Nutrition Worker

Company: Arkansas Department of Education
Location: Huntsville
Posted on: April 23, 2025

Job Description:

Huntsville School District

Job Description

Job Title: Food Service Worker

Reports To: Director of Child Nutrition

Contracted Days: 180

Job Summary: Provide assistance within a school food service facility with preparation, service, and storage of food and supplies; program accountability and safety and sanitation procedures.

Essential Duties:

* Attend and complete required job related training classes and workshops.


* Practice appropriate procedures to assure sanitation and safety standards are met in the preparation of the service area; preparing, serving and storing food; use and care of equipment; personal habits.


* Follow verbal and/or written instructions for preparing, portioning, garnishing and serving meals, storing food and utilizing and maintaining equipment and facility.


* Consistently demonstrate efficient and productive use of time and resources to meet established productivity standards.


* Maintain with accuracy all required records and forms including time sheets, absence reports, food and supply usage records, cashier records, etc.


* Consistently demonstrate the ability to communicate positively with students, co-workers and school staff. --- Follow procedures in personnel matters including grievance, absence, job bidding and established dress code.


* If cashier, receive continued on-the-job training as required by software updates; maintain accuracy in daily transactions and money collections and accounting.


* Perform food service related tasks as assigned by manager or his/her representative.


* Other duties may be assigned

Qualifications:

* High School Diploma or equivalent
* Some experience in food service work preferred; or any equivalent combination of training and experience, which provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities



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 essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. The employee is regularly required to stand; walk; operate machinery with moving or hot components; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is sometimes required to lift up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision

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 essential functions.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud.

Other:

Note: This is not necessarily an exhaustive or all-inclusive list of responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, efforts, functions or working conditions associated with the job. This job description is not a contract of employment or a promise or guarantee of any specific terms or conditions of employment. The school district may add to, modify, or delete any aspect of this job (or the position itself) at any time as it deems necessary.

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