Kitchen Assistant & Student Mentor

Equus; San Marcos (CA); On-site; USD 21,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Equus Workforce Solutions is a leading provider of workforce development services in North America. Our Job Corps programs provide life-changing services that help young people succeed in school, obtain good jobs, excel in their chosen fields, and serve as contributing members of their communities.

This entry-level kitchen and dining support role assists in meal preparation and serving, maintains sanitary operations, and supports student employability development within the Food Service area and

Qualifications

• Three to six months of related experience, and/or training.
• Must be able quantitative calculations using both fractional and decimal measure units.

Responsibilities

• Keeps all equipment used in the preparation, storage, and serving of food in sanitary condition.
• Keeps storerooms, walk-in refrigerators, and freezer clean and orderly.
• Sets up dish room and dishwashing machine before each meal.
• Washes worktables, walls, refrigerators, and meat blocks.
• Scrapes food from dirty dishes and places them in the rack or on conveyor to dishwashing machine.
• Sweeps, mops, and waxes cafeteria and kitchen floors.
• Segregates and removes trash and garbage and places it in designated containers.
• Steam cleans or hoses out garbage cans.
• Setup dining room tables.
• Keeps service line supplied with dishes, silverware, glasses, milk, food, etc. during service times.
• Assist in preparing and serving food in accordance with pre-planned menus.
• Helps supervise work based learning program to include the development of student's employability, social skills and Career Success Standards while in the Food Service area.
• Explores innovative ways to incorporate Food Services into the academic, vocational and leisure time learning programs.
• Establishes center wide events for trainees and staff that promote health and wellness learning.
• Responsive to student conduct, abilities, and needs.
• Other duties as assigned

Skills

Food service basics

Teamwork

Education

High School Diploma and valid Driver's License

Valid Food Handler’s certification preferred

Job description

Equus Workforce Solutions is a leading provider of workforce development services in North America. Our Job Corps programs provide life-changing services that help young people succeed in school, obtain good jobs, excel in their chosen fields, and serve as contributing members of their communities.

This entry-level kitchen and dining support role assists in meal preparation and serving, maintains sanitary operations, and supports student employability development within the Food Service area and