.5 Assitant Cook (Part Time) Upper Blue Elementary School

Job Title

Meal Prep and Service Specialist

Job Description

Responsible for preparing and serving meals and food items, cleaning and sanitizing food preparation areas and equipment per federal and state guidelines, running the register, collecting money from customers and printing reports related to daily sales.

Essential Job Elements

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 of the position. Accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

1. Prepare meals according to recipes/procedures and in accordance with Health Department guidelines. Check temperatures of food.

2. Serve children and staff during serving times including serving meals, running the register, scanning lunchcards, taking money, looking up children with no I.D. cards, collecting and adding money to individual accounts, restocking food items between serving times and cleaning all lunch trays and lunch containers.

3. Prepare salad items for salad bar according to recipes/procedures and in accordance with Health Department guidelines. Check temperatures of food.

4. Clean kitchen and serving areas including washing and storing dishes, storing all food, sweeping and mopping all floors, wiping and sanitizing all surfaces and dishwashing rooms and cleaning microwave interior and trays.

5. Prepare for the next day by pulling needed food items from freezer and filling vending machines.

6. Prepare daily reports and deposits including counting all money for the day, balancing receipts to daily reports, making deposits, printing reports, counting vending money, rolling change as necessary and saving daily transactions and reports to disc.

7. Clean up work stations prior to serving food including sweeping; mopping; running dishwasher; putting all dishes away; and performing extra cleaning as needed such as drains, ovens and milk coolers.

8. Prepare a la carte items including baking cookies and bread, preparing smoothie machine, setting up soup and rotisserie stations and filling milk cooler.

9. Pull food items out of storage and refrigerator to start food preparation for the day.

10. Turn on all equipment including ovens, warmers, dishwasher and computer. Check temperatures in milk coolers, freezer and refrigerator.

11. Fill condiments, napkins and silverware.

12. Demonstrates the commitment to build and maintain a safe, fair and respectful working and learning environment that honors the cultural diversity of students and staff.

13. Perform other duties as assigned.

Contacts

Teachers, staff, students, parents and community members

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent

Physical Requirements & Working Conditions

The physical demands, work environment factors and mental functions described below 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.

Analyzing Computing

Communicating Control of others

Comparing Fingering

Compiling Smelling

Coordinating Hearing

Extreme heat (non-weather) Risk of electrical shock

Instructing Speaking Synthesizing

Moderate lifting to 50 lb. Fumes or airborne particles Extreme cold (non-weather)

Talking

Near and Far acuity Negotiating Reaching

Toxic or caustic chemicals

Requirements:

• Food preparation experience and/or experience in a school kitchen, commercial kitchen, or restaurant preferred
• Food Handler Certification for Colorado- preferred SERVSAFE Manager Certification within 90 days of hire