Cafeteria Lead — Nutritious Meals & Service

TrulyHired; Laurens (SC); On-site; USD 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Laurens County School District 55 is seeking a Child Nutrition Operator to prepare and serve nutritious meals for school children while following sanitary practices and quantitative recipes. Maintains cleanliness of the cafeteria and related areas under the Cafeteria Manager's guidance.

The role includes operating kitchen equipment, portioning foods, serving lines, and ensuring food quality and safety standards are met; collaboration with staff and administration is essential.

Qualifications

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and simple correspondence.
• Ability to present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, other employees and/or students.
• Ability to add, subtract two digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's. Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume, and distance.
• Ability to apply simple understanding to carry out detailed but basic written and/or oral instructions.
• Ability to develop effective working relationships with staff and the school community.

Responsibilities

• Assists in the preparation of meal portions which involves cooking and baking using various utensils and appliances; may perform specialized duties such as baking, frying, broiling, etc.
• Always ensures that all foods meet existing standards for quality, freshness, taste, and appearance and ensures that required sanitary levels are maintained throughout the food preparation process.
• Demonstrates the ability to set up the steam table and serving line; serves students and staff from the cafeteria counter; keeps dispensing and related equipment full and operating for service.
• Maintains the cleanliness of the kitchen and cafeteria areas; washes dishes; clears counters, sweeps and mops floors; cleans freezers, coolers, and storage areas.
• Operates and/or utilizes various appliances and equipment such as ovens, stoves, mixers, dishwasher, deep fryer, etc.
• Maintains files of recipes and menu items; estimates food items needed; inspects, weighs, measures, washes and prepares food items for cooking and serving.
• Interacts with immediate supervisor, students, parents, teachers, school staff and administration.
• Performs duties in compliance with safety and health standards; stores stock in an efficient and safe manner.
• Performs other related duties as assigned/required.

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Laurens County School District 55 is seeking a Child Nutrition Operator to prepare and serve nutritious meals for school children while following sanitary practices and quantitative recipes. Maintains cleanliness of the cafeteria and related areas under the Cafeteria Manager's guidance.

The role includes operating kitchen equipment, portioning foods, serving lines, and ensuring food quality and safety standards are met; collaboration with staff and administration is essential.