Food processing worker responsible for all duties associated with the production of processed vegetables under the guidance and direction of the kitchen supervisor.
Key responsibilities
- Splitting, gutting and portioning of Jap and Jarrah pumpkin
- Portioning potatoes and sweet potatoes to exact size requirements
- Hand cutting to exact customer specification all vegetables such as capsicums, eggplant, shallots, leeks, cabbages, zucchini, corn and others
- Operating commercial and industrial machinery in the production kitchen
- Setting up the production kitchen for workers and volunteers to perform their tasks, including moving all stock from the cold rooms to the kitchen in the morning
- Moving all stock back to the cold rooms at the end of the shift and cleaning the production kitchen under HACCP guidelines
- Washing of tubs,
machine parts and kitchen equipment
- Working closely with other staff, volunteers and program residents to achieve the tasks set by the kitchen supervisor
- Packing and labelling processed vegetables, using scales and label printer as directed by kitchen supervisor
- Be available to drive delivery vehicles when required
About you
- Valuable understanding of food safety and HACCP principles
- Good understanding of WH&S; procedures
- Must be able to work well in a team environment
- Reasonable knife skills are essential
- Must be physically fit and healthy
- Reliability and punctuality are not negotiable