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Scenario · Sprout Cafe

Open the cafe for the day

You are a learner on your first opening shift at Sprout Cafe.

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The situation

What has happened

It is Monday and you are on the 7:00 am opening shift with Josh Kelly, the cafe trainer. Rosa has given you three jobs: check and write down the fridge, freezer and display cabinet temperatures, check the bread delivery from Peninsula Bakehouse against the delivery record, and count the float with Josh. Fridge 2 was repaired on Friday and Rosa wants to know it is holding temperature. The bakehouse delivery is due at 7:15 am and the driver is usually in a hurry. The cafe opens to customers at 7:30 am. Josh will be nearby but he is also setting up the coffee machine, so you will need to read the procedure and follow it step by step.

Your brief. Follow the Cafe Opening and Closing Procedure to complete your three opening jobs safely and on time, write your readings and checks in the right places, and tell Josh straight away about anything that is not right, so the cafe is safe and ready to open at 7:30 am.
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Tasks

Deliverables

  • Your written list of opening jobs in order
  • Completed temperature readings in the log register
  • Cafe and Shop Daily Log entries for the fridge problem and the bread delivery
  • Signed float count

Documents to use

Systems to use

Cafe and Shop Daily Log

The daily trading record for Sprout Cafe and the op shop: sales, float and count, stock orders, waste and the supervisor's check.

Incident and Hazard Register

Every injury, near miss, hazard, spill, broken item and difficult visitor across both sites, with what was done and whether it is fixed.

For trainers and assessors

Units of competency

Current on training.gov.au for the Foundation Skills Training Package as at 10 September 2026.

FSKRDG005Read and respond to simple and familiar workplace procedures
FSKNUM004Use basic and familiar metric measurements for work
FSKOCM002Engage in short and simple spoken exchanges at work
FSKWTG003Write short and simple workplace information
FSKLRG005Use strategies to plan simple workplace tasks

Qualifications

FSK10219Certificate I in Skills for Vocational Pathways
Assessor notes

What to look for

Evidence guide

Look for the learner reading and following the procedure steps in order, recording temperatures with the correct unit and initials, recognising that 7 degrees is above the safe limit and telling the trainer, and counting the delivery accurately. Spoken exchanges with the trainer and customers must be clear and polite. Written entries can be short but must be legible and complete.

The student's evidence summary lists every record they created or changed in the systems named above, their notes and the tasks they ticked. Verify it against the deliverables and your own assessment tool.