Food Service Worker Full Time

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; Brockton (MA); On-site; USD 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking Food Service Workers for the VA Boston Healthcare System. This full-time position involves preparing and serving food, maintaining kitchen cleanliness, and ensuring safety protocols while handling kitchen equipment. Candidates should have experience or training in food service work and a strong commitment to quality and safety.

Qualifications

• Must show evidence of training or experience for performing Food Service duties.
• Experience from paid or unpaid work, including volunteer roles, counts as qualifying experience.

Responsibilities

• Perform food service tasks requiring light to moderate physical effort.
• Handle heavy cooking utensils and deliver supplies.
• Work in conditions involving high temperatures and possible hazards.

Skills

Dexterity

Reliability

Ability to Follow Directions

Work Practices

Special Aptitude - Food Service Work

Job description

These Food Service Worker positions are located within the Nutrition & Food Service at the VA Boston Healthcare System within VISN 1. These positions are Full Time.

Duties

Major duties and responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

EXPERIENCE: A specific length of training and experience is not required, but you must show evidence of training or experience of sufficient scope and quality of your ability to do the work of this position. Evidence which demonstrates you possess the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform the duties of this position must be supported by detailed descriptions of such on your resume. Applicants will be rated in accordance with the OPM Federal Wage System Qualification Standards.

SCREEN-OUT ELEMENT: Your qualifications will first be evaluated against the prescribed screen out element, which usually appears as question 1 in the online questionnaire. Those applicants who appear to possess at least the minimal acceptable qualification requirement are considered for further rating; those who do not are rated ineligible and are eliminated. The potential eligibles are then rated against the remainder of the Job Elements:

• Dexterity and Safety
• Follow Directions
• Handle Weights and Loads
• Reliability And Dependability
• Special Aptitude - Food Service Work
• Work Practices

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment.

Physical Requirements/Working Conditions: Food Service Workers perform work requiring light to moderate physical effort. They may be required to perform heavy work, such as scouring and scrubbing large size cooking utensils and pushing heavy carts and trucks in unloading, storing, and delivering supplies. They are subject to continuous standing and walking, and frequent stooping, reaching, pushing, pulling, and bending. They frequently lift or move objects weighing up to 20 pounds unassisted and occasionally lift or move objects weighing more than 40 pounds with the assistance of others. The work is performed in kitchen areas where the steam and heat from cooking and dishwashing equipment often cause uncomfortably high temperatures and humidity. The work area is well-lighted but usually noisy from food service activities, and there is danger of slipping on floors where food or beverages have been dropped. Food service workers are regularly exposed to hot liquids, sharp cutting blades, hot working surfaces, and extreme temperature changes when entering walk-in refrigeration or freezing units.