Food Service Assistant Cook

Reports To: Cafeteria Manager Summary: Perform cooking duties under direction of Cook and Cafeteria Manager. To provide nutritional and attractive meals and ala carte selections to schools as specified while ensuring that proper safety and sanitation standards are maintained. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: -Preparation of high quality food items according to standardized recipes or instructions in a fast, efficient manner in order to meet production, delivery and service schedules. -Use correct portioning, meet USDA minimum standards, and ensure that food is at the correct temperatures and is attractive and tasty. Store leftovers following safe food handling procedures while dating and rotating stock. -Clean kitchen after preparation and serving, maintaining high standards of cleanliness and storing excess food properly. -Keep refrigerators and storerooms clean and neat. All food and supply items are to be stored properly. -Operate and maintain kitchen equipment as instructed. -Assist in production planning, record keeping and reporting as required. -Assist with ordering supplies and food needed for area of responsibility. Assist in ordering and receiving of all food and supplies. -Follow correct procedures for safety and sanitation at all times. Holds a Serve Safe certificate. -Report needed maintenance, faulty equipment, or accidents to the cafeteria manager and Food Service Director immediately. -Attend in-service and/or safety meetings as required. -Work effectively and maintain good working relationships with co-workers, school personnel, administrators, students, parents and Food Service Director. -Maintain clean and safe work environment; ability to perform job safely. -Other duties may be assigned. Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Education and Experience: High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three months’ related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Language Skills: Ability to read, understand and speak basic English to perform essential functions of the job. Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one to customers and other employees of the organization. Mathematical Skills: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals Reasoning Ability: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations. Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the associate is regularly required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to walk, sit, climb or balance, and talk or hear. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an associate encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Must be in full uniform each day. While performing the duties of this job, the associate is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually very loud. Disclaimer: This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, tasks, requirements, efforts or working conditions associated with the job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to modify essential functions of the job, or to require that other or different tasks be performed when circumstances change (i.e. emergencies, changes)