Food Service Specialist - Part Time
About the role
The Department of Veterans Affairs operates the Claremore Veterans Home, where positions in this job family handle, prepare, cook, and serve food for regular, modified, and special diets.
Responsibilities
- Prepares foods, salads, and desserts.
- Cooks or bakes a variety of items.
- Supplies unit with meat, fish or fowl as ordered; cuts and prepares meat, poultry or fish.
- Cleans and prepares foods using tools such as knives, slicers and peelers and equipment such as ovens and steamers; follows written diet orders.
- Operates dishwasher; gathers, cleans, stacks and hand washes or scours pots, pans, dishes, silverware and other cooking and baking utensils.
- Removes refuse from kitchen area; sweeps mops and scrubs kitchen, dining and storage areas.
- LABELS, LOADS AND DELIVERS FOOD CARS OR TRAYS; PICKS UP TRAYS AFTER USE.
- Defrosts and cleans refrigerators, walk-in coolers and related equipment.
- OPERATES STATE-OWNED CARS, VANS, AND/OR OTHER MOTORIZED TRANSPORTATION.
Requirements
This is a part-time position with compensation levels ranging from $18.00 to $24.00 per hour.
Qualifications
- Level I: No formal education or experience required.
- Level II: One year of experience in a commercial or institutional food service or an equivalent combination of education and experience, substituting one year of vocational or technical school training in food preparation for the required experience.
- Level III: Two years of experience in a commercial or institutional food service or an equivalent combination of education and experience, substituting one year of vocational or technical school training in food preparation for the required experience.
- Level IV: Three years of experience in a commercial or institutional food service or an equivalent combination of education and experience, substituting one year of vocational or technical school training in food preparation for the required experience.
Skills
Knowledge of basic food preparation techniques; of food service operations; of proper sanitation practices; and of basic mathematics.
Benefits
No specific benefits are mentioned in the job posting.
Pay
- Level I: $18.00
- Level II: $19.00
- Level III: $22.00
- Level IV: $24.00
Schedule
- Part time
Skills
Ability to carry out routine tasks to completion; to follow oral and written instructions; and to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.
Special Requirements
Some agencies may have determined positions in this job family to be safety sensitive as defined by 63 O.S. 427.8.
Equal Opportunity Employment
The State of Oklahoma is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of genetic information, race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, or disability.
Current Active State of Oklahoma Employees
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Additional Information
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