Food Service Assistant I - Cafeteria, Steele Canyon High School

Food Service Assistant I

The job of Food Service Assistant I is done for the purpose of preparing and distributing food items for consumption by students and school personnel and maintaining facilities in a sanitary condition. Incumbents in this classification provide students and staff with clean and sanitary facilities which directly support learning. This job reports to Director, Food Services.

Essential Functions

• Arranges food and beverage items for making them available to students and staff.
• Cleans utensils, equipment, and areas for maintaining sanitary conditions.
• Collects payments for securing funds for reimbursement of items selected.
• Inspects food items and/or supplies for verifying quantity and specifications of orders and complying with mandated health requirements.
• Loads carts for ensuring that food and/or beverage items are available for delivery to other sites.
• Oversees student workers for providing guidance in their job functions.
• Prepares daily item counts and associated reports for providing documentation for items served.
• Prepares food and beverage items for meeting mandated nutritional and projected meal requirements.
• Reconciles cash transactions and item counts for balancing financial and daily inventory accounts.
• Responds to inquiries of students, staff and the public for providing information and/or direction regarding the type and/or cost of meals.
• Serves one or more items of food for meeting mandated nutritional requirements and/or requests of students and school personnel.
• Stocks food, condiments and supplies for maintaining adequate quantities and security of items.
• Transports food items, supplies and/or equipment to various satellite school cafeterias and other off-campus locations for delivering requested items to designated sites in a timely manner.

Other Functions

• Assists in preparing food items for meeting mandated nutritional and projected meal requirements.
• Assists other personnel as may be required for ensuring an efficient and effective work environment.

Job Requirements

Minimum Qualifications

Skills, Knowledge, Ability, Responsibility

Working Environment

Experience: Job related experience is desired. Education: High School diploma or equivalent. Certificates & Licenses: Food Handler's Certificate.

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