Cafeteria Worker

Child Nutrition Requirements:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE High School Diploma or equivalent preferred. Must have a Food Handler’s Permit.
• LANGUAGE SKILLS: Ability to read and interpret written information related to cafeteria, as provided by Cafeteria Manager or Director of Child Nutrition.
• MATHEMATICAL SKILLS: Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
• REASONING ABILITY: Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.

Child Nutrition Essential Functions

• Daily preparation, cooking, and serving of food (e.g. regular food items, special diets, students with allergies, etc. ) for the purpose of providing students and staff with food of high nutritious quality as well as meeting individual needs.

• Cleans linens, utensils, equipment, and storage, food preparation and serving areas for the purpose of maintaining required sanitary conditions.

• Evaluates prepared food for flavor, appearance, and temperature for the purpose of providing items that will be accepted by students and staff.

• Inspects food items and/or supplies for the purpose of verifying quantity, quality and specifications of orders and/or complying with mandated health standards.

• Inventories food, condiments and supplies for the purpose of ensuring availability of items required for meeting projected menu requirements.

• Maintains equipment, storage, food preparation and serving areas in a sanitary condition for the purpose of complying with current health standards.

• Maintains records and reports (e.g. counting and recording the amount of leftovers, number of opened cans, student lunch balances, collection and reconciliation of money, informing students of their lunch balances, etc. ) for the purpose of keeping an accurate record of food used and student accounts.

• Merchandises food and beverage items for the purpose of serving them to students and staff in an efficient manner.

• Monitors kitchen and cafeteria areas (e.g. proper charging procedures for items taken, employee safety, working procedures, etc.) for the purpose of ensuring a safe and sanitary working environment.

• Performs functions of other nutritional service positions as requested by manager (e.g. cashiering, etc.) for the purpose of ensuring adequate staff coverage within site nutritional services operations.

• Prepares food and beverage items according to standardized recipes and established food preparation procedures (e.g. regular food items, deli sandwiches, baked goods, etc.) for the purpose of meeting mandated nutritional and projected meal requirements.

• Receives food items and/or supplies and places them in designated areas utilizing temperature requirements and food spoilage guidelines for the purpose of ensuring availability of items required for meeting projected menu requirements.

• Reports needed supplies and equipment malfunctions for the purpose of notifying cafeteria manager of needed items and repair and/or replacement.

• Serves the appropriate number of food items for the purpose of meeting mandated nutritional requirements and/or requests of students and school personnel.

• Attends in-service training, workshops, etc. for the purpose of gathering information required to perform job functions.

Job Type: Full-time

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $12.00 - $17.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid sick time
• Paid time off
• Paid training
• Vision insurance

Shift:

• 8 hour shift

Work Location: In person

Salary : $12 - $17