SHANDON JOINT UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

JOB DESCRIPTION

POSITION:    Food Service Worker I

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Provides a wide variety of duties related to student meals, district lunch records and student supervision.  Excellent reading, writing, spelling, grammar, punctuation, computational and other core academic skills are required for this position.

QUALIFICATIONS:

1. Education:       High school diploma or general education degree (GED).

1. Experience:     Past experience in working with children and typing ability desirable.

1. Knowledge:    A basic understanding of the activities of a school lunch program and have the ability to work closely with children and adults.  The ability to complete basic mathematic functions and to read and understand written instructions is required.  An ability to speak, read and write in Spanish is desirable. 

TYPICAL DUTIES  may include, but not limited to, the following:

• Provide day-to-day supervision of children in eating areas.
• Serve meals and keep accurate records on meals served.
• Collect and deposit money while following district guidelines.
• Collect lunch applications for the district and verify completeness.
• Order meals for all campuses.
• Complete any necessary paperwork relating to the district’s breakfast and/or lunch programs.
• Work closely with the district’s business office to meet necessary audit guidelines.
• Supervise children at the playground or bus loading area as needed.
• Carry out other tasks which may be assigned.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential function.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to walk and continuously required to stand.  The employee will frequently bend or twist at the neck and trunk while performing the duties of the job.  The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms and repeat the same hand/arm/finger motion many times.  The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.  The employee occasionally will lift and/or move up to 50 lbs. such as milk crates, frozen foods, canned foods, etc.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and depth perception.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

            The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee occasionally works in temperatures above 100 degrees and below 32 degrees and occasionally will walk on slippery surfaces.  The employee must be able to meet deadlines with severe time constraints and interact with the public and other workers.  The employee has direct responsibility for the safety and well-being of others.  The noise level in the work environment is frequently loud to where you have to raise your voice to be heard.

IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR:

Principal(s) and/or Superintendent

Work Year – Ten Months