Foodservice Worker

SUMMARY

Performs routine general service tasks in kitchen, cafeteria, dining room, dish room, patient/resident, coffee shop and/or vending areas

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Maintains friendly and efficient attitude towards customers, co-workers and clients.

Sets up assigned station in work area.

May perform the following tasks as required:

• Brews coffee
• Fills beverage machines
• Sets up hot and/or cold food areas, salad bar area, and fills vending machines.
• Sets up, operates, clean and dismantles dish machine.
• Stocks and dismantles condiment areas and replenishes paper and china supplies.
• Assists with the proper storage, dating and rotating of stock

Maintains merchandising in service areas.

Prepares portions, assembles and labels food items.

Works on serving line. Works in dish room, scrapping trays, loading and unloading dish machine and sorting silverware, if required.

Cleans tables, counters and various types of kitchen equipment and sweeps and mops floors.

Assists with catered events, if required.

Removes trash from department and transports to disposal area.

Adheres to all Metz policies.

Conducts work within HACCP guidelines as appropriate and adheres to all departmental sanitation procedures.

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Adheres to all established systems and training programs to provide a safe environment.
Complies with all OSHA regulations and other local, state and federal regulations.

Recognizes and adopts activities appropriate to the specific guests needs

Maintains compliance with Metz’s standards of operation, client and Metz’s Employee
Handbook. Maintains all records and documentation necessary for regulatory compliance and in accordance with hospital and Metz policies and procedures...

Maintains compliance with all requirements of Federal, State and local regulations and guidelines including the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, the Age Discrimination in
Employment Act of 1967, as amended, and the Americans with Disabilities Act, as amended.

May be required to perform any position within the department with proper instruction and guidance and/or training.

The above statements reflect the general details considered necessary to describe the principal functions of the job as identified, and shall not be considered as a detailed description of all work requirements that may be inherent in the position.

QUALIFICATIONS To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill,

and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities

to perform the essential functions:

Prior food service experience is desired. Ability to communicate in English (verbal and written) effectively. Ability to work well under time constraints; apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed, but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work environment characteristics described in the following tables 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.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to extreme cold and extreme heat.

USE OF EQUIPMENT: Fill in equipment typically used to perform the job, i.e. Personal computer,

telephone, oven, grill, cash register, copier, hand truck, etc.

• Telephone
• Tray Assembly and Delivery Components
• Dish Machine
• Trash Compactor
• Garbage Disposal
• Steam Table
• Beverage Dispensing Machines

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LIFTING REQUIREMENTS: Place an ‘X’ next to the statement that best describes the usual lifting activity.

SEDENTARY Lifting up to 10 pounds maximum and occasionally lifting and or carrying small items
(files, manuals, binders)

LIGHT Lifting 20 pounds maximum with frequent lifting and/or carrying objects up to 10 pounds

XX MEDIUM Lifting 50 pounds maximum with frequent lifting and/or carrying objects weighing up to
25 pounds

HEAVY Lifting 100 pounds maximum with frequent lifting and/or carrying objects up to 50 pounds

VERY HEAVY Lifting objects in excess of 100 pounds with frequent lifting and/or carrying objects weighing 50 pounds or more.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: Place an “X” in the column that best describes the physical activities which are

required for the position.

NOT REQUIREDOCCASIONALFREQUENTCONSTANT

BENDING X

KEYING X

HEARING X

REACHING X

SEEING X

SPEAKING X

STANDING X

WALKING X

LIFTING X

CARRYING X

CLIMBING X

KNEELING X

TASTING X

SMELLING X

DEFINITIONS:
Not Required May be a routine part of the job, but the essential functions can be performed without this activity.
Occasional Activity is needed to perform the essential functions of the job at random intervals.
Frequent Activity is usual and customary part of the essential functions of the job.
Constant Activity is continually occurring and required to perform the essential functions of the job.