Food Service Helper-Ottawa

Chippewa Valley Schools•Clinton Township, MI

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Prepares, sets up, and serves food in a district school building in accordance with USDA policy, food service department policy and State of Michigan regulations. This role involves serving as a cashier, washing dishes, pots, pans and utensils, cleaning and sanitizing kitchen surfaces, and stocking food and supplies to assist in maintaining proper inventories. The position is part-time, 3.5 hours per day, from 10:15 am to 1:45 pm, with an hourly wage of $17.29. This role is replacing Jacklyn Combs and is effective immediately.

Requirements

High school diploma or general education degree (G.E.D.).
Must be 18 years of age or older.
Knowledge of general math to count change, required.
Basic knowledge of methods, materials, tools, equipment, occupational hazards, and safety precautions related to food service, required.
Ability to read and interpret district policies, guidelines, handbook, and government regulations, required.
Ability to read and comprehend safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals, required.
Ability to write simple correspondence, required.
Ability to handle cash and complete records requiring basic math skills, required.
Ability and willingness to participate and successfully complete State of Michigan required professional development, required.
Ability to communicate effectively using the English language in writing and verbally with students and school administrators and staff, required.
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form, required.
Ability to solve practical problems involving several concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists, required.
Ability to effectively use basic computer software applications, required.
Ability to handle general clean up duties, required.
Ability to perform job duties using various types of equipment including but not limited to; convection ovens, microwave ovens, range tops, steam kettles, deep fryers, refrigerators, freezers, garbage disposals, kitchen carts, and other commercial food service utensils and equipment
Ability to perform job duties using a variety of cleaning chemicals, required.
Ability to work with others and building relationships, required.
Ability to read, write, and communicate effectively in English to perform essential job duties, including but not limited to understanding and following safety instructions, responding appropriately to emergency situations, completing documentation, and interacting with English-speaking staff, students, community and supervisors, required.
Good verbal and written communication skills, required.
Basic computer skills, required.
Basic Math skills, required.

Nice To Haves

Previous related work experience in food service and/or safe food handling, preferred.
Knowledge of proper handling and storage of food, preferred.
Knowledge of food conversions, preferred.

Responsibilities

Serves lunches to students in order to insure that school lunches comply with school district and state of Michigan food safety, sanitation, and quality standards.
Sets up serving areas with fruits, juices, salads, subs, snacks, and sandwiches; sets up ice trays and other serving trays and plates; places food in hot containers and insures proper temperatures; monitors food temperatures and makes corrective adjustments as necessary.
Serves as a cashier by opening and operating point-of-sale (POS) register to calculate and account for lunch costs for students while insuring that proper meal requirements are being met.
Participates in processing the receipt, stocking, re-stocking and storage of daily school food and supply orders received from the central kitchen and outside vendors; pulls daily stock needed and re-stocks for the following day.
Re-stocking serving lines; re-fills condiments, napkins and silverware trays as needed.
Prepares food items and baking items, as needed.
Performs post-lunch cleaning and next-day preparation such as disposing of left-over food and preparing sinks and proper cleaners and sanitizers and tests water for proper temperature to wash dishes, pots, pans and utensils; re-stocks after cleaning.
Cleans and sanitizes all work stations and all equipment.
Operates and uses kitchen equipment and supplies based on school level.
Performs other related duties as directed by supervisor and/or lead server.