct staff on the following shift.
• To carry out any reasonable request by management.
• To report and where possible take action when faced with customer and client complaints or compliments.
• To attend meetings and training courses as may be necessary.
• Performs related work as assigned.

Skills and Competencies

• Must enjoy practical and methodical work
• Be honest and reliable
• Have good hand-eye coordination
• Be able to work quickly and safely
• Have good personal hygiene
• Be free from skin allergies to foods and detergents
• Have good communication skills
• Must be able to work as part of a team.
• Must have the stamina to work 45-50 hours per week.
• Be able to bend, stand and lift.

Qualifications

• Completed a National Senior Certificate (grade 12).