CAFETERIA

Position Type : Cafeteria Porter

Date Posted : 2 / 4 / 2025

SCHOOL DISTRICT 170

CHICAGO HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS

TITLE : Cafeteria Porter

QUALIFICATIONS : Completion of the 8th grade, with functional skills in reading, writing, and mathematics.

JOB SUMMARY : Performs a variety of routine tasks essential to the operation of serving meals in a school cafeteria.

REPORTS TO : Food Service Director, Food Service Director Assistant and other Central Office Administrators

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT : Salary, benefits and work year to be determined by the Cafeteria Workers Contract.

PENSION SYSTEM : IMRF

RESPONSIBILITIES :

• Load food and supplies onto delivery truck
• Deliver inner district mail
• Organize food and supplies on carts
• Utilize First In, First Out method
• Assist cafeteria staff with heavy food items during lunch hours
• Cleaning spills as they occur in a timely manner
• Return stock back to designated areas
• Shut and secure all refrigerators, freezers, store room doors
• Assist truck porter with unfinished work
• Deliver food for the current day's menu. Pick-up previous days pots, pans, and food items that come back.
• Stage carts for next day's deliveries.
• Keep garbage picked up and empty trash in between lunch periods.
• Put all deliveries away when they have been checked in and rotate stock to use up older items first.
• Take milk to lines five minutes before lunch period starts.
• Sweep and mop storerooms, lines and kitchen daily.
• Keep storerooms and freezers organized.
• Bring out all items for the daily preparation of the menu.
• Put away all food items after the lunch period(s) end.
• Empty garbage cans and wash daily.
• Pick up money pouches from each school at the end of the lunch period(s).
• Help kitchen workers when asked.
• Keep self and uniform neat and clean.
• Perform all work necessary to the operation as directed by the Food Service Director, Food Service Director Assistant, or Head Cook.
• Able to lift 50 pounds