Cafeteria Workers Needed, ALL Sites

 

CAFETERIA WORKER 

 

Supervisor - Cafeteria Manager/Director of Food Services

 

Job Description

Creating, preparing, and serving nutritious meals to school-age students. 

 

Typical Tasks:

- Prepares salads, vegetables, and fruit.

- Assists in serving.

- Cleans steam tables, pots, pans, utensils, and general cleaning of the kitchen.

- Loads and operates dishwasher.

- Maintains strict standards of sanitation, keeping the kitchen in a clean and orderly condition.

- May serve as a cashier; balance cash receipts and print reports.

- May sell snacks.

- Assists with monthly inventory of cafeteria supplies.

- Performs other related duties as assigned.

 

Minimum Qualifications:

• Completion of high school or General Education Diploma (GED)
• Basic knowledge of mathematics (measurements)
• Must have a Tulsa County Food Handler's Permit
• Must pass an Oklahoma Bureau of Investigation Fingerprint Background Check

Experience:

Job-related experience is preferred but not mandatory.

 

Ability to:

• Follow oral and written instructions; work well with students, staff, and coworkers.
• Must be able to follow menus, recipes, and food safety standards

Physical Standards

The work environment and physical demands of the positions described below represent those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of a position in this Food Service Classification.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform the essential functions of a specific position. These physical standards are generic, and tasks may vary depending on the school site or specialized department assignment.

 

Work Environment:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee generally works in an indoor kitchen environment with exposure to heat from ovens, hot foods, and steamers; cleaning chemicals; fumes; equipment; and metal objects. Employees also work around knives, dicers, mixers, slicers, and other sharp objects and may be required to drive a vehicle to and from school sites when serving as a substitute Food Transporter/Server.

Work surfaces may be slippery. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate but may be loud depending on the specific work site and/or equipment operation.

 

Physical Demands:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand for extended periods, twist at the neck and trunk, bend at the waist, and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms, reach overhead, above shoulders, and horizontally. Employees will use their hands to handle objects and tools and operate nutrition service equipment. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 40 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 40-pound objects. These objects include sacks/boxes of food and supplies, pots/pans of food, food carts, kettles, small equipment, etc. These specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Employees may use vision to monitor food quality and quantity and may also order supplies, serve students, collect money, etc. Also required are hearing, speaking, and memory abilities to exchange information and follow protocol for food preparation and Department of Health Regulations, along with possible supervision of school site student and parent helpers if required. The information in this physical standards description is for compliance with ADA and is not an exhaustive list of duties performed. The individuals currently holding this position perform additional duties, and additional duties may be assigned. 

 

Additional Information:

Occasional environmental exposures to cold, heat, and water.

Hours range depending on the position working that day.

Food Handler's permit is required.

 

DISCLAIMER:

Requirements represent minimum levels of knowledge, skills, and/or abilities. To perform this job successfully, the incumbent will possess the abilities or aptitudes to perform each duty successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions

 

Sand Springs Public Schools provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.