2026-27- 5 Hour Cafeteria Assistant - Barnes

Cafeteria Assistant

Works within kitchen team to prepare and serve meals for Mid-Del Public Schools students following all program rules and procedures.

Ability to perform each essential duty satisfactorily

High school diploma or GED preferred, but not required

Foodservice related experience or training preferred

Follows time/task/rotation schedules assigned by the supervisor.

Performs cleaning/serving/cashiering and dish room duties as assigned.

Assist co-workers and supervisor if and when needed.

Works cooperatively with all staff members of the Child Nutrition Department, Administration Office, District staff, students, and parents & general public.

Follow all Child Nutrition/District cash control procedures.

Follows production menus/recipes to prepare appropriate & quality products using correct weight and measures and control food cost.

Ensure compliance with all Child Nutrition Department, District, local, state, federal requirements, policies, guidelines, rules, regulations applicable.

Additional duties that may be assigned by immediate supervisor or above.

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instruction, and procedure manuals. Demonstrate ability to write daily reports. Demonstrate the ability to communicate with students, parents, co-workers and CN staff, other department staff and school facility with professionalism and respect.

Ability to perform routine computations requiring knowledge of addition, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Demonstrate the ability to adapt recipes to correct number of portions to prepare.

Demonstrate the ability to solve practical problems, and deal with a variety of situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly is required to stand and use hands to find, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee frequently is required to walk, reach with hands and arms, talk and hears, taste and smell. The employee occasionally is required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.

The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 20 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 30 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to extreme heat and cold. The employee occasionally works near hazardous equipment (mixers, slicers, ovens, steamers, dish machines); in wet/water conditions; in high precarious places; and in outside weather conditions and is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, extreme cold, and risk of electrical shock.

The noise level in the work environment will vary from somewhat loud to extremely loud.

To ensure continuity of services, a different work location may be necessary in the event of a health crisis or disruptive situation that requires the closing of school and/or office buildings. An employee's eligibility for a varied work location will be determined by the superintendent of schools. Expectations and guidelines for this change will be distributed by the employee's supervisor, based on his/her role and responsibilities.

Please note that job descriptions are not intended, and should not be construed, to be exhaustive lists of all responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with a job. They are intended to be accurate reflections of those principal job elements essential for making fair hiring and pay decisions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.