Here is a description of MAKE's Winter 2026 Training Program.

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• 185 required participant program hours 

• 4-days a week: one training day, three work experience days

• ​Wednesday-Saturday MORNING schedule 

• Three-Year Food Handlers' Card and strong food safety understanding

• 4 weeks of work experience at MAKE Farm working as a team to grow vegetables and provide food tasting demonstrations to school tours and farm visitors

• 4 weeks working in the MAKE Cafe kitchen preparing food orders, preparing vegetables for cooking, interacting with customers delivering food orders and bussing tables and dishwashing 

• 4 weeks of working as a MAKE Cafe barista and cashier

• Temporary, part-time employment at City of San Diego minimum wage