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Kansas Employer Cook in Pittsburg, Kansas
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Purpose: Preparation, serving and clean-up as required to serve meals and snacks to students and staff in assigned school kitchen.
General Expectations:
- Ability to work cooperatively with supervisors and co-workers.
- Ability to understand and follow complex oral and written instructions.
- Ability to perform responsibilities independently with limited supervision.
- Ability to pleasantly and effectively communicate with the school district community.
- Ability to meet attendance standards to perform the essential functions of the job.
- Ability to maintain a generally positive attitude.
Functions and Responsibilities:
Universal USD 250 Classified Standards:
- Support the philosophy and mission of USD 250 and the value of education.
- Comply with the privacy rights of students.
{=html} <!-- --> - Safeguard confidential and/or sensitive information. - Communicate pleasantly and effectively with all the members of the school district and community. - Provide excellence in customer service both internally and externally. - Maintain a clean and organized workspace to insure a safe and efficient working environment. - Ensure that all activities conform to district, state, and federal guidelines. - React to change positively and productively. - Keep abreast of new information, innovative ideas and techniques. - Adhere to all district health and safety policies, including all precautions of the Bloodborne Pathogens Exposure Control Plan.
Specific Functions and Responsibilities:
- Responsible for food preparation duties as assigned, which may include: Breakfast, Lunch, Snacks and Special Meals.
- Assists in serving line set-up, meal service, and line break-down as assigned.
- Responsible for handling storage of supplies when received and reports supply needs and problems to the Kitchen Manager.
- Assists in the clean-up of all work areas in cooking, serving, and dishwashing areas.
- Responsible for proper preparation and service of food items to students and adults.
- Responsible for proper operation of equipment to insure individual safety and proper use to avoid damage to equipment and reports any problems with the equipment to the Kitchen Manager.
- Responsible for proper handling of food items to maintain quality and safety.
- Responsible for reporting absences as soon as feasible to Kitchen Manager.
- Assists Kitchen Manager as time and need dictates to insure that nutrition services goals and standards are maintained.
- Responsible for keeping of accurate time sheets and reports absences as soon as is feasibly possible to the Kitchen Manager.
- Responsible for maintaining and developing his/her job skills, by taking advantage of training programs on a regular basis.
- Responsible for attending all monthly In-Service meetings with the Nutrition Services Director as often as once per month.
- Responsible for making mealtime as pleasant for students and staff.
- Takes the initiative to do whatever needs to be done to insure the efficient operation of the kitchen with limited supervision.
- Responsible to learn all jobs and duties within the kitchen and willing to cover for others as needed.
- Performs other duties as assigned by supervisor.