Cafeteria Food Tech - Gonzales
About The Position
This role involves preparing food using standardized recipes, ensuring accurate measurements, and employing correct food preparation techniques. The Food Tech is responsible for meeting time schedules, monitoring food quality, and maintaining a clean and sanitary kitchen environment. This includes practicing regular equipment maintenance, proper storage of deliveries, and adhering to established sanitation techniques. Serving correct food portions, maintaining proper cooking and holding temperatures, and utilizing food merchandising techniques are also key responsibilities. The position requires accurate reporting and documentation of food usage, as well as performing assigned record-keeping tasks, including food and equipment temperatures. Receiving and storing deliveries, fostering a harmonious team environment by assisting coworkers, and reporting or correcting unsafe work conditions are essential. The role requires positive and professional interaction with students, faculty, administration, and others regarding the Child Nutrition Program (CNP). Driving a company vehicle may be required, along with performing other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Must have a high school diploma or graduate education diploma (GED).
- Must complete the Louisiana Department of Education’s Professional Standards Training requirements each year.
- Must have successfully completed the Phase I training course within first year of hire.
- Oral and written English proficiency.
- Basic math skills, including addition, subtraction, and multiplication for currency exchange and recipe extension.
- Interpersonal skills.
- Delegation skills.
- Motivation skills.
- Supervisory skills.
- Knowledge of kitchen operations.
- Good personal health/hygiene.
- Knowledge of safety procedures.
- Knowledge of proper food handling, storage, temperature, and portion sizes.
- Knowledge of federal, state, and local board child nutrition policies and procedures.
- Ability to write, read, and follow written instructions, schedules, recipes, warnings, and other printed information.
- Ability to learn computer application programs.
- Operating knowledge of and experience with basic cafeteria equipment.
- Regularly required to stand for long periods of time, walk, climb, balance, or stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
- Use hands to finger, handle, or feel.
- Reach with hands and arms.
- Talk or hear.
- Frequently move and/or lift objects weighing up to 25lbs alone and up to 50 lbs. with assistance.
- Specific vision abilities required include close vision and ability to adjust focus.
- Regularly required to compare, analyze, communicate, instruct, compute, synthesize, evaluate, use interpersonal skills, compile, and negotiate.
- Frequently required to coordinate.
- Occasionally required to copy.
Nice To Haves
- Previous school cafeteria experience.
Responsibilities
- Prepare food using standardized recipes, accurate measurements, and correct food preparation techniques.
- Prepare food according to time schedules to meet deadlines and monitor food quality during preparation.
- Clean and maintain safe and sanitary kitchen and equipment by practicing regular equipment maintenance, storing deliveries, and using established sanitation techniques.
- Serve correct food portions using acceptable sanitation techniques in food handling and maintaining correct cooking and holding temperatures and utilizing food merchandising techniques.
- Accurately and properly report and document amount of food used and left over.
- Perform record keeping as assigned including but not limited to food temperatures and equipment temperatures (Freezer(s), Cooler(s), etc).
- Receive and date food/supply deliveries and put away inventory in assigned storage area(s).
- Foster a harmonious team environment by assisting coworkers with scheduled work demands.
- Correct and /or report unsafe work conditions and use safe working procedures.
- Interact positively and professionally with students, faculty, administration and others regarding the CNP.
- Drive company vehicle if needed.
- Perform other duties and assignments as needed.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
