Cook - High School

Position Overview:

The Cook is responsible for preparing cooking and serving meals to students and staff in compliance with health safety and school district guidelines. This role supports the schools mission by ensuring the meals are served efficiently and in a welcoming environment promoting the health and wellbeing of students.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following.
Other duties may be assigned.

Prepares food for staff and students.
Washes instruments (includes pots and pans) used in the preparation of the meals.
Maintain a sanitary working environment suitable for food distribution.
Perform clean up duties at the end of shift
Operates institutional food service equipment while preparing and serving foods.
Follows standard recipes.
Follows sanitation codes.
Performs cashier duties to include meal accounting records.

* Keep accurate records of meals served food temperatures and cleaning schedules.

* Report any equipment malfunctions food quality issues or safety concerns to the supervisor.

Hours: 7am 2:30pm

EVALUATIONS
Performance will be evaluated annually.

QUALIFICATIONS To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to achieve each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE
High school diploma or General Education degree.

LANGUAGE SKILLS
Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions short correspondence and memos.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS
Ability to add subtract multiply and divide.

REASONING ABILITY
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written oral or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

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.

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

The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 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.

WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job the employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions and fumes or airborne particles. The employee occasionally works near moving mechanical parts and in high precarious places and is occasionally exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals extreme cold extreme heat risk of electrical shock risk of radiation and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually such that it may interfere with normal conversation sound level.

In accordance with existing state and federal laws the Chichester School District will employ qualified personnel for all positions without regard to race creed color sexual orientation age ancestry religion national origin or nonjob related handicap or disability. Selection of candidates for positions will be made upon the basis of demonstrated capability competence and appropriate experience.

All Chichester School District programs are operated in compliance with Title IX regulations regarding sex discrimination and Section 504 regarding disable persons.