FOOD SERVICE WORKER - Transitional Learning Center
Galveston, TX 77551
About the Job
The Cook will be responsible for the timely preparation of and service of meals, maintaining an adequate inventory of ...
Required knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
CPR and First Aid Certified within the first 30 days of employment if not currently certified.
Ability to prepare a variety of meals (in a quantity appropriate to the number of people being served) which are economical and nutritious.
Knowledge of Health Department regulations regarding food handling, storage, and general sanitation requirements.
Ability to maintain kitchen area and equipment in clean, orderly fashion.
Ability to comply with the organization's schedule for serving meals.
Establish and maintain through inventory system with periodic updates to the Food Service Manager.
Ability to lift up to 50 pounds of food.
Ability to communicate in English.
Posses basic math skills.
Education:
Prefer courses in Culinary Arts or Hotel/Restaurant Management
Experience:
At least one year experience in cooking, serving, and kitchen clean-up process in a commercial or institutional situation. Enrollment in a Culinary Arts Program will be substituted for experience.
DEMANDS AND CHARACTERISTICS OF WORK, EQUIPMENT USAGE, AND WORK ENVIRONMENT.
PERCENTAGE OF WORK TIME (1-33%)
Sitting
Climbing (Ascending/Descending)
Using leg muscles frequently or for extended periods
Using back muscles frequently or for extended periods
PERCENTAGE OF WORK TIME (34-66%)
Twisting
Lifting/Carrying
Pushing/Pulling
Bending/Stooping
PERCENTAGE OF WORK TIME (67-100%)
Standing/Walking
Using arm muscles frequently or for extended periods
LIFTING REQUIREMENTS - individuals in clinical care positions are required to lift a trainee/client without assistance. (1-33%)
21 - 30 Pounds
31 - 40 Pounds
41 - 50 Pounds
51 - Pounds or more
LIFTING REQUIREMENTS - individuals in clinical care positions are required to lift a trainee/client without assistance. (34-66%)
11 - 20 Pounds
LIFTING REQUIREMENTS - individuals in clinical care positions are required to lift a trainee/client without assistance. (67-100%)
2 - 10 Pounds
DOES THIS JOB REQUIRE? (1-33%)
Working outdoors
Working near radiation sources
Potential exposure to communicable diseases
Working with hazardous waste materials
Utilizing essential upgraded or adaptive equipment as industry standards require
Operating vehicle
DOES THIS JOB REQUIRE? (34-66%)
Working with or near chemicals
DOES THIS JOB REQUIRE? (67-100%)
Working in hot, cold, wet surrounds
Using hand tools
Potential for cuts and bruises
EXCHANGE OF IDEAS (67-100%)
Ability to express or exchange ideas
Ability to understand communication of others with or without adaptive devices.
Obtaining impressions through the eyes of the shape, size, distance, motion, color or other characteristics of objects with or without adaptive devices. The major visual functions are:
Acuity, far - clarity of vision at 20 feet or more.
Acuity, near - clarity of vision at 20 inches or less.
Depth perception - three-dimensional vision. The ability to judge distance and space relationships so as to see objects where and as they actually are they actually are.
Field of vision - the area that can be seen up and down or to the right or left while the eyes are fixed on a given point.
Accommodation - adjustment of the lens of the eye to bring an object into sharp focus. This item is especially important when doing near-point work at varying distances from the eye.
Color vision - the ability to identify and distinguish colors.
Regular Attendance
Punctuality
Ability to do Math
Literate