Food Service Worker

Job Title

Food Service Worker

Duties

Help set up cafeteria lines, steam tables, dining room tables, and side service stands with hot and cold food items.

Serve food cafeteria style by placing uniform portions of food on customers'/patients' plates.

Break down and clean assigned area when the meal is finished and return food to the kitchen.

Set up dining room tables for service, place food and beverages on tables, and replenish items as necessary.

Return soiled trays and dishes to the dish room after meals.

Deliver meal trays to the patients' bedsides.

Brew coffee according to the number of servings required.

Assemble and toss fresh fruit or green salads in quantity using prepared dressings and portions into standard serving sizes.

Apportion other food items into standard serving sizes using the proper utensils and containers.

Make cold sandwiches using prepared ingredients and pack box lunches.

Work in one or more functional areas of the kitchen such as food preparation, dish and pot washing, dry and refrigerated storage and receiving, and the serving line.

Sort, wash, peel and cut fresh fruits and vegetables.

Operate and break down equipment.

Perform heavy-duty cleaning tasks throughout the food service and related areas.

Separate food waste and trash from dishes, glasses and silverware in the dish washing area.

Remove inspection doors, strainer pans, screens and spray arms for preventive maintenance of the dish machine.

Unload delivery trucks and store sanitized dishes, glasses and silverware.

Scrape, soak, scour, and scrub the heavier cooking utensils.

Move heavy garbage cans when collecting and transferring trash from the work area to the disposal area.

Perform other related duties as assigned.

Work Schedule: 6am-2:30pm 5 days a week including weekends and holidays

Position Description Title/PD#: Food Service Worker/PD99921S

Physical Requirements: Applicants must be physically able to perform efficiently the duties of the position. The basis on which agencies may establish specific medical standards or physical requirements is discussed in 5 CFR 339.