CHILD NUTRITION ASSISTANT II

BASIC FUNCTION:

Under the direction of an assigned supervisor, assists in cooking main dishes, meats, and vegetables; baking bread and desserts, and serving food at an assigned school site or location; maintains food serving and preparation areas in a clean and sanitary condition; sells food, snacks, and beverages to students and staff.

DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS:

Incumbents in the Child Nutrition Assistant II classification perform lead duties in the absence of the Child Nutrition Manager and are assigned more complex food service duties than a Child Nutrition Assistant I. 

Assists in cooking and prepares foods in accordance with menus, recipes, and procedures including required adjustments for dietary restrictions for the assigned location, multiple educational food programs, and extracurricular activities.

Provides work direction to food service staff and performs the duties and responsibilities of the Child Nutrition Manager in their absence or as assigned.

Sets up steam tables; sets out trays, utensils, food, and beverages; counts trays and remaining beverages after meals.

Portions out and serves food to students and staff according to established guidelines.

Prepares fruits, vegetables, and other foods for serving or cooking; assists in preparing foods such as salads, salad dressings, soups, French fries, hot and cold sandwiches, sliced meats, and sliced or grated cheese.

Prepares and sells a variety of hot and cold foods and beverages in a cafeteria, on carts, and alternate points of meal distribution.

Operates and sanitizes a variety of standard kitchen equipment such as dishwashers, mixers, slicers, graters, can openers, steam tables, warmers, and ovens.

Washes and prepares eating and serving areas; washes dishes, trays, pots, pans, utensils, and food service equipment; cleans and sanitizes facilities according to established health regulations and standards; ensures spills on the floor and all serving areas are cleaned immediately for safety.

Performs scheduled heavy cleaning of the facility and equipment including but not limited to sweeping and mopping of storage room, fridge, and freezer.

Assists Child Nutrition Managers in training, assigning, and monitoring the performance of assigned Child Nutrition Assistants; trains substitute employees and student helpers, including students with disabilities as assigned; provides input to the Child Nutrition Managers in the evaluation of assigned personnel.

Assists in receiving food deliveries and stores food items according to established procedures; assists with periodic inventory; assists in storing unused food and supplies according to established procedures.

Assists with counting food items served and money received; collects money for purchases as assigned; verifies qualifications for students receiving free and reduced meals; operates cash register or makes proper change from cash box; counts money and returns money, food, and beverages to cafeteria following meal periods.

Operates a computer, phone, and cash register as assigned.

Must attend meetings and training workshops to maintain current knowledge of State and Federal school lunch requirements, nutritional needs and values, and other food service-related topics throughout employment; complete at least 4 to 6 hours of annual continuing education and training per United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and California Department of Education (CDE) standards.

Performs related duties as assigned.

Any combination of experience, education, and training that would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying. A typical combination would be the following:

Education:

Individuals possessing the experience, knowledge, and abilities listed above are considered to possess the necessary education. 

Experience:

One (1) year of paid experience in preparing food in large quantities, service, and kitchen maintenance in a commercial, institutional or school cafeteria setting. 

Language Requirements:

None

Licenses and Certifications:

Must have a current Food Safety Manager Certificate from a nationally recognized Food Safety program and must be maintained throughout employment.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

Work Environment:

Kitchen, cafeteria, and related food service environment; subject to heat from ovens, cold from walk-in freezers and refrigerators, and working with sharp knives, slicers, metal objects used in cooking and baking and equipment with moving parts.

Physical Requirements:

Employees must be physically able to perform the essential duties of a position with or without reasonable accommodation and without hazard to themselves or others.

• Stand and walk for extended periods of time
• Safely lift, move, carry, push, or pull objects and equipment weighing up to 40 pounds
• Mobility of arms, dexterity of hands and fingers to operate kitchen equipment, computer, or other office machines, tools, or controls
• Carry, push, or pull food carts and steam tables
• Kneeling, bending at the waist, stoop, and reaching overhead above the shoulders and horizontally See to measure quantities of food and ingredients or serve food
• To exchange information, must possess visual acuity and the ability to speak and hear

Persons with disabilities may be able to perform the essential duties of this class with reasonable accommodation. Reasonable accommodation will be evaluated on an individual basis and depend, in part, on the specific requirements for the job, the limitations related to disability and the ability of the selection authority to accommodate the limitation.

All applications must be submitted online. Applications and requests for testing will not be accepted after the recruitment closing date and time. Applicants may be rejected on the basis of an incomplete application or failure to meet minimum qualifications. The application is part of the selection process and is part of an overall assessment of acceptability for employment. All information provided is subject to independent verification of its accuracy. It is the responsibility of the applicant to provide correct contact information by which to be notified.

Note: You will eventually be disqualified in the recruitment process if you fail to disclose relevant information regarding your conviction history. It is the disclosure of the conviction that is most important in many cases.

DISABILITY ACCOMMODATION

Requests for reasonable accommodations for the testing process must be made no less than two (2) days prior to the examination by emailing jsanchez@bassettusd.org or calling 626-931-7984.

EXAM PROTESTS

Protest of any part of the exam process must be in writing and submitted to the Personnel Director no later than five (5) working days from the date you participated in the exam. Any protest must include rationale to support the protest and shall include supporting documentation or references. Protests must be based on illegal discrimination, abuse of discretion, or procedure/process error. Protests should NOT be based on receiving unexpected results. We cannot be responsible for lost mail, misdirected mail, or failure of mail to be delivered after it has been entrusted to the U.S. Postal Service.

ESTABLISHMENT OF ELIGIBILITY

Candidates who are successful in all screening and testing stages will be placed on an eligibility list. Typically, an eligibility list for a classification expires after one (1) year. Candidates on the expired eligibility list are no longer considered for positions within the class. Eligibility lists may be extended beyond one year or expire sooner than one year. Eligibility lists may be merged, in which case candidate ranks may change.

SELECTION PROCESS

Candidates on the eligibility list will be called in rank order to participate in final selection interviews with the hiring manager until three ranks of candidates have accepted the invitation to interview. Ranks may include ties so more than three candidates may be called to interview for one vacancy. Please note that candidates will be removed from the eligibility list for declining the invitation to interview more than three (3) times.

OFFERS OF EMPLOYMENT

Official offers of employment are ONLY made by the Bassett Unified School District Personnel Commission office. Offers are subject to satisfactory completion of ALL the pre-employment processing including: successful completion of a drug test, tuberculosis examination, fingerprint clearance by the California Department of Justice, and proof of eligibility to work in the United States.

ADVANCED STEP PLACEMENT

All new regular classified employees shall be paid in accordance with the salary range established for the class to which assigned. Initial placement will normally be the first step of the salary range. However, a new employee may receive advanced step placement with an approval from the Personnel Commission. Requests for advanced step must be submitted in writing to the Personnel Commission office before the employee's first day of work. 

Approval will be based on the following criteria:

a. Additional qualifying experience beyond that required for entry into the class.

b. Additional education at the college level when related to the position, beyond the established educational requirements for entry into the class.

c. Evidence of currently receiving a salary greater than the first step of the salary for the classification.

Salary : $18 - $23