Cafeteria Operator- 7hr/day

Terms of Employment: 185 days | Pay Grade: 101

About the role

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

Responsibilities

• 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’s training videos regarding practicing safety requirements in all kitchen areas.
• Complete job requirements in assigned areas, which may include: cashiering, baking, maintaining dish room, daily record keeping, properly receiving and storing food and supplies, fruit/vegetable preparation, salad/sandwich preparation, mainline cooking, inventory control, and kitchen janitorial duties.
• Follow general directions and assignments required by cafeteria management with limited supervision.
• Frequent lifting or moving of objects weighing 30 to 50 pounds; sweeping, mopping, twisting, turning, reaching, bending, stooping, pushing and pulling.
• Work in a noisy kitchen with fluctuating temperatures, exposure to steam, fumes, cooking odors and chemicals; danger of slips, trips, falls, burns and cuts; exposure to extreme temperature changes when entering walk‑in refrigerators/freezers.
• Operate dangerous equipment such as meat slicers, food choppers, garbage disposals, etc.; responsible for breakdown and cleaning of all equipment, including the inside, outside and filters of the kitchen hood and dishwasher hood.
• Follow the Horry County School District Dress Code: approved uniforms and slip‑resistant, closed‑toe shoes must be worn daily.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned by Cafeteria Management.

Qualifications

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

Requirements

• Regularly required to stand and reach with hands and arms; walk; sit; stoop or kneel; crouch or crawl.
• Physically capable of frequently lifting or moving up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision requirements: close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to focus.
• Ability to sit and stand for extended periods of time.
• Manual dexterity for using a telephone and data entry.
• Read a computer screen and printed material with or without vision aids.
• Hear and understand speech at normal levels and on the telephone.
• Speak in audible tones so that others may understand clearly in person and on the telephone.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.