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Kitchen Helper - Casual

@ Ottawa-Carleton District School Board

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Nepean, Ontario

$22.57/hr1+ years experience
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Overview

The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board is hiring a casual kitchen helper at Sir Guy Carleton Secondary School. The role maintains kitchen work areas and equipment, assists with food preparation and serving, and supports student supervision. Hours are Monday to Friday, up to 7.5 hours daily between 7:00 am and 3:00 pm, at $22.57 per hour plus 4% in lieu of vacation.

Pay:

$22.57 an hour

Responsibilities:

  • Maintain kitchen work areas, equipment, utensils and storage
  • Assist with preparation and serving of food as directed
  • Assist with supervision of students
  • Assist with inventory and ordering of food supplies

Requirements summary:

  • Secondary school diploma specializing in culinary arts
  • Minimum one year of relevant experience
  • Knowledge of food safety, health and safety regulations
  • Ability to operate commercial kitchen equipment
  • Interpersonal and communication skills

Tools & skills

slicerbuffalo choppergrindergrillgraterconvection ovendeep fryersteam tablegas stovefloor mixer
Source and dates

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Employer posting date
2026-10-10
First seen by our source
2026-10-16
Source record updated
2026-11-06

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Job details

SeniorityEntry level
DepartmentFood & beverage
Experience1+ years
Hours per week37.5
Scheduleday
Travelair: none · ground: none
Work settingSchool, Restaurant or kitchen
PositionSitting and standing
Physical demandsphysical moderate · computer low
LanguagesEnglish
EducationHigh school (required)
Fields of studyCulinary arts
Perks mentionedGenerous paid time off

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Ottawa-Carleton District School Board

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Job description

The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board is the largest school board in Eastern Ontario and offers students and parents a world of choice for learning. Our nearly 150 schools offer a wide range of programs to promote learning excellence and meet the individual needs of students, parents, and the community at large. Our schools are teaching communities where principals, vice-principals, teachers and support staff nurture student well-being and challenge students to achieve their best.

We are seeking a creative, dynamic, committed professional

to join our team as:

Casual Kitchen Helper

Sir Guy Carleton Secondary School

Position Status: Casual (as-needed basis)

Hours of Work: Monday to Friday, up to 7.5 hours daily between the hours of 7:00 am and 3:00 pm

Salary: $22.57 per hour + 4% in lieu of vacation

Under the direction of the Chef/Food Services Manager/Cafeteria Supervisor/Assistant Chef, the Kitchen Helper carries out a variety of duties to maintain the kitchen work areas, equipment, utensils and storage areas; assist with the preparation and serving of food as directed; assist with the supervision of students.

Qualifications:

  • Knowledge of specifications for industry food products and practices, and commercial food preparation, as well as health and safety acts and regulations;
  • Ability to operate/maintain slicer, buffalo chopper, grinder, grill,

    grater, ovens including convection, deep fryer, steam table, gas

    stove, floor mixer, pressure cooker, blenders, variety of butcher

    knives, dishwasher;
  • Interpersonal and communication skills using tact and diplomacy

    to train/monitor/motivate/coach students and mentor in the safe

    and proper use of kitchen equipment, proper hygiene and food

    preparation;
  • Report student problems to the classroom teacher when necessary;
  • Respond with tact and diplomacy to client needs, explain processes,

    relevant regulations;
  • Assist the classroom teacher with kitchen equipment and food

    inventories, communicating with suppliers;
  • Organizational skills to prioritize multiple tasks, plan activities,

    meet daily deadlines; mathematical skills related to money to accept

    cash and give change;
  • Competency in learning how to use equipment related to electronic

    payment for purchases including debit and credit;
  • Assist with inventory and ordering of food supplies as directed with

    associated food service providers.
  • This knowledge is acquired through successful completion of a secondary

    school diploma specializing in culinary arts with a minimum of one year of

    relevant experience.

Application Process:

Applications will be considered in accordance with the PSSU Collective Agreement.

OCDSB employees serve students, colleagues, families and community partners. We invite people of all abilities, orientations, faiths, ethnicities, races, genders and ages to join us as we create learning and working spaces that honour the unceded and unsurrendered land of the Algonquin people, and respect, value and increasingly reflect the diversity of Ottawa. Your lived experience is an essential contribution to deliver the education every student deserves with dignity.



If you require accommodations at any point in the selection process, please send an email to [email protected] at any time.

EDUCATING FOR SUCCESS - BUILDING BRIGHTER FUTURES TOGETHER

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