School Food SVC Asst III - Multiple Locations & Various Hours East Orlando

Orange County Public Schools • Orlando, FL

7d • Onsite

About The Position

Under direction, the purpose of this position is to perform skilled food preparation, service, and clean-up tasks for an assigned school within the district. Employees in this classification possess previous vocational training and/or experience in commercial or industrial food preparation and service, and demonstrate a high degree of knowledge, skills, and abilities in the field. Incumbents generally function in a head cook or lead worker capacity, providing training, instruction, and assistance to lesser-skilled personnel. Functional areas include snack bar, salad bar, cashiering, vegetable and fruit preparation, baking, cooking, set up, and cleaning. Daily duties are accomplished through the collaborative work effort of all lunchroom staff. The work objective is to provide staff and students with nutritionally balanced and environmentally safe meals in accordance with established serving schedules and regulatory standards governing the food service industry. Performs related work as directed.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED preferred
• Supplemented by three (3) years progressively knowledgeable and skilled food service industry experience or an equivalent combination of education, experience or training.
• Must have the ability to fulfill the physical requirements of the job.
• Must pass written and practical culinary test in Nutrition, culinary skills, quantity food preparation, and use of equipment or be eligible to be certificated in these areas within six (6) months.
• If do not pass test or meet stated certification eligibility, will be moved to a School Food Service Assistant level I position until all requirements have been met successfully.
• Effective July 1, 2007, all new hires to this position must successfully complete the Industrial Physical Capability Screening (IPCS); previous incumbents holding this position without a break in service are not required to have this screening.

Nice To Haves

• Previous vocational training and/or experience in commercial or industrial food preparation and service
• Demonstrate a high degree of knowledge, skills, and abilities in the field of food service

Responsibilities

• Responds to internal and external customers in a timely, accurate, courteous, and empathetic manner representing OCPS in a positive light.
• Functions as a head cook or lead worker, providing training, instruction, and guidance to trainees and lesser-skilled personnel.
• Performs planning activities, such as reviewing menus for item availability, ordering required menu inventories, and ordering materials and supplies.
• Assists supervisor, as required, in daily accounting, receipts balancing, and inventory and ordering tasks.
• Performs food preparation, service, and clean-up duties in one or more functional areas (snack bar, salad bar, cashiering, food preparation, baking, cooking, set up, clean up).
• Performs set-up activities, such as assembling trays and carts, preparing condiments, assembling service lines, stocking utensils and napkins, reviewing menus, and retrieving stock.
• Performs food preparation activities, such as assembling recipe/menu items, washing and cutting fruits and vegetables, slicing breads and meats, opening canned goods, and mixing ingredients.
• Performs cooking activities, such as baking breads and desserts, steaming vegetables, and baking meats and main dishes.
• Performs serving activities, such as filling serving trays, measuring and monitoring quantities to ensure sufficient amounts, and maintaining temperatures.
• Performs accounting and recording activities, such as accepting payments, making change, recording charges, inventorying supplies, checking daily receipts, and totaling numbers served.
• Performs clean-up activities, such as washing and cleaning equipment, sweeping and mopping floors, wiping down surfaces and service areas, recycling cans and cardboard, and cleaning trays and food pans.
• Performs closing activities, such as returning food to stock, refrigerating or freezing foods, properly storing leftovers, putting away equipment and food pans, and dismantling carts and salad bars.
• Operates various manual and electrically powered industrial food preparation equipment, such as steam kettles, stack and convection ovens, food slicers and choppers, mixers, and grinders.
• Adheres to district policies and procedures and all applicable regulatory standards governing food handling and service in educational institutions.
• Must be able to effectively use Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) during the execution of job duties.
• Must be able to use Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) during the execution of job duties.
• Works collaboratively with other lunchroom staff to ensure daily food service responsibilities adhere to established schedules.
• Responsible for keeping up to date on current technology, as job appropriate, being used by OCPS.
• Attends training to ensure skill level in various technologies is at the level required to perform in the current position.
• Responsible for timely and accurate information they maintain as part of their job responsibilities.

Benefits

• The Orange County School District is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
• In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Orange County School District will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities and encourages both prospective and current employees to discuss potential accommodations with the employer.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED