ASSISTANT COOK - LMS (2024-2025 School Year)

Reports To:    Food Services Supervisor, LMS Head Cook and Building Principal

Job Goal:        To serve the students attractive and nutritious meals in accordance with state standards. To maintain an atmosphere of efficiency, cleanliness, and friendly customer service and meet all district, local, and federal safety rules.

Schedule:       8 hours per day; 192 days per year   

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:  To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions, duties and responsibilities.  Demonstrated record of good attendance and dependability.

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE:  Required- High school diploma or general education degree (GED); Preferred- previous experience with large-scale cooking and food preparation/serving.

OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES:  Ability to work in a friendly manner with co-workers, students, staff, and the community.  Ability to perform duties with awareness of all district requirements and Board Policies.  Ability to operate commercial-grade food service equipment safely and efficiently.  Must operate kitchen according to food safety plan and food code requirements.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Follow direction from Head Cook
2. Assist in the preparation and serving of meals
3. Assume responsibility of kitchen as head cook in head cook’s absence, including paperwork
4. Operate all kitchen equipment in a safe manner
5. Wash dishes and clean equipment as needed
6. Daily cleaning duties as assigned
7. Work well with students in the kitchen, co-workers, principal, teachers, supervisor and others
8. Follow standardized menus and recipes
9. Perform other duties as might be reasonably assigned
10. Maintain good personal hygiene
11. Appropriate dress and hair restraint
12. Follow portion control protocol as directed
13. Prepare, receive and store food following the districts food safety plan and local and federal safety rules
14. Ability to lift and carry up to 50 pounds

Math Requirements

Regular use of math including:

• Simple fractions such as measurements, ability to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, division
• Ability to correctly count money and make change
• Adjusting recipes based on meal counts
• Appropriately use volume, weight and measurement of food items

Language Requirements

• Ability to read and follow large scale recipes and follow menus
• Ability to communicate written and verbal instructions
• Ability to speak to small groups
• Ability to complete reports and correspondence

Reasoning Requirement

• Ability to apply general guidelines to a wide variety of situations with several variables
• Think quickly to address situations
• Attention to detail is essential

Additional Requirements

• Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds as described in the essential functions section
• Technology (Computer/Telephone/Fax/Calculator)
• Maintain food safety and food code requirements
• Receive supplies/food in accordance with food safety and food code requirements
• Must pass a criminal background check that meets required state, federal, and Clarkston School District standards
• May have occasional evening hours during school functions as assigned (voluntary)

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 functions.

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 this job.  The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.  The employee continuously uses hand strength to grasp tools.  The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds such as milk crates, frozen foods, canned food, etc.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, depth perception, peripheral vision, and color vision.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:  The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those 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 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 noise level in the work environment is frequently loud to where you have to raise your voice to be heard.  The employee has a greater than average risk of getting a minor injury such as a cut or burn while performing the duties of this job.

Evaluation:

Performance of this job will be evaluated annually in accordance with the provision of the Board Policy on Evaluation of Personnel and Collective Bargaining Agreement.

Terms of Employment:

1. 182 days per year, + 11 paid holidays
2. Pay and benefits in accordance with contract between Clarkston School District and International Union of Operating Engineers
3. Health card required prior to employment
4. Appropriate clothing, shoes and hair restraint
5. Deadline to submit application: (insert date)
6. Successful background check prior to employment
   Requirements by Percentage of the Workday

Physical                                                                                                   Environmental

Requirements      0-10%       10-25%     25-50%     50-75%    75-100% Exposure                 0-10%      10-25%     25-50%     50-75%

Lifting weight      0-10%      10-25%     25-50%     50-75%    75-100% Equipment               Daily      3/4 x wk    Weekly

NONDISCRIMINATION

Clarkston School District does not discriminate in any programs or activities on the basis of sex, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, veteran or military status, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, disability, or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups.  The following employees have been designated to handle questions and complaints of alleged discrimination: Civil Rights and Title IX Coordinator: Troy Whittle, (509) 758-2531, whittlet@csdk12.org; and Section 504 Coordinator: Rebecca Lockhart, (509) 758-2531, lockhartr@csdk12.org. Address: 1294 Chestnut St., Clarkston, WA 9940