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About The Position

The Dietary Aide performs food-service and kitchen-cleaning duties according to the needs of the shift. The role reports to the Cook and Dietary Supervisor and has no supervisory responsibilities. Duties include preparing and serving meals and snacks, operating and monitoring the dishwasher, storing groceries, and keeping the kitchen and work areas clean and sanitary. The aide is expected to cooperate with personnel across departments and participate in orientation and ongoing training for dietary staff. Applicants must have a high school diploma or equivalent and obtain and maintain a food handlers’ certificate. They must be able to read technical procedures and recipes, communicate information effectively, apply basic mathematical concepts to practical situations, solve practical problems, and follow written, oral, diagrammed, or scheduled instructions. The role involves frequent standing or walking, reaching, pushing or pulling, talking or hearing, tasting or smelling, and lifting up to 50 pounds. Sitting and climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling occur occasionally. The work environment is usually low to moderate in noise. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or equivalent.
  • Must obtain and maintain a food handlers’ certificate.
  • Ability to learn food-service routines within a short period.
  • Ability to read technical procedures and follow recipes.
  • Ability to present information effectively and respond to questions from managers and employees.
  • Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
  • Ability to solve practical problems and interpret written, oral, diagrammed, or scheduled instructions.
  • Ability to perform the stated physical demands, including frequently lifting up to 50 pounds.

Responsibilities

  • Learn the food-service routine within a short period.
  • Set up meal trays.
  • Strip down returned trays and begin washing dishes.
  • Assist with serving meals.
  • Check and record the dishwashing machine’s chlorine concentration and water temperature at the beginning of the shift.
  • Observe dishwasher water temperatures during dishwashing cycles.
  • Operate the dishwasher.
  • Prepare nourishments and snacks.
  • Sweep and mop the kitchen and maintain the floors.
  • Carry out trash and garbage.
  • Put groceries away in a safe, orderly, and clean manner.
  • Leave the kitchen clean and sanitary and assist when called upon by the cook or dietary supervisor.
  • Clean work surfaces and refrigerators.
  • Participate in the orientation and ongoing training of dietary staff.
  • Work cooperatively and harmoniously with personnel in all departments.

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