Kitchen Aide

GENERAL STATEMENT OF JOB

Under the supervision of the Kitchen Manager, performs routine manual work in connection with the kitchen operations of a nutrition program. An incumbent of this class
performs a variety of routine manual tasks associated with the cleaning of the kitchen area, dining area, and food preparation equipment. Does related work as required.

SPECIFIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Essential Functions:

• Loads, operates and unloads dishwashing machines and washes food preparation and serving equipment, utensils, pots, pans, etc.
• Delivers and stores clean dishes and utensils to the proper storage area.
• Cleans kitchen area, tables, cabinets, equipment, etc.
• Disposes of trash and garbage.
• Brings food deliveries to storage area(s).
• Assists in loading food trays on carts or trucks for delivery.
• Maintains and cleans storage area and dining room areas; assists cook(s) in moving/lifting bulk food items, stockpots, trays, etc..
• Performs related kitchen duties as required and assigned.

MINIMUM EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Education and Experience

• Some experience in a professional kitchen setting preferred, but not required.

• Must be able to be certified in First Aid/CPR/AED within one month of hire.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS AND STANDARDS REQUIRED

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Knowledge of:

• Sanitary cleaning practices, supplies, and equipment
• Manual labor

• Using cleaning supplies and equipment
• Ability to understand and follow written and verbal instructions
• Ability to work cooperatively with others

• Balancing: Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling while walking, standing, or crouching on narrow, slippery, or erratically moving surfaces. The amount of
• balancing exceeds that needed for ordinary locomotion and maintenance of body equilibrium.
• Climbing: Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles, and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms. Body agility is emphasized.
• Crawling: Moving about on hands, knees, hands, and feet.
• Crouching: Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.
• Feeling: Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature, or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.
• Fingering: Picking, pinching, typing, or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling.
• Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
• Handling: Picking, holding, or otherwise working, primarily with the whole hand.
• Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discrimination sound.
• Kneeling: Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees.
• Lifting: Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position. It occurs to a considerable degree and requires substantial use of upper extremities and back muscles.
• Mental Acuity: Making rational decisions through sound logic and deductive processes.
• Pulling: Using upper extremities to exert force to draw, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion.
• Pushing: Using upper extremities to press against something steady to thrust forward, downward, or outward.
• Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• Repetitive Motion: Substantial movements (motions) of the wrist, hands, and/or fingers.
• Speaking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word including the ability to convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately and concisely.
• Standing: Particularly for sustained periods of time.
• Stooping: Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. It occurs to a considerable degree and requires full motion of the lower extremities and back muscles.
• Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word including those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Visual ability 1: sufficient to perform an activity like preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; and/or extensive reading.
• Visual ability 3: sufficient to determine the accuracy, neatness, and thoroughness of the work assigned or to make general observations of facilities or structures.
• Visual ability 4: sufficient to operate motor vehicles and/or heavy equipment, both day and night.
• Walking: Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or move from one work site to another