This advertisement is for the recruiting position of Food Lab Assistant.
If successfully selected, you will be seconded to a MOE secondary school located in Dover Road.
Contract Period: From 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2026.
Personnel to be deployed at the following hours:
Science Laboratory Assistant
- Mondays to Fridays: 7.30am to 3.00pm, inclusive 1-hr lunch break (may be deployed for extended hours on some days);
- Service not required on Saturdays, Sundays and gazetted public holidays.
- Service is not required on a regular basis during school holidays.
The Services required are set out as follows:
Daily Kitchen Duties
- Daily upkeep of the kitchens, including general cleanliness of food equipment, table tops, floor and sinks.
- Daily upkeep of kitchen facilities and equipment, including the hot water dispenser, refrigerator, oven and stove as well as the other appliances in the food labs.
- Daily checks and maintenance of the placements of tools and utensils.
- Daily management of food in the kitchen fridges and other storage containers. To inform Food Lab Manager or the NFS Unite coordinator if any of the ingredients are running low.
- Daily preparation of raw materials for classes (the cutting of meat/fish, separation of ingredients into specified portions according to class size, etc).
- Regular checks and management of utensils and cookware in the individual kitchen top and workstation and to ensure that all food labs items are organized and accounted for.
Weekly/Monthly/Termly Kitchen Duties
- Assist in the upkeep and maintenance of the signs (safety and miscellaneous) and posters in the kitchens.
- Assist in the termly kitchen stock-take of the equipment and utensils as instructed by Food Lab Manager or the NFS Unit coordinator.
- Labeling and bi-annual cleaning of tabletops, shelves and equipment which are to be done at least twice a year during the test/exam periods or June and December Holidays.
- Termly checks on perishables in the fridge and other containers.
Additional Duties
- Support afternoon cooking programs that take place in the food labs.
- Support school-based activities involving the use of food labs.
The personnel shall minimally have the following qualifications, experience and skills:
- Basic certifications relating to food preparation and food safety.
- Proficient in English as a medium of verbal and written communication.
- 2 years of working experience in related fields (culinary, food preparation etc).
- Has experience in store management and organization.
