Asst 7hr, Stdt Nutr

Hillsborough County Public Schools•Ruskin, FL

About The Position

The Assistant 7 Hour Student Nutrition follows Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) and Student Nutrition Services (SNS) guidelines and procedures. Under immediate supervision, the role performs manual work preparing, serving, and cashiering federal reimbursable meals and à la carte foods for students and staff. The assistant supports meal service, prepares and serves food, maintains food-safety temperatures and records, sets up and cleans serving areas, provides customer service, and handles meal transactions and cash accurately. The role also receives and stores food, maintains program and production records, supports students with special dietary needs, and helps maintain clean and orderly cafeteria, kitchen, dish, and storage areas. Additional duties may be assigned according to district needs.

Requirements

Sufficient kitchen or cooking experience to acquire the specified knowledge and ability.
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 of individuals.
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 solve problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
Basic computer skills.
Ability to meet the position's physical demands, including walking, standing, stooping, squatting, handling, talking, hearing, tasting, smelling, keyboarding, and lifting up to 35 pounds.
Ability to work in loud conditions and around extreme cold, extreme heat, and moving mechanical parts.

Responsibilities

Assist students during meal service, circulate through the cafeteria, and help ensure compliance with health, safety, and school rules.
Prepare, cook, and serve hot and cold food items, provide correct portions and menu items, and replenish the serving line.
Take and record food temperatures during preparation and service, and follow required corrective-action procedures when temperatures are outside safe zones.
Set up meal serving lines with the correct paper products and utensils, and display food attractively.
Provide friendly and respectful customer service, keep serving areas neat and clean, 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 rules and procedures; accurately complete production, HACCP, meal-accountability, and cash documentation.
Encourage good table manners and balanced meals, and encourage students to try unfamiliar foods.
Assist SNS staff with special-diet requests and ensure students receive appropriate food for dietary or preference requests.
Assist with food tastings by offering samples of new foods and soliciting student feedback.
Prepare and clean allergy-free tables according to established procedures.
Clean cafeteria tables and prepare the cafeteria for the next group of students, dismissing classes in an orderly manner according to the school schedule.
Clean the serving line, properly store food, beverages, and paper goods, turn off equipment as required, and assist with cleaning the kitchen, dish area, and storage areas.
Perform other duties as assigned.