SN Assistant (4 hours) at Challenger High School/Custodian (2 hours) at Northstar Academey-10 months

Cafeteria Assistant

Under general supervision of the cafeteria manager, this employee performs clerical work, operates a cash register and follows cash handling procedures, as well as prepares meals and other foodservice duties in a school cafeteria. Work involves operating a computer collecting, counting and recording fees received for purchase of meals and other food products, inputting data and generating computer reports, and participating in preparation of meals and other food. Employee will be required to work as a team with cleaning the kitchen and following/enforcing food safety practices daily.

Duties and responsibilities include:

• Follows written and/or oral instructions provided by Cafeteria Manager.
• Prepares, cooks, and serves meals according to specified standardized recipes; prepares meals for special diets according to recipes or other instructions provided.
• Uses batch cooking methods and replenishes the warming cabinets and/or serving line(s) to maintain properly cooked food items during the serving period.
• Assures that safe and sanitary practices in all phases of the TPHC procedures are followed by all personnel to meet or exceed established health department and Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) standards.
• Unpacks and carries canned and fresh fruits and vegetables, and frozen processed meats from storage to the food preparation area; transports breads, rolls, desserts, and other items to specified areas; transfers food items from cooking equipment to serving lines.
• Provides oversight of storage for all food and non-food supplies to ensure compliance with recommended storage requirements, maintaining the cleanliness and organization of food storage areas, dating and putting up delivery stock, and counting monthly physical inventory.
• May serve meals or supplemental menu items, answer inquiries pertaining to food and meal items and provide excellent customer service.
• Prepares fresh fruits and vegetables, assembles salads, wraps sandwiches, pans food items, bakes cookies, assembles items for meal service at future times and/or locations such as prepping breakfast items for next-day service.
• Preps the serving line with appropriate condiments and paper products, monitors to ensure cleanliness and stocked throughout serving period.
• May open canned items, prepare condiment trays, fill drink cups, place milk in coolers, place ice cream in open freezers or replenish any other items as needed.
• Acts as cashier or back up during breakfast or lunch serving period. Maintains financial integrity for purchased meals and other foods in cafeteria through, kiosk or other remote sites to support data integrity.
• Collects and records advanced payments for lunches and breakfasts, recording amount paid in accordance with established procedures to maintain accurate student files.
• Responsible for maintaining accurate reports of daily and monthly financial, production, and activity records for student meal charges and follows cash handling procedures thoroughly.
• May assist manager with preparation of deposit and may deliver or secure bank deposit in manager's absence.
• Assists in maintenance of accurate Free and Reduced meal rosters and in screening Free and Reduced applications according to established procedures and policies as directed by manager.
• Enforces standards of cleanliness, health, and safety collection. Supports and assists in the sanitation process while maintaining proper sanitizer levels in all sinks and containers and of all cafeteria utensils pots, pans, and serving utensils. Sweeping and mopping, walls, high dusting, floor drains, loading dock; carrying out bags of garbage and placing in dumpster. May also assist with wiping or washing tables, chairs, or benches in dining room.
• Assists with wrapping, recording, labeling, dating and putting away food at end of serving time; records leftovers in addition to maintaining accurate records of foods used, produced, and served on food production record.
• Takes and records temperatures of foods and food holding equipment including but not limited to freezers, coolers and warming cabinets. Completes assigned reports including temperature logs, production records and cashier's cash summary.
• Assists with dating and putting away delivery of food items weighing 50 pounds or less into proper storage space. May be assigned to check in deliveries.
• Must follow workplace safety procedures including the use of safety and personal protective equipment.
• Establishes and maintains positive and effective working relationships with a broad diversity of students, staff, and the public.
• Ensures compliance with established food safety practices regarding proper dress and hygiene.
• Attends workshops, classes, lectures, etc., as directed, to enhance and maintain knowledge of food services.
• Performs other related duties assigned by the Cafeteria Manager or Area Supervisor.

Essential job functions include:

• Performs light food preparation tasks such as washing fruits and vegetables, assembling and wrapping sandwiches, panning and re-heating food items, preparing tea, baking cookies, etc.
• May serve food at serving line, as necessary, providing a la carte items as requested or meal plates; answers inquiries pertaining to food and meal content.
• May open canned items, prepare condiment trays, fill drink glasses, place milk in coolers, place ice cream in open freezers, etc., as directed.
• May put up stock after deliveries.
• Performs minor clerical support activities.
• Performs other related work as required.
• May assist in taking monthly inventory.
• All work should be done in accordance with established safety regulations.
• Maintain established protocol in all areas of sanitation practices.
• Follow cash handling procedures at all times