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BANQUETS/FUNCTION STAFF - CASUAL (Large venues)
5 – CUTLERY, CROCKERY (photographs 8-9)
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This task requires worker to push trolley of up to 25kg push/pull force out to banquet room up to 50 metres,
to manoeuvre cutlery etc., as close to table set up as possible. Four to five people usually set up tables with
usually two tubs carried per person, which are retrieved between ground to overhead height (photograph eight).
Tubs weigh up to 5kg.
Alternatively trolleys as depicted in photograph nine may be used. This particular trolley requires accessing items
from ground to waist height. The trolley is taken from the kitchen to the function area with no carrying required
as items are directly accessed from the trolley that is positioned next to the table.
6 – TABLE SET UP (Photographs 10-15)
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This task requires workers to set up tables or trestles, requiring 5kg of push/pull forces, then opening up tables,
requiring slight stooping, and lifting forces (photograph 10). Workers then place tablecloths onto up to 20 tables,
which may require overhead reach (photograph 11).
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