Information

  • Trainee Name

  • Clock-in Number

  • Photo of Trainee

  • Current Trainer

  • Comments

  • eTrain login and temporary password

  • First Shift Start Date

  • Recertification date

  • First day

Before You Get Started

  • Does leader on shift know which position you are training? Use training schedule for guidance.

  • Go BACK to your leader and tell him BEFORE training starts. Training is only successful if we have constant communication!

  • Start time for First Shift Your goals: 1 hour store tour (or less) 1 hour hands on training with trainer (except prep) 2 hours by themselves you coaching The rest of the shift should be devoted to being productive.

When Your Trainee Arrives

  • Does trainee know how to clock in?

  • No cell phones on person unless they have kids

  • Put personal items in the back

  • Introduce to minimum 5 team members as you pass by them

Proper Uniform. Check trainee on the following:

  • Slip resistant shoes

  • Black socks

  • Oobie pants

  • Oobie shirt tucked in

  • Tattoos covered

  • Tattoos have to be covered with sleeves if they are on the arms, but arms MUST be uncovered,if you are breading.

  • White or black undershirt

  • Undershirt is currently not required, you may wear a black or white tanktop instead.

  • Name tag

  • Make name tags for trainee. Directions for the label maker are in the office on the machine itself.

  • Appropriate hair

  • Men only

  • Clean shaven or neatly trimmed mustache ONLY

  • Appropriate or no jewelry

  • Cannot have a watch while breading.

*Washing Hands

  • When should we wash our hands

  • Upon arrival

  • In between tasks

  • After handling money

  • After using restroom (2x)

  • Once in bathroom sink and once at sink in frontline BEFORE entering the kitchen.

  • Touching uniform

  • Touching face, nose, hair etc.

  • After break

  • After touching trash, equipment or floors

  • Before and after wearing gloves

  • How to wash your hands

  • Turn on hot water, then wet hands

  • Dispense soap

  • Scrub well for 20 seconds, then rinse

  • Dry hands with paper towel

  • Turn off water with paper towel

  • Dispense sanitizer into your hands and air dry

Tour the store together

  • Keep the tempo quick, you only have the rest of an hour to use.

  • Store Tour

  • Items with the star "*" MUST be explained. If you don't know how to explain it yourself ask a leader.

Start tour at back door

  • Trash/cardboard bin

  • Breaking down boxes

  • No trash on cement and NOTHING visible to customers on sidewalk

Parking Lot

  • Kitchen Storage Closet

  • Marquee Closet

  • Marketing Closet

  • Dumpsters

  • Circle building

  • Look for trash & tell why it is important

  • Show employee parking

  • Show Door bell

  • Enter through back door

*Mop sink (only mop water and nasty stuff)

  • *mops/scrubbers/squeegees and colors

  • Yellow-Raw Chicken/kitchen

  • Red-Restrooms AND bodily fluids

  • Blue-where customers see (FL and Lobby)

  • Mop-It

  • Storage baskets (gloves, trash bags, etc.)

  • *change yellow bucket sanitizer every 4 hours or when it is "milky"

  • *sanitizer packets (difference in green and red)

  • *show chemical locations

Walk-in cooler/freezer

  • Explain FIFO

  • Date dot stickers and use first

  • Cooler

  • Point out key items <br>(Best practice is to have you name the item and have them find it, if you simply point it out they won't remember-make it a game!)

  • Show which side is used for mainly kitchen.

  • Spring mix

  • Relish

  • Heavy Mayo

  • Cole Slaw dressing

  • Grape tomatoes

  • Strawberries

  • Blueberries

  • Romaine

  • Leaf lettuce (explain difference from Romaine)

  • Bacon bits

  • Cool down chicken (explain process)

  • Cabbage

  • Carrots

  • Celery

  • Chopped Romaine

  • Prepped leaf lettuce

  • Other prepped items

  • Tomatoes

  • *Panic alarm

  • Freezer

  • Point out key items

  • Frozen chicken

  • Fries and hash browns

  • Mini bread

  • Bagels

  • Wheat berry bread

  • Chocolate chip cookies

  • Soup

  • Frozen diced egg

  • Diced egg

  • Sausage

  • Corn/onion and pepper blend

  • *Panic alarm

*FIRES

  • Class A Red Extinguisher

  • Non-oil & regular combustible fires

  • Class K Silver Extinguisher

  • Oil/fat/grease fires

  • ANSUL system (wet chemical suppression)

  • Henny Penny fires (EMERGENCY ONLY)

  • Shuts down the store for awhile

  • Emergency fire meeting location (employee parking)

Prep Area

  • *date dot stickers

  • Orange stickers and their use

  • Kansan system and short explanation

  • Bowls/lids

  • Scoops

  • Knives

  • Knife sharpener

  • *cut resistant gloves

  • Choppers

  • Music policy

  • Defrosting flax bread

Dry stock

  • Show which side is mainly kitchen

  • Spicy coated

  • Regular coater

  • Biscuit mix

  • Canola oil

  • Peanut oil

  • Trays

Bulletin board

  • OE scores

  • What is OE?

  • Other store information

Other

  • Request off book location

Show how the kitchen works. Where did CFA start? (with an original chicken sandwich).

  • Kitchen

  • Coolers

  • Prep

  • Boards/fries/machines/breading

  • Sinks (prep, dishes, hands)

  • Raw chicken sign & when it is ok to put regular dishes in sink

  • Where is filtered water

  • Prep sink

  • Three hand sinks

  • Tea brewers and why they need to be closed when not brewing

  • Thawing cabinets

  • Coolers/food up front

  • Position and job board

  • Speed and times board

  • Panic alarms (how and when)

  • Frontline

  • Show the business, how does Drive Thru work.

Sum up your tour. Does your trainee have any questions about where stuff is located? Do they have any questions about the business?

  • End time (should not exceed an hour)

  • First day and store tour complete?

Go to next section and start training. Refer to Training Schedule for specific position

Training Timeline

Trainers! Remember to Demonstrate, Imitate then Repeat all the tasks below!

Verify which position trainee is supposed to train on according to training schedule.

Training Timeline: Boards

  • Shift by shift training

  • 1) shift Fries (with trainer as extra 1 hour)

  • Talk about how fries are our most craveable product and one of the easiest to mess up

  • Show where fries are stored

  • Show how to cook fries

  • Show how to recognize how many fries need to be dropped (how many in DT and front waiting to order)

  • 5 minute holding time in warming station

  • 2 minute holding time in chute

  • Total holding time still 5 minutes. Why?

  • How to "box" fries

  • CFA sand kids meal = small fry

  • Where to store the fry scoop (on the edge of the warming station so as to not scratch the metal)

  • 2) shift fries

  • 3) shift nuggets (with trainer as extra 1 hour)

  • Talk about what a good nugget looks and feels like (tender and juicy)

  • How do you recognize bad nuggets (dry and rubbery and box is greasy)

  • 20 minute holding time for nuggets

  • When do we call for chicken?

  • Explain less more often

  • Show eRQA photos

  • Show how to box: 4,6,8 & 12 nuggets

  • Show how to box 1,2,3 & 4 strips

  • Why do we use tabs for for boxed nuggets and strips (label and ventilation)

  • 4) shift nuggets

  • 5) shift feeder (with trainer extra one hour)

  • What started Chick fil A? (the original chicken sandwich, show them the poster on frontline with the story)

  • Show how to make a regular sandwich

  • Butter bun

  • Toast bun (crown and heel)

  • Two whole pickle slices (no more than a dime sized hole) side by side not overlappin

  • Fresh piece of chicken (within holding time)

  • Bag sandwich properly (two folds not covering label)

  • Repeat above with spicy sandwich

  • Show how to make specials

  • CFA Deluxe with/without<br>Lettuce<br>Tomato<br>Cheese

  • Spicy Deluxe with/without <br>Lettuce <br>Tomato<br>Cheese

  • Grilled Sandwich and Grilled Club (bun no pickles and no butter)

  • 6) shift feeder

  • 7) shift feeder

  • 8) shift screens

  • Show how to observe screens ( what do the different colors represent)

  • What has priority? Which order is waiting longest/Drive-thru always a priority/regular chicken sandwiches fastest to make

  • When Bagger calls back too many orders you aren't moving fast enough.

  • The goal: serve customers food within 30 seconds

  • At 1:30 call for help!

  • 9) shift screens

  • 10) shift screens

Training timeline: Boards Breakfast

  • Shift by shift training

  • 1) shift HB/Minis

Hash browns

  • Show where HBs are stored and the difference between fry bag and hash brown bag (red line)

  • Show how to cook HBs

  • Holding time in warming station 10 minutes

  • Holding time in chute is 2 minutes

  • Box small and large hash browns

Minis show how to bake and what temperature.

  • Show how to cook mini bread

  • Place pan liner on rolls

  • Bake for 3-4 minutes at 375 degrees on HIGH fan

  • After buzz remove rolls

  • Add honey butter spread

  • Place in holding station

  • Holding time is 30 minutes

  • Show how to box 3 and 4 minis

  • 2) shift HB/Minis

  • 3) shift biscuits

  • 4) shift biscuits

  • 5) shift biscuits

  • 6) shift feeder

  • 7) shift feeder

  • 8) shift feeder

Training timeline: Prep

  • Shift by shift training

  • 1) shift prep

  • Pre-prep for coleslaw and chicken salad

  • Parfaits

  • 2) shift prep

  • 3) shift prep

  • 4) shift prep

  • 5) shift prep

Breading and Machines

  • Shift by shift training

  • 1) shift breading

  • Milk wash

  • 2) shift breading

  • 3) shift breading

  • 4) shift machines

Open Fryers

Garland Grill

  • Midday clean on grill

  • 5) shift machines

  • 6) shift machines

Opening

  • Boards

  • Fryers/Grill

  • Biscuits

  • Breading table

  • Prep

Closing

  • Boards

  • Breading table

  • Grill done in:<br>1 - 1 hour or more<br>2 - 45 mins to an hour<br>3 - 30 -45 mins<br>4 - less than 30 mins<br>5 - less than 30 mins AND perfectly cleaned

  • Prep

Tasks

  • Show them as many of these tasks as you can

  • Dishes

  • Cleaning:

  • Oven

  • Vent hoods

  • Thawing cabinets

  • Inside of breading table

  • Under thawing cabinets

  • Kitchen walls

  • Floors

  • Freezer floors

  • Refrigerator floors

  • Inside Low Boys

  • Monitors

  • Raw Dish Storage area and drying racks

  • Open top grill crumb baffles

  • Drop station

Grade your trainee from 1 to 5.

  • 1 - has NOT been shown this task/position
    2 - has been shown this task/position but needs more coaching
    3 - is able to repeat this task/position without coaching
    4 - is able move quickly and efficiently
    5 - "dominates" this position and is able to lead others

Primary Secondary Breakfast

  • Minis position

  • Hash browns

  • Open top grill

  • Biscuit assembly/wrapping

  • Boards Specials/Regulars

  • Baking biscuits

Primary Secondary Lunch

  • Boards

  • Nugget position

  • Fries

LEAN Prep

  • Basic Prep

  • Advanced Prep

Breading Table

  • Bread filets and strips/nuggets

  • LEAN chicken thawing

  • LEAN Chicken Entrees

  • Dropping less more often and not running out of chicken while not wasting chicken

  • Fileting

  • Machines and Grill

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