FOOD SERVICE WORKER

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1. Sets up service carts to support family style dining and ensures age appropriate utensils are available for all children and staff. Assembles either hot or cold foods, dishing up and ensuring correct temperature. Prepares fruits and vegetables. Responsible for delivering food or food alternatives for children with allergies. Cleans dishes, kitchen, kitchen equipment, storage, facilities and dishwashing room when meals are complete. Sets up and operates dishwasher, performs preventative maintenance and cleaning. Scrapes, soaks, scours, and scrubs, bowls, pots, and pans. Performs heavy duty cleaning tasks on floors, walls, ceilings, and shelves; exhaust hoods; under and behind kitchen equipment; walk-in refrigerators and freezers and sanitizes garbage cans. Unloads food from delivery trucks. Inventories stock. Collects and transfers trash from work area to disposal area. 2. Cuts food into appropriate size pieces based on age of children. 3. May be required to fill in for the cook as needed. Performs other related duties as assigned. 4. Incumbent is responsible for independently completing work as scheduled after initial oral/written instructions and when changes or new assignments are made. Supervisor periodically checks to ensure work is timely and IA W instructions. Skills and Knowledge: Must be skilled in doing tasks with several steps and able to use judgement in sequencing tasks. Knowledge of sanitation standards for handling and serving food, food service equipment and work area. Physical Effort: Frequently lifts or moves objects weighing up to 40 pounds. Continuous standing, walking, frequent stooping, reaching, pushing pulling and bending. May be required to work on ladders and use powered cleaning equipment.