Cook - District Wide 2024-2025 - Riverview Gardens School District

SUMMARY: Reports directly to the Director of Food Service. Performs kitchen duties at assigned school building, including working as a team member with one or more employees in the daily preparation of school breakfast, lunch and special school functions as required.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Performs kitchen duties, as a team member, consisting of preparation of food and clean up of kitchen and equipment and operation of cash register, as assigned.
• Prepares or assists in the preparation of a variety of foods to meet menu requirements.
• Follows recipes and menus, price schedules and portion controls, sets up food on serving line and/or steam tables and serves meals or components, in accordance with department standards.
• Follows established instructions for meal pattern requirements as they relate to portion sizes and the requirements for reimbursable meals.
• Stores or disposes of leftovers properly (where applicable); maintains accurate records of food production, leftovers and meal counts.
• Operates computerized system of accounting meals, pre-payments and other functions.
• Washes, sanitizes and stores dishes, tableware and kitchen utensils and food serving surfaces and sweeps all debris from kitchen floors.
• Stores food and supplies in accordance with health department regulations.
• Performs assigned kitchen tasks in accordance with standard kitchen practices while following established District policies, safety and sanitation regulations.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to satisfactorily perform each of the essential duties listed above. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Education: Basic knowledge of arithmetic, spelling, English and grammar. Accuracy in checking, posting, proofreading and counting, requiring a basic skills knowledge. Equivalent to high school diploma.
• Experience: Requires a minimum of three months up to and including one year of experience in quantity food preparation and service or any equivalent combination of experience and training.
• Skills and Abilities which may be representative but not all inclusive of those commonly associated with this position:Apply commonsense understanding to carry out one or two-step instructions. Deal with standardized situations with occasional or no variables in or from these situations encountered on the job.
  • Add and subtract two digit numbers. Perform the four basic arithmetic operations.
  • Reading, writing and speaking at a basic level.
• Successful completion of a background check by Human Resources.

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT:

Year: 9 Month

Salary: Cook Range on the District Food Service Salary Schedule

Shift Type:Part-time