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Food Service Team Member - 2026/2027 School Year
Central Decatur Community School Distrist is seeking dedicated candidates who have a passion for children to join our food service team for the 2026-2027 school year. Eligible candidate will work with a great team, interact with students, and support children each day!
Core Responsibilities
- Meal Service: Assist with food preparation and serve breakfast and lunch to students and staff.
- Team Collaboration: Work cooperatively alongside other food service employees during peak student serving times.
- Kitchen Safety & Hygiene: Follow Standard Operting Procedures (SOPs) and recipes exactly while using knives and slicers safely.
- Compliance: Maintain meticulous handwashing techniques, proper glove usage, and wear required hairnets and aprons.
- Record Keeping: Keep accurate daily logs of food items and food preparation temperatures.
- Logistics: Transport food items and supplies from the main kitchen to the serving kitchen using carts down the hallway.
- Professionalism: Maintain a friendly attitude, clean personal hygiene, and strictly protect student and staff confidentiality.
Working Conditions & Physical Demands
- Physical Labor: Stand for long periods on cement floors, twist, squat, and perform highly repetitive motions (such as using a serving dipper).
- Heavy lifting: Lift objects over 50 pounds, lfit items over your head, and safely squat to retrieve heavy objects from the floor.
- Environment: Operate efficiently in a noisy, fast-paced kitchen environment.
- Temperature Shifts: Handle hot pans, retrieve hot heavy items from commercial ovens, and to work in a hot, humid environment or cold walk-in freezers for short durations.