2026-27- 6 Hour Cafeteria Assistant - Midwest City Middle School

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, and rotation schedules assigned by the supervisor.
• Performs cleaning, serving, cashiering, and dish room duties as assigned.
• Affords assistance to co-workers and supervisor if and when needed.
• Works cooperatively with all staff members of the Child Nutrition Department, Administration Office, District staff, students, parents and general public.
• Follows Child Nutrition/District cash control procedures.
• Follows production menus and recipes to prepare quality products and control food cost.
• Ensures compliance with all Child Nutrition Department, District, local, state, and federal requirements, policies, guidelines, rules, and regulations.

Language And Grammar Skills

• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence and memos.
• Ability to compose and write grammatically correct correspondence and memos.

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, schedule form, or blueprint form.

Physical Demands

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls;
• Reach with hands and arms;
• Talk or hear.
• The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, climb or balance, and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• The employee is occasionally required to sit.
• The employee must frequently lift and/or move up or more than 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to or more than 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 regularly exposed to fume or airborne particles.
• The employee frequently works in high, precarious places and in outside weather conditions.
• The employee frequently works near moving mechanical parts, extreme cold (including outdoors), extreme heat (including direct sunlight), risk of electrical shock and vibration.
• 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.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Employee may occasionally be required to supervise a varying number of employees in the overall direction, coordination, and completion of tasks as assigned.