School Cafeteria Cook - Early Morning Prep & Service

Sylvania; Fayetteville (AR); On-site; Full time

Job description

Lakeview School District is dedicated to organizational excellence and supports and encourages the development and implementation of multicultural perspectives across all areas of the organization, the celebration of diversity, and the assets that diversity brings to our organization.

Summary

Assist in preparing, cooking and serving food in school cafeteria(s).

Work Hours

7:00 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. / 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Salary Range

$15.31 - $18.62

Qualifications

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, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED) is required.
• Food Service experience preferred.
• Certification by the Calhoun County Health Department is preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to develop effective working relationships with students and staff is required.
• Ability to operate a cash register and count change.
• Demonstrated ability to perform duties with awareness of all district requirements and Board of Education policies is required.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Operate specialized food service equipment.
• Ensure the quality and safety of all food served.
• Uphold the highest standards of customer service and student confidentiality.
• Assist in food production, service and/or cleanup tasks as assigned.
• Receive and unpack food and supplies.
• Clean and maintain food service equipment and facilities.
• Participate in ongoing professional training.
• Observe safety and security procedures; report potentially unsafe conditions.
• Regular, dependable attendance is a critical performance factor to ensure consistent, high quality customer service is required.
• Other reasonable duties as assigned.

Language Skills

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before staff, students, and community members.

Mathematical Skills

Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals. With special attention to the measurement of size vs weight when communicating serving size. Ability to compute rate, ratio and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

Reasoning Ability

Ability to apply common sense and understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, and sit. The employee is required to stoop, kneel, or crouch. The employee will repeat the same hand, arm, or finger motion such as when typing. The employee must also be able to hear and talk. The employee occasionally lifts and/or pushes up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and depth perception.

EOE