Position: Food Service Worker

Job Status: Full-Time/183

Classification: Classified

Class: Non-Exempt

 

Job Description:

Responsible for preparing and serving food, and cleaning work areas.

 

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Maintain professional behavior, appearance, and work ethic to represent the school district in a positive manner at all times.
• Cook main serving line items, meat entrées, and side dishes to compliment the meal. Pull frozen meat out for future meals and begin cooking each item for lunch meal.
• Serving food on the mainline during breakfast and lunch meals each weekday. Place all leftover food away, and clean warmers, salad carts, sinks, tables, and sneeze guards.
• Place various cooked items and cold food items in serving pans and place on serving line.
• Serve food and keep serving line clean during each meal period. Replace and restock serving line on an as needed basis. Dump trays at window.
• Daily cleaning of work areas, serving lines, and other cooking utensils. Clean dishes, pots and pans, sweep and mop floors, do laundry, and get freezer tray ready each day.
• Weekly cleaning of fryers, ovens, hood vents, dish machines, laundry rooms, mops, chemical room, bathrooms, floor grates, trash cans, dry food store room, refrigerators, and freezer.
• Assist with daily, weekly, and monthly inventory of food items in freezers, food storage units, and supply rooms. Rearrange freezer and food storage units for incoming inventory.
• Set up breakfast and ensure that each student has basic food requirements on their plates.
• Breakdown boxes daily and place in recycling receptacle. Gather trash and place in dumpster.
• Fill napkin holders, utensil bins, drink box, milk box, ice cart, and other condiment holders and dispensers.
• Empty steam tables and cold bar serving line. Clean and polish all stainless steel and glass surfaces.
• Assist with preparation for breakfast serving line and serve food during morning meal.
• Adhere to all applicable food safety and USDA serving requirements.
• Responsible for funds, equipment, and/or property.
• Perform other related duties as required or assigned.

 

Qualifications:

• Accountability - Ability to accept responsibility and account for his/her actions.  

• Accuracy - Ability to perform work accurately and thoroughly.  
• Communication, Oral - Ability to communicate effectively with others using the spoken word.  
• Communication, Written - Ability to communicate in writing clearly and concisely.  
• Diversity Oriented - Ability to work effectively with people regardless of their age, gender, race, ethnicity, religion, or job type.  
• Creative - Ability to think in such a way as to produce a new concept or idea.  
• Energetic - Ability to work at a sustained pace and produce quality work.  
• Enthusiastic - Ability to bring energy to the performance of a task.  
• Ethical - Ability to demonstrate conduct conforming to a set of values and accepted standards.  
• Friendly - Ability to exhibit a cheerful demeanor toward others.  
• Honesty / Integrity - Ability to be truthful and be seen as credible in the workplace.  
• Initiative - Ability to make decisions or take actions to solve a problem or reach a goal.  
• Interpersonal - Ability to get along well with a variety of personalities and individuals.  
• Judgment - The ability to formulate a sound decision using the available information.  
• Loyal - The trait of feeling a sense of duty to the employer.  
• Organized - Possessing the trait of being organized or following a systematic method of performing a task.  
• Patience - Ability to act calmly under stress and strain, and of not being hasty or impetuous.  
• Punctuality - Ability to report to work on time on a day-to-day basis.  
• Regular attendance - Exhibiting regular attendance in order to perform duties in a satisfactory manner.  
• Reliability - The trait of being dependable and trustworthy.  
• Responsible - Ability to be held accountable or answerable for one’s conduct.  
• Tactful - Ability to show consideration for and maintain good relations with others.  
• Working Under Pressure - Ability to complete assigned tasks under stressful situations.   

Other Requirements: 

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED)
• Must pass a criminal background and child maltreatment check. 

Knowledge and Expertise:

 

Food service experience is preferred but not required.

 

Work Environment:

 

Most job responsibilities for this position are performed in an indoor school environment that is temperature controlled (heated and cooled) according to the season. Noise levels are mostly low to moderate. This position is cognitively demanding and requires especially well-developed professional social skills and communication skills. This job position may experience periods of standing, walking, and sitting. Lifting, pushing, and pulling of greater than 25 pounds may be required.