Food Service Worker for 2024-2025 school year

 

 

Qualifications: 

1. Experience in food preparation and serving.
2. Perform work in a professional and organized manner.
3. High School Diploma or Equivalent.
4. Ability to acquire and maintain Food Handlers Certificate as required by Illinois Department of Public Health.

                                                                              

Reports To:     Food Service Director

 

Job Goals:       To provide assistance in the food service program by preparing and serving food to school children

 and participate in cleaning of equipment and facilities.

 

Performance Responsibilities: 

1. Ability to understand and carry out basic kitchen instructions, work quickly and concisely under pressure.
2. Serve food at the proper portions according to School Nutrition Association (SNA) & Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) nutrition division guidelines, while maintaining an awareness of cost control. 

3. Complies with all HACCP regulations for sanitation, food handling, and storage.
4. Assist in maintaining accurate production and temperature records and charts required by Illinois Department of Public Health and SNA/ ISBE.
5. Assist in daily cleaning and sterilization of all dishes, silverware, and cooking utensils. Assist in major cleaning of refrigerators, freezers, and cooking and serving equipment at the regularly scheduled intervals. 
6. Understand what is inclusive of a reimbursable meal.

7. Have a working knowledge of point of sale computers.
8. Attend in-service meetings (CEU’s) as scheduled by the Cafeteria Manager.
9. Adhere to the uniform, meal & request off guidelines.
10. Able to use food preparation tools and equipment, read recipe cards and instructions, hand tools or machines needed for your work
11. Able to lift twenty (20) pounds unassisted and up to (40) or more pounds with assistance; frequent lifting and/or carrying of objects weighing up to twenty (20) pounds.
12. Performs other duties as needed.

 

Terms of Employment:          176 day contract, 3-7 hours per day as necessary, hourly wage rate to be established by the                                                 Board of Education.

 

Evaluation:                          Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with

                                          provisions of the School Board’s policy on evaluation of

                                          education support personnel.

 

 

Adopted:         February 9, 1998

 

Revised:          April 20, 2015

Revised:          August 19, 2019

 

District #308   Washington, IL