Job Details

Cook

Cooks and cafeteria workers are responsible for the preparation and delivery of meals through the district's food service program. 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, skills and abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Essential duties and responsibilities include:

• Prepare and serve meals and snacks to students
• Clean and sanitize cooking and serving areas
• Occasionally prepare and serve meals outside of the regular school day for special events
• Set up and break down serving lines
• Clock in and out each day they are scheduled to work
• Count money, makes change
• Operate basic kitchen equipment including slicers, fryers, openers and dishwashers
• Operate a cash register
• All other duties as required or assigned

Skills and abilities include:

• Read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence and memos written in English
• Write simple correspondence
• Communicate one on one and in small groups
• Maintain appropriate relationships with students and coworkers
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide and perform those operations using units of American money and weight, volume and distance measurements
• Comprehend and follow detailed but basic written or oral instructions
• Solve simple problems with few variables in stable conditions
• Ability to operate a cash register

Qualifications include:

• High school diploma or GED
• Ability to perform the essential job functions, to take directions, maintain positive relationships and exhibit good grooming and dress
• Experience in large scale food preparation
• Desire to continue career improvement by enhancing skills and job performance

Physical demands include:

• Frequently walk short distances
• Continuously stand
• Frequently bend or twist at the neck and torso
• Continuously grip
• Occasionally reach, stoop, kneel and crouch
• Frequently lift ten pounds and occasionally lift fifty pounds
• Use close, distance and peripheral vision

Conditions and environment include:

• Occasionally work in temperatures that exceed 100 degrees Fahrenheit
• Frequently work in a loud environment; employees may need to raise voices to be heard
• Greater than average risk of minor burns and cuts