Food Service Helper 6.5 hours - RFA

Rome City School District; City of Rome (NY); On-site; USD 17,000 - 21,000; Part time

Job summary

Rome City School District is accepting applications for a Food Service Helper for a 10-month, 6.5-hour-per-day position from 6:30am to 1:30pm at Rome Free Academy. Experience in food service or customer service is preferred but not required.

The role involves assisting in the preparation and service of food, cleaning kitchen equipment, and may include temporary cook training or cashier duties. This is a labor civil service position with duties to support daily meal service.

Qualifications

• Food service experience is preferred but not required.
• Customer service experience is preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

• Sets tables and clears them from meals.
• Fills sugar bowls and salt and pepper shakers.
• Polishes silverware, tables and chairs.
• Cleans dining rooms and dish and linen closets.
• Cleans, washes and prepares vegetables and fruits for cooking.
• Assists in the preparation of salads and desserts.
• Helps cooks in any phase of their duties.
• Washes dishes, pots and pans by hand or machine.
• Sweeps, mops and cleans the kitchen.
• Undergoes cook training as a temporary assignment.
• May act as a cashier.

Skills

Food service experience

Customer service experience

Job description

FOOD SERVICE HELPER 6.5 HOURS - ROME FREE ACADEMY

The Rome City School District is accepting applications for a Food Service Helper. This is a 10-month position, 6.5 hours per day from 6:30am — 1:30 pm. This is a labor position through civil service. Food service and customer service experience are preferred but not necessary.

GENERAL STATEMENT OF DUTIES:

Assists in the preparation and service of food and in cleaning of kitchen equipment: does related work as required.

DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF THE CLASS:

This routine manual work is performed under immediate supervision in connection with the preparation and service of food. On occasion, Food Service Helpers may perform cooking duties involving lesser degrees of skill than regularly required of employees in the classification of Cook. In some employing agencies, employees may be selected for temporary assignments to train for anticipated vacancies in cooking positions. These assignments are within the scope of this position and do not constitute a promotion, although a specified extra salary may be paid to incumbents while undergoing cook training. These temporary assignments are within the administrative prerogative of the employing agency.

TYPICAL WORK ACTIVITIES:

• Sets tables and clears them from meals;
• Fills sugar bowls and salt and pepper shakers;
• Polishes silverware, tables and chairs;
• Cleans dining rooms and dish and linen closets;
• Cleans, washes and otherwise prepares vegetables and fruits for cooking;
• Assists in the preparation of salads and desserts;
• Helps cooks in any phase of their duties;
• Washes dishes, pots and pans by hand or machine;
• Sweeps, mops and cleans the kitchen;
• Undergoes cook training as a temporary assignment;
• May act as a cashier.

FULL PERFORMANCE KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES AND PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS:

• Working knowledge of the proper methods of serving food and of the care of tableware, glassware, silver and kitchen appliances;
• Ability to follow oral and written directions;
• Good physical condition.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

None is required, but some experience as a helper in a restaurant or hotel dining room or in general domestic work is desirable.