Food Worker Job Description
Food worker
provides leadership in the development, training, execution, and verification/validation of all quality systems, including all aspects of food safety, food quality and sanitation.
Food Worker Duties & Responsibilities
To write an effective food worker job description, begin by listing detailed duties, responsibilities and expectations. We have included food worker job description templates that you can modify and use.
Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Ensures the necessary items for the tray line operation are secured for assigned area prior to meal service, including food items service equipment and utensils
Follow standard recipes for portion control, follow ServSafe food safety procedures, and operate food service equipment safely
Retrieves clean service ware and utilizes the set procedure for placing the service ware and tray delivery carts back into operation
Follow serviceware and equipment sanitation standards in accordance with health code regulations, including proper use of chemicals
Follows established standards for food safety and sanitation
Assist with meal service and the delivery of plates to the resident tables
Perform a variety of cleaning tasks to keep kitchen area and equipment santized and sterile
Prepares food stations for meal service
May operate dish washing equipment
Assists with the washing, sanitizing and restocking of service ware and tray delivery carts
Food Worker Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Food Worker
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: NOTE, SERV, WHMIS, CPI, CPR
Education for Food Worker
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the food worker job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as High School and Collage Degree in Education, Graduate, Department of Education, Technical, General Education, Performance, Supervision, English, Culinary, Communication
Skills for Food Worker
Desired skills for food worker include:
Cashiering
Catering
Food safety
Production
Sanitation
NYC Department of Health’s rules and regulations
Acceptable level of food quality
Food product
Identification
Food service and sanitation standards
Desired experience for food worker includes:
Cooking from scratch
Ability to communicate both verbally and in writing in order to maintain records, files and prepare simple reports required
Able to stand for long periods of time, bend, kneel, and reach to store/retrieve supplies
Able to lift, carry, and push supplies and heavy boxes
Prepare, serve, or deliver food for patients, staff, and guests in the cafeteria and community outpatient services
Take inventory, orders, and stocks shelves
Food Worker Examples
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Food Worker Job Description
Job Description Example
Our growing company is looking for a food worker. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for food worker
- Cleans and sanitizes assigned work areas daily including, but not limited to, work surfaces, patient delivery carts, refrigerators and other related equipment
- Ensures that bases and dishes are at an appropriate service temperature
- Perform tray retrieval using Infection Prevention protocol and universal precautions to reduce the spread of bloodborne pathogens, wearing personal protective equipment, and following proper ergonomic standards
- Utilize the CBORD application Food Management System for food production, Nutrition Services Suite for tray assembly, TrayMonitor module for tray delivery, and Tray Pick-up for tray retrieval
- Perform simple food assembly such as preparing salads, portioning and garnishing foods according to instruction
- Make food tallies and other simple record keeping, temperature checks on equipment and food
- Clean and sanitize equipment, wares, walls, and floors routinely
- Maintain assigned areas and equipment in a safe, clean, neat, and orderly manner to meet established standards
- Represents the hospital and the department in a positive manner by following all the hospital service standards when dealing with customers and co-workers
- Assist Chefs and kitchen staff with various tasks as needed, including delivering food to specified locations and setting-up food service tables as needed
Qualifications for food worker
- Ability to stand for long periods and stoop, bend, and lift up to 100 pounds
- Must demonstrate an understanding and an ability to work with the elderly
- Be willing to be cross trained and function into other work areas of nutrition services
- Ork 2 out of 3 weekends and alternating holidays
- Cleans, sanitizes and restocks assigned station after each meal to assure the stations are ready for the next meal period
- Empties tray delivery carts and disposes trash according to procedure
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Food Worker Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is hiring for a food worker. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for food worker
- Checks menu items and ensures a sufficient supply throughout daily service or event
- Supervises the use of kitchen equipment by the residents
- Demonstrates knowledge of the duties of other positions
- Set-up and tear down of equipment
- Transfers supplies and equipment within and between storage, work and serving areas
- Cleans, washes and sanitizes dishes, utensils, pan, tools and equipment by hand or machine following established procedures
- Work in an efficient and organized manner to successfully complete job duties within allotted time
- These positions require frequent bending, twisting, squatting and reaching
- Employee is responsible for serving food on the cafeteria and patient tray lines
- Prepare and deliver floor stock, between meal nourishments and late trays, meeting departmental standards
Qualifications for food worker
- Collects garbage and disposes of it by electric garbage disposal or removes it to loading area
- Washes trays, carts, refrigerators, Cleans kitchen work area, washes down walls and mops floors
- Assists in receiving and storing warehouse deliveries
- May occasionally assist in light cooking, such as hot cakes, french toast, and eggs
- Grammar school or equivalent with ability to read/write/speak English, follow oral instructions
- One month on-the-job training
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Food Worker Job Description
Job Description Example
Our growing company is hiring for a food worker. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for food worker
- Meets the standards for preparing and delivering late trays and floor stock consistently
- Has good working knowledge of sanitation regulations and standards
- Takes food/equipment temperature and records, as appropriate
- Informs supervisor of any equipment and/or supply problems and needs
- Clean and sanitizes equipment and work unit according to departmental procedures and schedules
- Assemble, deliver and retrieve patient trays
- Wash and sanitize dishes cooking utensils, according to department standards and procedures
- Assemble/disassemble serving line and/or bus tables/tray return in dinning areas
- Stock, store, label and deliver food and supplies to designated areas in a timely manner
- Wears appropriate uniform and protective clothing required by the department or governmental regulations
Qualifications for food worker
- Critically think and problem solve independently
- Work independently with minimal guidance to work well with others as part of a team
- Perform physical job duties safely, including, pulling, standing, bending, kneeling and lifting up to 35 pounds, walking up to 5 miles per day
- Maintain appropriate personal hygiene and professional appearance
- Maintain excellent attendance record
- Must have High School Diploma or GED, and a willingness to learn new processes and technologies
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Food Worker Job Description
Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is looking for a food worker. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for food worker
- Perform finish production such as sandwich preparation, grilling, slicing, assembling, and preparing foods for service
- Cleans, scrubs, wipes and/or washes tables, counters and other service equipment such as work tables and refrigerators
- Ensure a smooth meal service
- Follow recipe, production standards and assignments
- Clean and sanitize equipment and work unit according to departmental procedures and schedules
- Provide friendly and efficient service and assistance to all guests
- Under supervision, assist in providing basic culinary support for catered functions or a la carte service
- Assist as needed with basic, routine maintenance of furniture and equipment
- Assist in loading and unloading trolley carts from deliveries and in storing food and equipment as needed
- Restock food, linen, sundries, and equipment as requested
Qualifications for food worker
- Complete all city and/or state certifications within 30 days of hire
- Cooking experience is preferred
- PRN (as needed)
- Valid City of Fort Worth Food Handler's permit within 30 days of employment
- Ability to safely perform work tasks
- Complies with all safety regulations pertaining to CHMC, state regulations
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Food Worker Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is hiring for a food worker. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for food worker
- Will deliver patient food trays as needed in accordance with customer service training
- Plates food attractively for cafeteria and patient tray lines
- Is able to perform suggestive selling easily and successfully
- Prepares the patient trays accurately and delivers them in a timely manner
- Understands par levels, follows them when stocking, and does not over or under stock
- Follows FIFO when stocking items
- Turns floor stock sheets in accurately and on time
- Delivers late trays and nourishments according to departmental standards
- Documents food delivery times and food tallies
- Completes temperature checks consistently and reports variances to the supervisor
Qualifications for food worker
- Ability to relate, speak, and cooperate effectively before groups of customers, students, clients or employees of organization
- Ability to make change and count a cash register drawer
- Must work safely to reduce the risk of injury to self, co-workers, and campus faculty, staff, and students
- Promptly reports personal injury to Supervisor and seeks first aid as required
- We are looking for good core behaviors and work ethic
- You will be working in front of the public so premier customer service is imparative