Central Kitchen Assistant I

3 weeks ago


Anchorage, United States Anchorage Schools Full time

Bargaining Unit: Food Service

Work Year: 9 months per year

Work Day: 8.0 hours per day

FTE: 1.0 FTE, Full Time

Salary: K-2, $15.34 to $16.34 per hour, DOE

Job Summary

The Central Kitchen Assistant helps prepare food by cooking and packaging items at the Student Nutrition Center. The assistant also aids in inventory and cleaning duties. The position has a retirement association with the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS).

Job Requirements

The following are required:

* A high school diploma or equivalent. Two years of related work experience may be considered in lieu of the education requirement.
* Must be proficient in basic math such as addition, subtraction, and multiplication.
* Must attend the four-hour ASD Serving It Safe food safety course and pass the associated examination within 21 calendar days from date of hire into the position.

The following are preferred:

* Previous food service experience. Work experience must evidence ability to perform essential job functions.
* Ability to prepare simple reports.
* Knowledge of sanitation practices and ability to learn food service practices and procedures.

Essential Job Functions

* Assists in food preparation areas such as packaging, laundry, dish room, staging area, coolers, and freezer.
* Safely learns and operates various types of institutional kitchen equipment.
* Efficiently performs repetitive tasks in a fast paced, high production/large volume, assembly line environment for extended periods of time.
* Works on an assembly line where standing in place and filling pre-plate packages, scooping, dipping, lifting, and catching is routine work.
* Prepares and slices food for cooking, slices meats and cheese, cuts entree and dessert items into required serving portions, scoops, dips, fills pre-plate containers, wraps food, loads and unloads baskets, carts, buckets, containers, and performs other related assignments.
* Wipes counters, cleans and sanitizes equipment, sweeps and mops floors, works in the laundry, removes trash, and performs other routine cleaning/sanitation tasks.
* Carries large trays, industrial size buckets, and heavy baking pans from one location to another.
* Establishes and maintains positive and effective working relationships with students, staff, supervisors, other Anchorage School District personnel, and the public.

Physical /Mental Demands

The physical demands of this job require frequent standing, walking, sitting, speaking and hearing. Specific visual abilities are also required. The employee is regularly required to reach with his/her hands and arms and occasionally lift items weighing less than 40 lbs. Additionally, the employee must be able to understand vague and implicit instructions, be able to readily recall facts and details, handle conflict and make effective decisions under pressure. The employee must have the ability to effectively manage the stress of working with students, parents, and other employees representing diverse cultures, personalities, and work styles in a dynamic work environment.

The Anchorage School District is committed to providing reasonable accommodations, according to applicable state and federal laws, to all individuals with a qualified physical or mental disability.

Work Environment

Work is performed in a professional environment with a wide variety of individuals having differing functions, personalities and abilities, including working with diverse groups of people in a variety of different settings.

While performing the duties of this job the employee may be regularly exposed to a video display. The employee may be exposed to outdoor weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Additional Job Information

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) in this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job related duties as requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments.

Anchorage School District (ASD) employees must possess the ability to read and write in English. This also includes the ability to communicate in English with school staff, co-workers, and the public; as well as have the ability to comprehend and carry out oral and written directions and understand and follow English instructions and written documents.

Offers of employment are contingent upon completion of a satisfactory criminal background check. For certificated positions, this is in addition to the background check conducted through the certification process with the Alaska State Department of Education and Early Development (DEED).

This position may be required to work in ASD facilities on the military installations (JBER). Please visit the government REAL ID website for additional information.

The Anchorage School District is an equal employment opportunity employer.



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