6.5 hr per day Senior Food Service Assistant

PARADISE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICTJob Title:SENIOR FOOD SERVICE ASSISTANT Range 15Position Purpose: To prepare cook and bake a variety of foods in large quantities in accordance with established recipes menus and governmental and nutritional guidelines; and/or to assist a Cafeteria Food Site Manager in planning organizing and coordinating the operations of a food service cafeteria/kitchen and/or to organize and coordinate the operations of satellite or snack bar food service operation; and/or to perform all food service operations for a small school food service unit. Employees in this classification receive general to limited supervision within a framework of standard policies and procedures. Employees in this class may monitor and direct the work of food service staff and/or student assistants in a lead capacity. This job class provides the more specialized/technical food service support tasks and functions at a senior journey level of :School Administrator/Director of Food ServicesEssential Job Duties:The following tasks are essential for this position. Incumbents in this classification may not perform all of these tasks or may perform similar related tasks not listed a wide variety of main dishes and accompanying items; interprets follows and converts a variety of pastry and bread in planning organizing and coordinating the preparation of food in large quantities for on and/or off site and coordinates the day-to-day operations of a snack bar satellite or small school food service and sets up snack bar and serving area with appropriate food items and beverages supplies and a variety of food items for cooking serving and/or clean neat orderly and sanitary work and stores pots pans utensils and cafeteria/snack bar cashiering duties; receives money makes change collects/sells meal tickets and maintains accurate records related to free/reduced meal program or assists in maintaining records and reports related to assigned food service unit operations output and the quantity of food required for preparation and accounts for and inventories food items and supplies for assigned food service unit; maintains appropriate stock and records funds related duties as Knowledge Skill and Ability:Knowledge of:Basic institutional baking and cooking practices and procedures methods and equipment used in preparation packaging serving and/or distribution of large quantities of food for institutional food principles of nutrition sanitation and safety as it relates to institutional food preparation and and Ability to:Understand and carry out both oral and written instructions in an independent and coordinate the activities and operations of assigned food service estimate the amount of foodstuffs and non-food items needed for food preparation and direct coordinate and monitor the work of assigned personnel and student assistants in a lead accurate records related to assigned food service unit communicate in both oral and written and effectively operate and maintain a variety of commercial food service appliances/ and cook a variety of foods in large quantities and within established time read interpret and adjust the physical requirements necessary to safely and effectively perform required and maintain effective work relationships with those contacted in the performance of required and Experience:Any combination equivalent to training and experience that could likely provide the required knowledge skills and abilities would be qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge skills and abilities would be: ability to read and write and one year in food Requirements and Working Conditions:In order to perform this job successfully an individual must meet the physical requirements necessary to complete the essential job duties. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job the mobility to stand stoop reach and bend. Require mobility of arms to reach and dexterity of hands to grasp and manipulate small the ability to stand for long the ability to walk long work which involves the frequent lifting pushing and/or pulling of objects which may approximate 50 pounds and may occasionally weigh up to 75 be required to work in extreme weather be required to work around loud subject to inside and outside environmental be required to use personal vehicle in the course of be required to attend periodic evening meetings and/or to travel within and out of District boundaries to attend meetings with reasonable be required to work evenings or weekends with reasonable Approved 3/16/99Senfood