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)
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.