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Old Nov 9th 2005, 12:45 pm
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Hi anyone know would it be easy to work in school meals were hoping to go to Brisbane and having three children would like to work round the school hours.
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Old Nov 9th 2005, 2:41 pm
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Hi anyone know would it be easy to work in school meals were hoping to go to Brisbane and having three children would like to work round the school hours.
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By all accounts they are crying out for ladies who can knock up a mean pan of scouse or corned beef hash ...

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Hi anyone know would it be easy to work in school meals were hoping to go to Brisbane and having three children would like to work round the school hours.
Any info would be grateful
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By all accounts they are crying out for ladies who can knock up a mean pan of scouse or corned beef hash ...
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Thats my missus you eat what she puts in front of you or :scared: else.

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only reason I asked is because my hubby is a chef (assessed via TRA) and whilst we were gather info about him working in Aus I came across info about school cooks - basically there are a few jobs via local government but the private schools advertise in the press..... there are some jobs but not that many. I just did a search on www.careerone.com.au for school cook for anywhere in Aus & there were only 5 advertisments for school cooks.....
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only reason I asked is because my hubby is a chef (assessed via TRA) and whilst we were gather info about him working in Aus I came across info about school cooks - basically there are a few jobs via local government but the private schools advertise in the press..... there are some jobs but not that many. I just did a search on www.careerone.com.au for school cook for anywhere in Aus & there were only 5 advertisments for school cooks.....
Hi iam a cook but havnt worked for school meals for several years but i thought i may look for some think mainly for the hrs not the pay. My hubby is a refrigeration engineer and were going on his points.I cant imagine my self staying at home in oz , i work as a admin officer at the moment and am allowed to work from home in the school holidays, dont think i will get a job like that over there. Thanks for looking it up for me you going next year?
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Hi iam a cook but havnt worked for school meals for several years but i thought i may look for some think mainly for the hrs not the pay. My hubby is a refrigeration engineer and were going on his points.I cant imagine my self staying at home in oz , i work as a admin officer at the moment and am allowed to work from home in the school holidays, dont think i will get a job like that over there. Thanks for looking it up for me you going next year?
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yeah hopefully - hubby has a job waiting so it should be easy for us when we get there; plus my mum & step-dad already live out there. WE are going to Gold Coast - have you had any thoughts where you would like to go?
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yeah hopefully - hubby has a job waiting so it should be easy for us when we get there; plus my mum & step-dad already live out there. WE are going to Gold Coast - have you had any thoughts where you would like to go?
Hi Husband has had job offer in Brisbane, we haven't been to AUS before but hoping to be on our way next year . Application for 136 visa has just been sent, we are using agent in Manchester. The company wanted to sponsor my husband but we decided to leave his options open as Perth was another place we are looking at. How many times have you been to Aus ?.

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Hi anyone know would it be easy to work in school meals were hoping to go to Brisbane and having three children would like to work round the school hours.
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Schools in our area at least don't have the typical school meals like in England. They all take pack up and they have 'tuckshop' twice a week (I think some schools have it every day), which is where they can buy their lunch. They place their order and money in a brown paper bag and it is taken to the tuckshop where the ladies there get it all ready for lunchtime. Most of these ladies are parent volunteers but I am not sure if they all are or if there is one paid person. The lunch is then delivered back to the classroom and they eat in an undercover area outside, there is no dining hall. It took us some getting used to the system. I am not sure about lunchtime supervisors as my daughter has never mentioned it, I would have to ask her.

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Hi anyone know would it be easy to work in school meals were hoping to go to Brisbane and having three children would like to work round the school hours.
Any info would be grateful
jackie
As others have said, school meals as supplied in the UK, don't exist here. Almost all state schools have a tuckshop, usually staffed by parent volunteers with maybe one paid supervisor. Some larger high schools have their tuckshop run by outside caterers.

There might be a few state schools that actually do proper cooked lunches (special schools spring to mind) but most tuckshops only have stuff like pies, sausage rolls, sandwiches, rolls, burgers etc.

Large private schools - particularly those with boarders - will have a proper dining room and do the full lunch-thing. My son's school has one but all the catering is done by an outside company and the school don't employ the staff directly.
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Hi Jackie

Schools in our area at least don't have the typical school meals like in England. They all take pack up and they have 'tuckshop' twice a week (I think some schools have it every day), which is where they can buy their lunch. They place their order and money in a brown paper bag and it is taken to the tuckshop where the ladies there get it all ready for lunchtime. Most of these ladies are parent volunteers but I am not sure if they all are or if there is one paid person. The lunch is then delivered back to the classroom and they eat in an undercover area outside, there is no dining hall. It took us some getting used to the system. I am not sure about lunchtime supervisors as my daughter has never mentioned it, I would have to ask her.

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Thanks Amanda for the information maybe i can be a volunteer at first just to help the kids settle in . I have a seven year old son and eight year old girl also a fifteen year old girl . How long have you been in Aus ? did the children settle right away? How do you find the schools?
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As others have said, school meals as supplied in the UK, don't exist here. Almost all state schools have a tuckshop, usually staffed by parent volunteers with maybe one paid supervisor. Some larger high schools have their tuckshop run by outside caterers.

There might be a few state schools that actually do proper cooked lunches (special schools spring to mind) but most tuckshops only have stuff like pies, sausage rolls, sandwiches, rolls, burgers etc.

Large private schools - particularly those with boarders - will have a proper dining room and do the full lunch-thing. My son's school has one but all the catering is done by an outside company and the school don't employ the staff directly.


Thanks nick seemed like a silly question but i was made up i asked and found out losts of info
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