Cook's Helper

Position Status & Special Application Instructions

Position Status & Special Application Instructions

Posting Number

CS00544

RIC Position Number

5550-40100-124

Benefits Eligible?

Section

Number of Positions Available

Anticipated Start Date or Semester

Posting Date

01 / 08 / 2025

Position Status

Restricted - C

End of Restricted or Limited Position

07 / 12 / 2025

Civil Service List

Closing Date

Open Until Filled

Special Instructions / Information for Applicants

At time of appointment, applicant must be physically qualified to perform assigned duties as evidenced by a physician’s certificate.

Upon hire, candidate may be required to arrange for an official transcript of highest degree earned to be mailed / transmitted directly from the institution to RIC.

General Information to Applicants

Posting Details

Classification Information

Salary Grade

309CA

Min Salary

40800

Max Salary

43526

Added Salary For this Position

2.00 / hr shift differential

FLSA

Non-Exempt

Branch of Service

classified

Labor Code

Council 94 Local 2878

AA / EEO / ADA Statement

As an Affirmative Action / Equal Opportunity institution that values and is committed to inclusion and expanding the diversity of its faculty and staff, the College invites members of protected classes, including minorities and persons with disabilities, to identify themselves as such at the time of application.

Position Information

Position Title

Cook's Helper

Department Name

College Dining Services

Full Time / Part Time

part time

General Statement of Duties

To work as a helper to a cook or baker by performing simple tasks in the preparation of foods and beverages (hot or cold) in a kitchen of a state institution; or, to perform food service duties in a dining room or cafeteria served by this kitchen; to work in the food preparation areas or to operate the pan and rack washing machine in the central food processing plant; or to perform those duties necessary to maintain cleanliness in the kitchen and related areas; and to do related work as required.

Supervision Received

To work under the close supervision of a superior from whom are received detailed and explicit instructions; work is reviewed for compliance with such instructions.

Supervision Exercised

As required, may supervise the work of patient or inmate help.

Scheduled Work Week / Hours / Area

18 Hours per week

Academic Year

Donovan Dining Center

Sunday, 10 : 00AM to 8 : 30PM

Monday & Tuesday, 4 : 00PM – 8 : 00PM

Service / Production (as directed by supervisor)

Opportunities for summer work may be available based on seniority, however, hours and days off may vary to meet operational needs.

Position Overview

The dining services at Rhode Island College serves residents, commuters, faculty and staff, and visitors providing food service at the Donovan Dining Center (DDC) and our Beestro Cafe. DDC is an integral part of student life on campus offering breakfast, lunch, and dinner daily. Dining Services also provides catered services and vending services throughout campus.

Reports To

Interim Director, Dining and Retail Services

Illustrative Examples of Work Performed

As assigned to work as helper under the close supervision of a cook by performing such duties as : to wash, peel, chop, dice, or grind vegetables, fruits, and other foods for cooking or for salads; to do other simple work in food preparation such as : making toast, coffee, tea, chocolate; preparing cereal, cooking eggs; making sandwiches; stirring soup; boiling potatoes or other vegetables; to assemble diet trays and as instructed arranges food thereon to be served to patients; loads food onto food trucks or paces food in receptacles in steam tables; to set up dining tables for service; and as required to serve food to persons in a cafeteria from steam tables; to collect trays, soiled dishes, cutlery, glassware, etc. after meals and to dispose (swill) of scrap or leftover foods; to wash dishes manually or in an automatic dishwashing machine and to wash cutlery and glassware and to put them in their designated places for reuse; to clean and wash food trucks, dishwashing machines, iceboxes, walk-in refrigerators and other kitchen equipment and utensils; to clean and wash down the kitchen cafeteria and related dining areas; and to do related work as required.

As assigned to work as a helper under the close supervision of a baker by performing such duties as : to assemble materials and to weigh, measure, and as instructed mix ingredients by hand or in an electric powered mixing machine to roll dough, and fill pans with dough or batter : to place goods to be baked in, and remove them from ovens to perform such tasks as carrying materials to a baker or to machines, depositing ingredients in containers, greasing pans, lining pans with greased paper or other appropriate lining; to move racks or rack trucks of dough and / or batter, or baked goods to and from ovens; to clean bakery areas and related equipment and utensils and to do related work as required.

As assigned, to work in the central food processing plant by performing such duties as : to work as a helper to cooks, bakers and meat cutters in performing such tasks as assembling, portioning, packaging and transporting of materials, to operate a pan and rack washing machine; to wash pots and pans; to clean work areas and refrigerators; and to do related work as required.

Education

Sufficient to follow simple verbal and written directions and to generate simple sums and differences; and

Experience

Such as may have been gained through : employment as a helper in a kitchen or bakery in a hospital, hotel or restaurant which required the performance of routine work in food preparation, food service and various tasks incidental to the preparation of food in a kitchen or bakery, and food service in a dining room or cafeteria.

Or Combination of Education and Experience

Any combination of education and experience that shall be substantially equivalent to the above education and experience.

Or Combination of Education and Experience

Additional Required Qualifications

Knowledges Skills and Capacities

A familiarity with the methods and procedures applied in the cooking or baking of food, and in food service and in cleaning of kitchen or bakery areas; the ability to understand and follow simple verbal or written directions; the ability to exercise care in the handling, washing, drying and storing of cooking or baking equipment, and glassware; and related capacities and abilities.

Preferred Qualifications

Valid State Driver’s License

NSF Food Safety Certificate

State of RI Food Safety Manager Certificate

Number of Employees Supervised