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Flexible working and the ability to schedule your own availability!
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About Us

As Tasmania’s publicly owned training provider, TasTAFE is a vital contributor to the prosperity of the state’s economy through supporting jobs and employment and the economic resilience of our businesses and industry. With a focus on practical, real-life learning, we work hard to ensure the training our learners receive is industry relevant and we provide real industry skills that are highly valued by employers.
TasTAFE aspires to be a place of innovation, creating new ways of training, finding solutions, delivering differently and increasing access for all.

The Role

Do you have cravings to show learners what it takes to be on the line? Working from our Devonport campus, you will be one of our Cookery Teachers, showcasing the skills and expertise of cookery. From cutting techniques and doneness to plating, you will be the embodiment of cooking, expanding your learners imagination, ability, and taking their skills from mild to hot in seconds. If you want to show the next generation how its done, then get the gas on, and get ready to cook up a storm.

What you will do:

• Craft lesson plans that cover various cooking techniques, recipes, and kitchen safety
• Conduct live demonstrations on preparing basic to advanced recipes
• Evaluate learner skills through practical assessment to ensure competency
• Ensure compliance of classroom and kitchen health and safety, including safe good handling practices
• Provide guidance and feedback to enhance and exceed our learners skills

What will you bring

• Experience and knowledge in various cooking techniques, cuisines, and kitchen management
• A passion for food and creativity in the kitchen, inspiring learners to experiment and develop their culinary styles
• Effective communication, organisation, and ability to guide learners in the industry
• Fluent understanding of food safety and hygiene practices
• A Certificate IV in Training and Assessment
• A Certificate III in Commercial Cookery or equivalent

A current Working with Vulnerable People registration is required, or the ability to obtain prior to commencement.

Supporting a Diverse Workforce

At TasTAFE, we encourage applications from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community, people living with a disability, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, mature age workers and members of the LGBTIQ+ community.

We are a diverse and inclusive workplace and understand the importance of flexibility. We want our workforce to reflect the diversity in our community and we are committed to building a culture we are all proud of.
Ask us how we can make this role flexible to suit you.

Join TasTAFE

If you think this could be the opportunity for you, we encourage you to apply. To be eligible, you must have the right to work in Australia.
Candidate screening and interviews may commence prior to the closing date.
If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, please let our recruitment team know during selection.
Applications for this role close at 11:55pm on Sunday 24 August 2025
TasTAFE is determined to create a positive application experience for all candidates.
We are committed to provide application outcomes via phone or email in a timely manner to all candidates.

TasTAFE prioritises Tasmania’s Child and Youth Safe Standards and the Universal Principle for Aboriginal Cultural Safety in its recruitment process, ensuring the safety and cultural well-being of children, youth, and Aboriginal individuals.