2026-27- 5 Hour Cafeteria Assistant - Barnes

Position Summary

Works within kitchen team to prepare and serve meals for Mid-Del Public Schools students following all program rules and procedures.

Qualification Requirements

• Ability to perform each essential duty satisfactorily
• High school diploma or GED preferred, but not required
• Foodservice related experience or training preferred

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Follows time/task/rotation schedules assigned by the supervisor.
• Performs cleaning/serving/cashiering and dish room duties as assigned.
• Affixes to assist co-workers and supervisor if and when needed.
• Works cooperatively with all staff members of the Child Nutrition Department, Administration Office, District staff, students, and parents & general public.
• Follows production menus/recipes to prepare appropriate & quality products using correct weight and measures and control food cost.
• Ensures compliance with all Child Nutrition Department, District, local, state, federal requirements, policies, guidelines, rules, regulations applicable.
• Additional duties that may be assigned by immediate supervisor or above.

Language Skills

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instruction, and procedure manuals.
• Demonstrate ability to write daily reports.
• Demonstrate the ability to communicate with students, parents, co-workers and CN staff, other department staff and school facility with professionalism and respect.

Mathematical Skills

• Ability to perform routine computations requiring knowledge of addition, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Demonstrate the ability to adapt recipes to correct number of portions to prepare.

Reasoning Ability

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

Physical Demands

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly is required to stand and use hands to find, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls.
• The employee frequently is required to walk, reach with hands and arms, talk and hears, taste and smell.
• The employee occasionally is required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 20 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 30 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to extreme heat and cold.
• The employee occasionally works near hazardous equipment (mixers, slicers, ovens, steamers, dish machines); in wet/water conditions; in high precarious places; and in outside weather conditions and is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, extreme cold, and risk of electrical shock.
• The noise level in the work environment will vary from somewhat loud to extremely loud.
• To ensure continuity of services, a different work location may be necessary in the event of a health crisis or disruptive situation that requires the closing of school and/or office buildings.