Specialist in system catering EFZ

As a system catering specialist, you will ensure that guests can eat well and quickly. You will work both in the kitchen and behind the self-service counter. You prepare the food in front of the guests or serve them at the counter. At the salad bar, you will prepare the salads in an appetizing way and fill them up.

There's a lot to do around food. That's why, as a catering specialist, you buy food, receive deliveries, check the quality of the products delivered and store them correctly. You work closely in a team and have lively contact with customers. In your work, you will comply with environmental protection, health, safety and hygiene regulations.

In addition to working in the guest and kitchen area, you will also carry out commercial activities. Commercial activities? Exactly. You create simple calculations and work in controlling and marketing.

You've probably already noticed: system catering is an exciting combination of the gastronomic and commercial world of work.

During your training as a specialist in system catering, you will work in the various cafeterias and restaurants at the University Hospital Basel.
Theoretical lessons take place as block courses with boarding at the Hotel & Gastroformation vocational training center in Weggis or at the vocational school in Zurich two days a week.

• You have completed compulsory schooling with a good to very good grade (level E)
• You can complete tasks independently and are willing to take on responsibility
• You have a flair for organization and numbers
• You are no stranger to "hygiene awareness"
• You enjoy working with your hands and have a passion for food

The vocational baccalaureate complements your basic vocational training with an extended general education. It gives you access to a university of applied sciences.
Apprentices who are aiming for an apprenticeship with a vocational baccalaureate are obliged to attend the vocational school in Zurich.

• 5 weeks vacation
• 13th monthly salary
• Practical and personal support
• Great offers, such as free sports courses and discounts at Ticketcorner.

Professionals with this basic training take on management and specialist responsibility at a young age. System catering specialists can also achieve purely administrative positions, for example in controlling, quality assurance or marketing. Many further training opportunities in the catering industry are open to professionals. You will see: This pays off in many future jobs.

We look forward to receiving your application. Even more so if it is complete. So make sure that your application dossier - the heart of the application - includes your CV and references. The CV helps us to know a few things about you before the first interview. So list the most important information about yourself in your CV. We don't mean the number of followers you have on Insta or the games you've won on FIFA, but your date of birth, address, the name of your school, as well as your hobbies and interests.

If we are impressed by your application dossier, we will invite you to an interview. To make sure you make a good impression there, you should find out a little about the University Hospital Basel beforehand. Take a look at our website, scroll through our Instagram feed or check out the USB YouTube channel. This is the best way to find out exactly what we do here and whether you like it.

Not quite sure how the school works? Wondering who your instructor will be? Make a note of all the questions on a piece of paper so that you don't forget to ask them at the interview because you're so nervous!

The apprenticeship position as an EFZ catering specialist will not be filled for 2024.

• Multicheck
• Language tests (minimum requirement: B1/B2)
• Basel Vocational Information Center (BIZ)