Cafeteria Worker (Floater)

TITLE: Worker, Cafeteria (floater)

QUALIFICATIONS: Prefer high school diploma or equivalent. Prefer one year food service experience. Current food employee certificate required.

REPORTS TO: Cafeteria Manager

JOB GOAL: Prepares and serves food to students, staff, and public. Provides staff coverage at other schools within the district due to an absence or vacancy.

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Prepares, sets up, and serves food.
• Assists with production records, temperature records, and sanitation standards.
• Maintains food service facilities and equipment in a neat, clean, safe, and sanitary condition.
• Assists with the collection of moneys received from appropriate sales.
• Performs daily clean up procedures (dishes, sweeping, mopping, etc.).
• Maintains clean and sanitized workstations, counters, steam tables and other equipment.
• Manages and/or assists with the receipt, storage and rotation of food items and supplies.
• Manages and/or assists with appropriate inventory control process.
• Communicates with students, parents, and/or staff on appropriate child nutrition information.
• Communicates with students, parents, and/or staff regarding meal portions and nutritional standards.
• Provides staff coverage at schools when there is an absence or vacancy. Must have a reliable source of

transportation to travel from school to school within the district.

• Perform other job related duties as assigned.

COMPETENCIES:

• Perform basic math, including calculations using fractions, percents, and/or ratios.
• Read a variety of manuals; writes documents following prescribed formats, and/or present information to others.
• Understand multi-step written and oral instructions.
• Specific knowledge-based competencies required to satisfactorily perform the functions of the job include: bookkeeping principles; and office equipment/software.
• Problem Solving - Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner.
• Customer Service - Manages difficult or emotional situations; Responds promptly to student, staff, and public needs.
• Interpersonal Skills - Maintains confidentiality; Creates and maintains a positive and conducive work environment.
• Oral Communication - Responds well to questions.
• Written Communication.
• Diversity - Shows respect and sensitivity for cultural differences.
• Ethics - Treats people with respect.
• Organizational Support - Follows policies and procedures.
• Professionalism - Approaches others in a tactful and positive manner.
• Safety and Security - Uses equipment and materials properly.

LANGUAGE SKILLS:

• Ability to read and comprehend instructions, correspondence, and memos.
• Ability to write correspondence.
• Ability to work with a variety of people and maintain confidentiality of information.

TECHNOLOGY SKILLS:

• To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of Internet and District software.
• Knowledge of appropriate business machines and telephones.
• Monitor special system(s), not limited to, including security and fire alarm systems.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. In addition, some carrying, pushing, and/or pulling; some stooping, kneeling, crouching, and/or crawling; and significant fine finger dexterity.
• The usual and customary methods of performing the job's functions require the following physical demands: requires (standing for prolonged periods, sitting, and walking.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and distance vision.

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT:

• Ten-month, employee pay and benefits in accordance with Board policy.
• FLSA: Non-Exempt
• Part Time Employee Benefits in accordance with Board policy.

EVALUATION:

• Performance to be evaluated in accordance with the Board policy on evaluation of support personnel.