Essential Skills
- Cooking & Grilling Techniques: Proficiency in operating flat-top grills, charbroilers, deep fryers, and assembly stations to cook meat, plant-based patties, and toast buns to exact temperatures and standards.
- Time Management & Multitasking: Ability to track multiple orders simultaneously during peak lunch or dinner rushes without compromising quality.
- Attention to Detail: Following specific portion sizes, recipe guides, and customer customization requests consistently.
- Teamwork & Communication: Coordinating smoothly with front-of-house staff, order expediters, and fellow line cooks.
- Physical Stamina: Working on your feet for long shifts in a hot, high-energy setting. Required Knowledge
- Food Safety & Hygiene: Understanding cross-contamination prevention, proper meat holding/cooking temperatures, and local council or health department sanitation regulations.
- Kitchen Equipment Operations: Knowing how to clean, maintain, and safely operate commercial grills,



fryers, refrigeration units, and point-of-sale (POS) ticket systems.
- Stock & Inventory Basics: Monitoring ingredient levels (such as burger patties, cheese, lettuce, sauces) and flagging low stock to management. [1, 2, 3, 4] Experience & Qualifications
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Experience:
Prior experience as a fast-food cook, line cook, or kitchen assistant in a fast-paced cafe, burger bar, or restaurant is typically preferred. Many entry-level roles provide on-the-job training.
- Certifications: A Food Handler's Certificate or Statement of Attainment in food safety (such as SITXFSA005) is commonly required or strongly favored by employers. Pay: $57,900.00 – $87,200.00 per year

Benefits:
- Employee discount
- Free drinks
- Free food
- Salary packaging Work

Location:
In person

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