SENIOR FOOD SERVICE HANDLER
  

  DEFINITION

       Under the direction of a Cook, Head Cook, Food Service Supervisor
  or other supervisory officer, assists with the work involved in food
  preparation and service, and may take the lead in a group of Food
  Service Workers, patients, or inmates engaged in storing and preparing
  food for cooking and in serving food; transports prepared meals; does
  related work as required.

  EXAMPLES OF WORK:

       Acts as a general assistant in a kitchen, bakery, cannery, dining
  room, cafeteria, or other food preparation or service unit.

       Serves special diets according to prescribed portions control
  guide determined by the Dietitian.

       Washes, scrubs, pares, hulls, cores and prepares vegetables,
  fruits, and berries for cooking or serving using manual or power driven
  equipment.

       Assumes the responsibility for certain phases of food preparation
  and cooking.

       Assists in cutting meat and baking.

       Assists in keeping the kitchen or other areas safe, clean, and
  orderly; cleans refrigerators.

       Assists in directing the serving of food from steam tables and
  other cooking equipment; arranges trays.

       Delivers or monitors the delivery of food to dining rooms.

       Uses a motorized vehicle to transport prepared meals; loads and
  unloads vehicle; prepares portions at delivery stops.

       Directs food service in dining rooms or wards.

       Assists in the preparation of salads, desserts, and beverages.

       Sets tables; changes linens; counts dishes, linen, and silverware.

       Directs patients, inmates, and employees in transporting and
  delivering food to wards.

       Takes the lead in a dishwashing unit; ensures that dishes, trays,
  pots, pans, silverware, and kitchen and other food preparation and
  service equipment are properly washed and dried.

       Washes kitchen, dining room, and food storage area floors and
  walls; waxes floors.

       Washes and polishes ranges, roasters, broilers, milk cans, and
  other equipment.

       Polishes silverware and metal equipment.

       Receives, checks, weighs, measures, issues, and prepares records
  and inventories of food supplies and equipment.

       May be required to learn to utilize various types of electronic
  and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency,
  office, or related units.

  REQUIREMENTS:

       EXPERIENCE:

           One (1) year of experience in general unskilled kitchen or
  food service work.

       LICENSE:

           Appointee will be required to possess a driver's license valid
  in New Jersey only if the operation of a vehicle, rather than employee
  mobility, is necessary to perform the essential duties of the position.

  KNOWLEDGES AND ABILITIES

           Knowledge of the proper methods and materials used to clean,
  polish and maintain kitchen, storage, and food service areas in a
  clean, sanitary, orderly, and safe condition.

           Ability to understand the rights of residents confined to
  institutions.

           Ability to prepare vegetables and fruits for cooking.

           Ability to use a motorized vehicle in a safe, competent, and
  skilled manner when transporting food.

           Ability to load, unload, and deliver various types of foods.

           Ability to remember oral and written instructions and
  directions.

           Ability to learn quickly from demonstrations.

           Ability to efficiently serve food from steam tables or other
  equipment.

           Ability to prepare trays and to set tables.

           Ability to do or take the lead in the manual work involved in
  washing dishes, pots and pans, in polishing silverware and metal
  equipment, in keeping ranges and broiler, roaster and other equipment
  clean and polished, and in scrubing and waxing floors, halls, and other
  areas.

           Ability to keep simple records.

           Ability to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or
  manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or
  related units.

           Ability to read, write, speak, understand, or communicate in
  English sufficiently to perform the duties of this position.  American
  Sign Language or braille may also be considered as acceptable 
  forms of communication.

           Persons with mental or physical disabilities are eligible as
  long as they can perform the essential functions of the job after
  reasonable accommodation is made to their known limitations.  If the
  accommodation cannot be made because it would cause the employer 
  undue hardship, such persons may not be eligible.

 This job specification is applicable to the following title code(s) which
are different work week or work month and/or variants of the job class title:
Job
Spec
Code
Variant
State,
Local or
Common
Class of
Service
Work
Week
State
Class
Code
Local
Class
Code
Salary
Range
Note
44640
S
N
40
08
N/A
H06
10 Month
44641
S
N
40
08
N/A
H09
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This job specification is for state government use only.
Salary range is only applicable to state government.
Local salaries are established by individual local jurisdictions.

 11/15/1992