Hospitality Industry Occupational Job Dictionary ... - SafeWork SA

BANQUETS/FUNCTION STAFF - CASUAL (Large venues)
7 – SERVING CUSTOMERS (photographs 16-18)
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This task requires worker to retrieve plates from kitchen at shoulder height (photograph 16), and carry and place
onto trolley and push out to banquet room (photograph 17), with trolley below waist level, requiring forward flexion
of the lumbar spine. Palmar grasping is required to handle the plates.
Workers then place plates onto table for customers, requiring overreach and slight lateral flexion to reach table
while avoiding touching customers (photograph 18). Workers are rotated between food service or drink services
throughout the night, requiring static elbow flexion to hold plates or trays as required. They may be required
to carry up to three plates at one time requiring one plate to be stabilised on the forearm.
8 – ACCESS RAMP (photograph 19)
This task requires at least four workers to lift
approximately 50kg wheelchair ramp and place onto
steps. This task is conducted via stoop postures
(photograph 19). This ramp is also used by workers
to push trolleys up to banquet room. Four workers
place ramp into small cubby hole, requiring awkward
stooping postures to lift and manoeuvre into small
space. Please note, ramp is less than 7:1 ratio.
PLEASE NOTE:
• Access ramps may be used to push/pull tables,
trestles etc, up from stores to banquet room.
These ramps may be carpeted or non-carpeted.
• Other venues may have mainly flat surfaces, with
no steep ramps required.
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