Washington County School District

Job Description

 

Job Title:                    Lunch Clerk

Department:               Food Service

Reports to:                  Principal/ Food Service Supervisor

FLSA Status:              Non Exempt

Salary Schedule:         FD lane 01

Prepared By:              Food Service Supervisor

Prepared Date:           June 28, 2006 (revised 5/21/13, 3/12/14)

Approved by:              Human Resources Director

Approval Date:           June 29, 2006 (revised 5/21/13, 11/13/13, 3/24/14)

 

SUMMARY

Performs various food service secretarial duties in the school office and/or cafeteria.

 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES may include the following. Other duties may be assigned.  Regular attendance and timeliness is an essential job function to perform the essential duties and responsibilities of the position.

 

Collects and maintains Meal Benefit Applications; communicates with parents and school personnel on all aspects of the program.  Provides secretarial support for meal benefit verifications to food service office.

 

Collects Lunch & Breakfast money for Reduced & Full Pay students.

 

Communicates with parent / Guardian regarding student account balances.

 

Balances with monthly deposits; sends check to food service office within 3 days of last service day

 

Correctly identifies reimbursable meals at the Point of Service for Breakfast and Lunch.

 

Maintains records, reports, and other material essential to program. 

 

Acts as custodian of documents and records.  Three years plus the current year.

 

Makes copies of correspondence or other printed materials

 

Answers telephone to provide information, take message, or transfer calls.

 

Screens incoming calls and correspondence and responds independently when possible.

 

Performs the following Food Service Worker essential duties when additional support is needed:

 

Prepares and serves food daily in the cafeteria.

 

Utilizes various recipes, proportions, and recipe contents according to estimated serving needs.

 

Operates various types of commercial kitchen equipment such as mixers, slicers, graters,     

choppers, steam tables, ovens, deep-fat fryers, etc. as needed to prepare, cook, and serve meals.   

 

Washes dishes and equipment and assists in work area clean-up.

 

Sets up food serving lines.

 

Serves food and controls food line activity to assure orderly and efficient meal service.

 

Does all the cleaning necessary for operation of the lunch program.

 

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

 

QUALIFICATIONS To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform 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.  Must demonstrate an acceptable level of maturity, good judgment, and emotional stability.

 

The following qualifications are required to perform the Food Service Worker essential duties as needed:

 

Required qualifications:

1.  Possess a food handlers permit or license.

2.  Have the ability to perform vigorous physical work.

3.  Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with co-workers, school staff, and students.

4.  Hold and maintain a Utah driver's license when assigned to a transport school.

5.  Passing results on a Pre Employment Fitness for Duty Assessment.

 

Desired qualifications:

1.  Have one or more years of experience in institutional, restaurant, or school kitchen environment.

2.  Have a working knowledge or various nutrition standards, specialized menu development and procedures associated with meal preparation.

 

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

Associate’s degree (A.A.) or equivalent from two-year college or technical school; or six months to one year related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

 

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

Food Handler’s Permit/License is required for the Food Service Worker essential duties.

 

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.  Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.

Ability to speak affectivity before groups of customers or employees of organization.

 

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.  Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

 

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.  Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

 

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; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; talk or hear; and taste or smell.  The employee frequently is required to sit.  The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.  The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally list and/or move up to 50 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and color vision.  Must pass a Pre-Employment Fitness for Duty Assessment.

 

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 regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts.  The employee is occasionally exposed to risk of electrical shock and vibration.  The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.