Kitchen porter

As a kitchen porter you could:

• provide support to chefs
•  wash, peel and prepare food items
•  use a variety of kitchen equipment such as mixers, special knives and cutters
•  unload deliveries
•  organise the storeroom
•  wash kitchen appliances, work surfaces, floors and walls

• the ability to work well with others
• customer service skills
• patience and the ability to remain calm in stressful situations
• the ability to work well with your hands
• to be thorough and pay attention to detail
• the ability to organise your time and workload
• the ability to use your initiative
• physical fitness and endurance
• to be able to carry out basic tasks on a computer or hand-held device

You can get into this job through:

• a college course
• an apprenticeship
• applying directly

With experience and further training, you could become a trainee or junior chef.

You could also progress into management or move into bar work or food service.