POSITION: Cook

 

SCHOOL / DEPT: Food Service

 

EVALUATOR: Food Service Director or designee

 

SALARY SCHEDULE: Food Service Team

 

APPROVED BY: Boyle County Board of Education DATE: April 2022

 

ABOUT US

 

Kids come first at Boyle County Schools. We’re proud to employ a team of educators and staff who strive for excellence, crave innovation and look for ways to provide students with personalized learning environments. A state and national leader in education, Boyle County Schools elevates more than 2,500 students to the highest levels of achievement through growth in academics, the arts and athletics.

ABOUT THE POSITION

 

To assist in the preparation and service of quality food to students in a quick and pleasant manner.

 

JOB QUALIFICATIONS

 

This position requires:

• A high school diploma or G.E.D. Certificate as required by Kentucky law.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

 

The following are listed for reference. Success will involve the ongoing demonstration of desire and ability to perform responsibilities effectively, efficiently, pleasantly and with a focus on student success.

• Prepare, cook, bake, set up and serve a variety of food items in quantity at an assigned school site.
• Follow standardized recipes and kitchen procedures for food quality and safety, and sanitation.
• Assist with the daily cleaning of all kitchen equipment to ensure cleanliness and that sanitary conditions are met.
• Reports inferior quality of food and faulty equipment to the appropriate authority.
• Operates commercial equipment needed in the cooking and cleaning processes.
• Operate the Point of Sale (POS) register and record the sale of food items to students and staff.
• Ensure that students are selecting compliant reimbursable meals.
• Provide outstanding customer service to our students and staff.
• Maintain a minimum of six (6) hours of professional training annually per the 2010 Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act.
• Maintains regular attendance.
• Strict adherence to the Policies and Procedures of the Boyle County Board of Education, the Employee Handbook and Kentucky Revised Statutes.
• Maintains regular attendance.
• Fulfilling contractual obligation of days worked.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: None

 

WORKING CONDITIONS

• Regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear.
• Frequently required to stand; walk; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and required to bend or twist at the neck and trunk while performing duties of this job.
• Continual use of hand strength to grasp tools.
• Occasionally required to sit and climb or balance. Occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
• Occasionally will walk on slippery surfaces.
• Requires activities involving being around commercial cooking equipment, exposure to marked changes in temperature, occasionally working in temperatures above 100 and below 0.
• 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.
• The noise level in the work environment is frequently loud.

DISCLAIMERS AND OTHER PERTINENT INFORMATION

• The work environment described 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.
• The information contained in this job description is for compliance with the American with Disabilities Act (A.D.A.) and is not an exhaustive list of the duties performed for this position. Additional duties are performed by the individuals currently holding this position and additional duties may be assigned.
• This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise.