Position Type: Other/Cafeteria Worker
Date Posted: 5/19/2025
Location: All Buildings
Title: Dept. C - Class I (Café'. Head Cook)
Reports To: Food Service Director
Job Summary
Provide students and staff with a nutritional, eye-appealing meal while ensuring a clean, sanitary, and safe working environment according to proper regulations.
Essential Functions
- Supervises and prepares food items according to the standardized recipes and food amounts as specified by the manager.
- Dates and stores foods according to proper procedures.
- Maintains daily record of foods prepared, used, and leftover.
- Maintain high quality in food preparation, tastes all food for seasonings, and checks time and temperature of foods cooked.
- Cooperates with and assists other employees in equipment usage.
- Cleans equipment and work surfaces daily.
- Informs Manager of malfunctioning equipment.
- Provides direction for the cafeteria workers related to the operation of the kitchen/cafeteria.
- Directs the line servers on food items and amounts being served; serves on the line or fills in when necessary.
- Performs point of sale processes according to established procedures.
- Completes the proper reports.
- Provides food and set up for meetings and works banquets as needed.
- Participates in all required training.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
- Performs in accordance with school policy, administrative regulations, state and federal laws.
Qualifications
- High School Diploma
- Valid Driver's License Required
Standard ADA Settings
Other (to include Physically Demanding Positions)
Physical Demands
- Standing for extended periods of time
- Walking for extended periods of time
- Repeated Bending
- Reaching (above shoulder/at waist/below waist level)
- Lifting up to 30 lbs.
- Carrying up to 30 lbs.
Working Environment
- Subject to inside environmental conditions
- Subject to outside environmental conditions
- Subject to extreme hot areas (near ovens, etc.) and cold areas (freezers)
- May be exposed to hazardous materials, body fluids, or disease
- Subject to physical hazards, including conditions that may affect the respiratory system and/or skin.
FLSA: Non-Exempt