Cook's Helper (Full-Time, 40 hrs., Academic Year)

About the role

To work as a helper to a cook or baker by performing simple tasks in the preparation of foods and beverages (hot or cold) in a kitchen of a state institution; or, to perform food services duties in a dining room or cafeteria served by this kitchen; to work in the food preparation areas or to operate the pan and rack washing machine in the central food processing plant; or to perform those duties necessary to maintain cleanliness in the kitchen and related areas; and to do related work as required.

Responsibilities

• Wash, peel, chop, dice, or grind vegetables, fruits, and other foods for cooking or for salads;
• Make toast, coffee, tea, chocolate; prepare cereal, cook eggs; make sandwiches; stir soup; boil potatoes or other vegetables;
• Assemble diet trays and arrange food thereon to be served to patients;
• Load food onto food trucks or place food in receptacles in steam tables;
• Set up dining tables for service;
• Serve food to persons in a cafeteria from steam tables;
• Collect trays, soiled dishes, cutlery, glassware, etc. after meals and dispose of scrap or leftover foods;
• Wash dishes manually or in an automatic dishwashing machine and wash cutlery and glassware and put them in designated places for reuse;
• Clean and wash food trucks, dishwashing machines; iceboxes, walk-in refrigerators and other kitchen equipment and utensils;
• Clean and wash down the kitchen cafeteria and related dining areas;
• Assemble materials and weigh, measure, and mix ingredients by hand or in an electric powered mixing machine;
• Roll dough, and fill pans with dough or batter;
• Place goods to be baked in, and remove them from ovens;
• Carry materials to a baker or to machines, deposit ingredients in containers, grease pans, line pans with greased paper or other appropriate lining;
• Move racks or rack trucks of dough and/or batter, or baked goods to and from ovens;
• Clean bakery areas and related equipment and utensils;
• Work as a helper to cooks, bakers and meat cutters in assembling, portioning, packaging and transporting of materials;
• Operate a pan and rack washing machine; wash pots and pans; clean work areas and refrigerators;

Requirements

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