Line Cook Skills Checklist and Cross-Training Plan
Create a line cook skills matrix and cross-training plan with skill levels, practice tasks, sign-offs and a coverage check for each station.
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Create a skills matrix and cross-training plan for my kitchen team. Stations: [STATIONS]. Team members with current stations (use first names or initials): [TEAM_MEMBERS]. Skills that matter at each station: [KEY_SKILLS]. Coverage problems we have: [COVERAGE_PROBLEMS]. Time available for training each week: [TRAINING_TIME]. Produce a matrix as a table with team members in rows and skills in columns, using levels 0 (not trained) to 3 (can teach), left blank for me to fill in, with a legend. Define what each level looks like in practice for a station of my choosing. Add a coverage check showing, for each station and each shift, how many people are at level 2 or above, and flag any station with fewer than two, with the arithmetic. Then write a six-week cross-training schedule that moves each person onto one new station for [TRAINING_TIME] per week, with a practice task and a sign-off criterion that a chef can observe in under 10 minutes. Include a short conversation guide for a chef to discuss goals with each team member and a fair way to link skills to pay or promotion that I must confirm myself with my own policies. Add a recognition idea for people who teach. Do not invent employee facts, names or skills. Knife, heat, equipment and safety training must follow the employer's rules and local regulation; mark these [VERIFY]. Do not suggest training anyone on equipment they have not been authorised to use. Add a worked example with invented figures: 8 cooks, 5 stations, and a requirement of 2 trained people per station.
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