Floater Cook-4 HR/DAY 0.5 FTE

Floater Cook

Salary Range Cooks $20.00-$26.75 per hour based on shift and experience

Objective The Floater Cook is responsible for preparing attractive and nutritious meals to be served to students and guests, while complying with all applicable sanitation, health and personal hygiene standards and following established food production programs and procedures. The Floater Cook is responsible for ensuring compliant food preparation and sanitation procedures in accordance with established district menus, and federal, state and local regulations. The Floater Cook will need to be flexible with work hours and locations as needed to provide Food Service at the assigned site(s).

Essential Duties and Responsibilities Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 1. Ensures that all actions are compliant with established Board policies as well as the mission, vision and values defined by the district and Board of Education. 2. Carries out such additional duties as required or as conditions necessitate. 3. Participates in job training and professional growth opportunities in order to enhance ability to perform the essential functions of the job. 4. Assists with preparation of food following uniform recipes according to established menu; ensuring best quality in temperature, taste and appearance. 5. Fulfill other temporary assignments in all areas/locations in the Food Service Department. (DHS, HMS, CRMS, Cortland and Malta). 6. Ability to work with a flexible schedule. 7. Flexibility is required to work with a diverse group of individuals in a variety of circumstances. 8. Specific based competencies required to satisfactorily perform the functions of the job including adapting to changing work priorities, communicating with diverse groups, and working as part of a team. 9. Maintains the highest standard of safety and sanitation in accordance with District #428 and local health department regulations. Ensures established sanitation procedures of all kitchen equipment; washing and sanitizing of dishes, utensils, preparation areas, serving areas, eating areas and hot carts.

Job Description Floater Cook 10.Monitors & documents food temperature, taste and texture ensuring regulatory and district standard compliance making adjustments as necessary. 11.Reports immediately to the Head Cook any problem or accident occurring at work. 12.Carries out the job assignment and related duties as outlined on the daily schedule of work tasks. 13.Assists with completing daily production reports for assigned area as assigned by the Head Cook. 14.Abides by the information established in the District #428 Standard Operation Procedures for Food Service (SOPs) 15.Substitutes for other staff members / positions as assigned. 16.Assists with monitoring and maintaining adequate inventory of equipment and food. 17.Assists with loading, unloading and cleaning of food carts and food preparation, serving or storage equipment as assigned. 18.Assists with receiving food deliveries including unloading (once removed from delivery truck) and stocking, notifying the Head Cook of any inferior quality of food received.

Qualifications 1. Complete Servsafe Food Protection Manager Certification within 6 months or sooner of employment. This will be paid for by the District. 2. Valid driver's license required.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities 1. Ability to follow verbal and written instructions in English. 2. Ability to read and comprehend written instructions in English. 3. Basic computer operations as applied to the food service area. 4. Effectively collaborate with co-workers fostering an environment of dignity and respect.

Supervisory Responsibility None

Work Environment This job operates in a kitchen environment, housed with equipment such as an oven, stove, dishwasher, slicer, steamer, mixer and chef's knives. The employee is frequently exposed to heat, steam, fire and noise.

Travel In-district travel may be required.

Education and Experience 1. Prior experience in a related food service position preferred. 2. High School diploma or equivalent required.

Other Duties Job Description Floater Cook Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job.

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.

The physical activity of this position. (Please check all blocks that apply) Climbing. Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms. Body agility is emphasized. This factor is A. important if the amount and kind of climbing required exceeds that required for ordinary locomotion. Balancing. Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling and walking, standing or crouching on narrow, slippery, or erratically moving surfaces. This factor is important if the B. amount of balancing exceeds that needed for ordinary locomotion and maintenance of body equilibrium. Stooping. Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. This factor is C. important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires full motion of the lower extremities and back muscles. D.Kneeling. Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees. E. Crouching. Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine. F. Crawling. Moving about on hands and knees or hands and feet. G.Reaching. Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction. H.Standing. Particularly for sustained periods of time. Walking. Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving I. from one work site to another. Pushing. Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to J. thrust forward, downward or outward. Pulling. Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, haul or tug objects in a K. sustained motion. Lifting. Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from L. position-to-position. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires substantial use of upper extremities and back muscles. Fingering. Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than M. with the whole hand as in handling. N.Grasping. Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm. Job Description Floater Cook Feeling. Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature or texture by O. touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips. Talking. Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in P. which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly. Hearing. Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without Q.correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discriminations in sound. R. Repetitive motion. Substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.

The physical requirements of this position. (Please check only one block) Sedentary work. Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including A. the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met. Light work. Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects. If the use of arm B. and/or leg controls requires exertion of forces greater than that for sedentary work and the worker sits most of the time, the job is rated for light work. Medium work. Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 30 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects. Heavy work. Exerting up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 pounds of D. force frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects. Very heavy work. Exerting in excess of 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or in excess of E. 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or in excess of 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

The visual acuity requirements including color, depth perception, and field vision. (Please check

only one block) The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; A.visual inspection involving small defects, small parts, and/or operation of machines (including inspection); using measurement devices; and/or assembly or fabrication parts at distances close to the eyes. The worker is required to have visual acuity to perform an activity such as: operates machines, such as lathes, drill presses, power saws, and mills where the seeing job is at or B. within arm's reach; performs mechanical or skilled trades tasks of a non-repetitive nature, such as carpenter, technicians, service people, plumbers, mechanics, etc. The worker is