Asst 7hr, Stdt Nutr
About The Position
The Assistant 7 Hour Student Nutrition follows Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) and Student Nutrition Services guidelines and procedures. Under immediate supervision, this role performs manual work preparing, serving, and cashiering federal reimbursable meals and a la carte foods for students and staff. The position also supports safe food handling, accurate meal and cash accountability, customer service, and the cleanliness and readiness of cafeteria and kitchen areas. The role requires sufficient kitchen or cooking experience to acquire the specified knowledge and abilities. It also requires basic computer skills, the ability to read and interpret safety rules and procedure manuals, write routine reports and correspondence, communicate effectively, perform basic arithmetic, and follow detailed instructions in standardized situations. Physical activities include walking, standing, stooping, squatting, handling, talking, hearing, tasting, smelling, and keyboarding. The employee may lift up to 35 pounds and reach overhead with either hand. The work environment may involve loud noise, extreme cold or heat, and proximity to moving mechanical parts.
Requirements
- Sufficient kitchen or cooking experience to acquire the specified knowledge and ability.
- Basic computer skills.
- Ability to read and interpret safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
- Ability to write routine reports and correspondence and speak effectively before groups.
- Ability to add and subtract two-digit numbers and multiply and divide with 10s and 100s, including using American money and units of weight, volume, and distance.
- Ability to follow detailed but uncomplicated written or oral instructions and address problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
- Ability to perform the listed physical activities and lift up to 35 pounds.
- Meet teamwork, dependability, attendance, punctuality, personal appearance, hygiene, and customer-service expectations.
Responsibilities
- Assist students during meal service, promoting a pleasant experience while ensuring compliance with health, safety, and school rules.
- Prepare, cook, and serve hot and cold foods; provide correct portions and menu items; and replenish the serving line.
- Take and record food temperatures during preparation and service, and follow corrective-action procedures when temperatures are outside safe zones.
- Set up meal serving lines with appropriate paper products and utensils, and display food attractively.
- Provide friendly, respectful customer service, keep serving areas neat, and encourage healthy food choices.
- Enter meal components correctly, document emergency meal transactions, handle cash and checks accurately, check alerts for special diets, and follow end-of-day cash-control procedures.
- Receive, check in, and stock food; check out food for production; and organize storage rooms, refrigerators, and freezers.
- Maintain program accountability and compliance with federal, state, local, and district requirements; accurately complete production, HACCP, meal-accountability, and cash-procedure documentation.
- Circulate through the cafeteria to assist students, encourage good table manners, and promote balanced meals and trying unfamiliar foods.
- Assist Student Nutrition Services staff with special-diet requests to ensure students receive appropriate food.
- Help conduct food tastings with the manager and staff, offer samples of new foods, encourage students to try them, and solicit feedback.
- Prepare and clean allergy-free tables according to established procedures.
- Keep cafeteria tables clean and clear of spills and trash, and prepare the cafeteria for the next group after dismissing classes according to the school schedule.
- Clean the serving line; store food, beverages, and paper goods properly; clean and turn off equipment; and help clean the kitchen, dish area, and storage areas.
- Perform other duties as assigned; duties may change based on district needs.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
