Nutrition Services - Production Associate

POSITION: Nutrition Services Production Associate

CATEGORY: Classified

DEPARTMENT: Nutrition Services

LOCATION: Schools

REPORTS TO: Production Supervisor

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Operates all kitchen equipment in a safe and correct manner
• Ensures that all activities conform to District, State Dept of Ed., and USDA standards
• Responds to menu changes effectively and completes tasks as assigned
• Attends meetings and workshops assigned by the Nutrition Services Director
• Prepares food items to be served in given quantities and at a stated time
• Reads and follows recipes and production records
• Cleans and sanitizes equipment properly
• Follows standardized recipes carefully, weighs and measures food ingredients accurately
• Maintains a clean work area and follows proper food handling to maintain food quality and ensure food safety
• Serves meals to adults and students through the serving line during service hours, following the USDA regulations
• Ensures students have been served all the essential meal components of a reimbursable school lunch or breakfast
• Follows proper food handling to maintain food quality and ensure food safety
• Maintains District’s Charge Policy, including proper notices to families
• Responsible for charging the correct price for food and/or meals; making accurate change, and depositing all monies collected daily as assigned
• Completes daily USDA required paperwork, including but not limited to as assigned:
• Meal Count and FS4 Forms for all programs, and program documentation
• NIS student lists
• Daily Deposit Record and Ticket
• Cash Transaction Log with Receipts
• Refund/Transfer Requests
• Responsible for keeping an accurate roster of students participating in the lunch program
• Operates point of sale terminal
• Supports the philosophy and mission of the Nampa School District and the Child Nutrition Department
• Performs other duties as assigned
  
  

Supervisory Responsibilities

None

Qualification Requirements

To perform 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/Or Experience

• High School diploma or general education degree (GED) preferred;
• Equivalent combination of education and nutrition service experience preferred.
  
  

Certificates, Licenses, Registration

• SNA Certification Level 1 or willing to obtain.
• USDA Required Professional Standards, minimum of 6 hours of continuing education/training yearly or willing to obtain.
  
  

Additional Skills

Ability to work with fellow employees, district staff and vendors providing a quality level of customer service.

LANGUAGE And WRITING SKILLS

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of students and/or employees of the district.

Mathematical Skills

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent. Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.

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. Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exits. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee 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 employee is required to sit, stand and walk; reach with hands and arms; the ability to use close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus; and the ability to communicate through speech. Requires physical exertion to manually move, lift, carry, pull, or push heavy objects up to 40 lbs.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individual’s disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee works inside in a noisy environment and on occasion in and around fumes and odors.

Terms Of Employment

Calendar day assignment

Nampa School District #131 is an equal opportunity employer/educator with an alcohol, drug and tobacco free environment, and does not unlawfully discriminate in employment. Equal access to employment, services, and programs is available to all persons. Those applicants requiring reasonable accommodations to the application and/or interview process should notify a representative of the organization. The information contained in this job