School Nutrition - Cafe Sub (ongoing recruitment)

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Some knowledge of food preparation and standards of sanitation and safety. 

• Some knowledge of how to operate and clean kitchen equipment. 

• Ability to quickly learn USDA meal pattern requirements and to identify student food choices that meet the requirements for a reimbursable meal. 

• Ability to follow established policies and procedures. 

• Ability to read and follow standardized recipes and instructions to prepare simple school food items. 

• Ability to comprehend written and verbal correspondence and to respond appropriately. 

• Ability to respond to inquiries regarding food content. 

• Ability to select and organize materials needed to perform tasks and to return supplies and materials to the proper storage places. 

• Ability to properly clean and sanitize kitchen area, equipment and utensils. 

• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships as necessitated by work assignments. 

• Ability to communicate in a pleasant, positive manner with students, staff, parents, and coworkers. 

• Ability to set priorities and allocate time so that tasks are completed and deadlines are met in a timely manner. 

• Ability to compare and/or judge the readily observable, functional, structural or composite characteristics (whether similar or divergent from obvious standards) of data, people or things.

• Ability to speak and/or signal people to convey or exchange information in a pleasant, non-threatening voice. Includes receiving instructions, assignments or directions from supervisors. 

• Ability to read a variety of correspondences, menus, etc. 

• Ability to speak to people with poise, voice control and confidence. 

• Ability to apply understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagrammatic form; to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in or from standardized situations.

• Ability to record and deliver information, to explain procedures, to follow oral and written instructions. 

• Ability to utilize mathematical formulas; to add and subtract; multiply and divide; utilize decimals and percentages. 

• Ability to inspect items for proper length, width and shape.

• Ability to coordinate hands and eyes rapidly and accurately in using kitchen equipment and computer.

• Ability to handle a variety of items such as a calculator and kitchen equipment.

• Ability to deal with people beyond giving and receiving instructions. Must be adaptable to performing under stress and when confronted with emergency situations.

• Requires the ability to talk and hear: (Talking: expressing or exchanging ideas by means of spoken words. Hearing: perceiving nature of sounds by ear.)