Hospitality Crew: To work as a waiter or chef, what are some of the compliance regulations that I would need to attain?

CRAIG FOX - Director, Wine and Dine'M Catering
You would obviously need to have RSA training because its obviously become mandatory here in QLD, food handling and hygiene is always a bonus and then I think anything that's related, you can never now enough in my opinion.

LISA PRATT- Labour Hire Manager, Zenith Hospitality Staffing Solutions
In Queensland to be a waiter you need to achieve your Responsible Service of Alcohol Certificate within 28 days of taking on employment. At Zenith we actually offer the courses at a reduced rate for our staff and for our chefs they must be qualified.

WILL BRENNAN - Restaurant Manager, Chalk Hotel
For working at Chalk having an RSA is absolutely compulsory, everyone must have an RSA-Responsible Service of Alcohol Certificate to be eligible to work at Chalk.
We do offer that as well.
Occupational Health and Safety is an advantage and also a first aid certificate is and advantage but we do offer full training for those certificates as well.

JACQUELINE PORTER - Director of Human Resources Queensland, Surfers Paradise Marriott Resort & Spa
If you want to work as a qualified cook then you need to have certificate three in commercial cookery, that's a minimum requirement, otherwise you can only work as an unqualified cook. As a wait staff you do need to have Responsible Service of Alcohol and that's becoming the law in a number of areas around Queensland. So, I would encourage people to get that through the liquor licensing division.

DOMINIC EGGER - Food & Beverage Manager/ Executive Chef, Stamford Plaza, Brisbane
For a waiter it's the Responsible Service of Alcohol, which either beforehand or within the first month of employment you have to have. For the chef it's the certificate three which we're looking at. On the cook level, it's basically complying with the foods and safety hygiene regulations.