Cafeteria Operator - 7 hours daily

Job Summary

To serve the customer attractive and nutritious meals in an efficient, clean, and friendly environment.

Terms of Employment: 185 days.

Essential Duties

• Prepare assigned breakfast and lunch meals.
• Follow established recipes as assigned by cafeteria management to ensure quality, portion, and nutritional requirements.
• Serve attractive, well‑presented and portion‑controlled menu items in a friendly manner.
• Follow specific sanitation and food safety practices established by the food service child nutrition program.
• Attend a 10‑hour sanitation course provided by HCS food services and a refresher course every three years.
• Complete safe school training videos regarding safety requirements in all kitchen areas.
• Perform job requirements in assigned areas, which may include cashiering, baking, maintaining the dish room, daily record keeping, receiving and storing food and supplies, fruit/vegetable preparation, salad/sandwich preparation, main‑line cooking, inventory control, and kitchen janitorial duties.
• Follow general directions and assignments required by cafeteria management with limited supervision.
• Operate and clean equipment such as meat slicers, food choppers, garbage disposals, kitchen hood filters, and dishwasher hood.
• Adhere to the Horry County School District dress code: approved uniforms, hair restraints, and slip‑resistant, closed‑toed shoes.
• Attend staff development days.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities assigned by cafeteria management.

Minimum Qualifications

• High School diploma.
• Previous school food service experience preferred.

Physical Requirements

• Frequent lifting or moving of objects weighing 30 to 50 pounds.
• Ability to stand, reach, walk, sit, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl as required.
• Physically capable of frequently lifting or moving up to 50 pounds.
• Vision requirements: close, distance, color, peripheral, depth perception, and ability to focus.
• Ability to sit and stand for extended periods.
• Manual dexterity for telephone and data entry.
• Read computer screens and printed material with or without vision aids.
• Hear and understand speech at normal levels and on the telephone.
• Speak in audible tones for clear communication in person and on the telephone.

Work Environment

• Noisy kitchen with fluctuating temperatures, exposure to steam, fumes, cooking odors, and chemicals.
• Risk of slips, trips, falls, burns, and cuts.
• Exposure to extreme temperature changes when entering walk‑in refrigerators/freezers.
• Operation of dangerous equipment such as meat slicers and food choppers.
• Requirement to follow dress code and safety protocols.

Pay

Pay Grade: 101. View Salary Scale (Revised 8/22/2023)