- GMFJ Reference
258222
- Wages
£7.55 p/h
- Hours
37.05 per week
- Date Posted
04/03/2025
- Start Date
28/04/2025
- Approx. Duration
12 Months + 3 for end point assessment
- Location
Walsall
- Status
Now Taking Applications
- Sector
Catering & Hospitality
- Opportunity Type
Intermediate Level 2
- Apprenticeship Standard
Production chef (ST0589)
- Employer
Walsall Academy
Description
Walsall Academy have an excellent opportunity for an apprentice chef to join their kitchen team.
Main Duties:
• Maintain excellent standards of personal, food and kitchen hygiene.
• Ensure compliance to procedures, menu specifications and recipes.
• Produce food meeting portion controls, and budgetary constraints.
• Adapting and produce dishes to meet special dietary, religious and allergenic requirements
follow, complete and maintain production schedules, legislative and quality standard
documentation.
• Use specialist kitchen equipment.
• Communicate internally and externally with customers and colleagues.
• Commit to personal development activities.
• To carry out other reasonable tasks from time to time as directed by the Headteacher.
To become an apprentice, you must:
- be 16 or over
- not already be in full-time education
As an apprentice you’ll:
- complete a Level 2 Production Chef apprenticeship standard
- have regular one to one sessions with a dedicated trainer either remotely or through visits to your workplace
- learn and train for a specific job
- get paid and receive holiday leave
- get hands-on experience in a real job
- study for at least 20% of your working hours
- complete assessments during and at the end of your apprenticeship
- be on a career path with lots of future potential
- be entitled to a TOTUM membership, find out more here About TOTUM | TOTUM UK
For more information about Inspiro Learning’s apprenticeship delivery and what it entails please click here to watch a short video
For more information about this vacancy please contact Inspiro Learning Limited on 0 (Ref ID: 258222)
A good communicator
- • Organised
- • Practical
- • Clear understanding of the need for good safety
- • Ability to work as part of a team
A good standard of English and maths or be willing to work towards this.
As an Apprentice you will be included on a Level 2 Production Chef Apprenticeship.Apprenticeship standards are aimed at developing skills within the Apprentices’ chosen career route, each standard has set knowledge, skills and behaviours required to be successful within the job role. This will include the completion of functional skills in Maths and English.Once you have completed a minimum of 12 months training and the employer and Inspiro Regional trainer confirm you have met all the requirements of the standard you will be put through to the End Point Assessment. The End Point Assessment is independent from the training and includes a variety of assessment methods which test the skills and knowledge of apprentices to ensure you are fully competent.
- • A genuine interest in cooking and the culinary arts.
- • A willingness to learn and develop new skills.
- • A positive and kind attitude that brings the best out of others
- • Determination to encourage the highest quality of learning experience for all students
- • Ability to establish good and productive working relationships, and work well in a team
- • Ability to communicate effectively to staff, students, parents, orally and in writing
- • Able to empathise with young people and yet be firm, fair and consistent when dealing with them
- • Enthusiasm, personal dynamism, resilience and stamina
- • Be accountable for student wellbeing and progress
- • A high level of organisation with the ability to meet deadlines
- • Take risks and embrace new ideas
- • Lead by example and go the extra mile
- • Excellent attendance and punctuality
- • Sense of humour and perspective
- • A commitment to equal opportunities
- • Lead by example showing clearly an understanding of the values of the Nolan Principles, i.e. selflessness, integrity,
- objectivity, accountability, openness, honesty and leadership.
- In common with all employees of the school, the post-holder will be expected to share the:-
- • motivation to work with children and young people
- • ability to form and maintain appropriate relationships and personal boundaries with children and young people
- The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
This is a fixed contract for at least the length of the apprenticeship programme.