Auburn School District
Job Title: Assistant Cook
Reports To: Department Administrator
Unit Classification: Public School Employees of Auburn (PSEA)
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Under supervision, perform varied semi -skilled tasks in food preparation and services, including
salad and sandwich preparation
- Assist head cook
- Prepare and serve a` la carte lunches
- Package take-out lunches
- Load and unload transporters
- Assist in stocking serving areas
- Serve food along lunch line
- Cashier on lunch line
- Assist with clean-up of dishes, cooking utensils, equipment, lunchroom, and kitchen
- Other related duties and responsibilities as assigned.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Related to Cultural Competence and Equity:
- Ability to recognize and demonstrate awareness of one's own cultural identity as
well as accepting and respecting the cultural identity of others.
- Commitment to establishing and supporting an environment that promotes cultural
competence and equitable treatment of all staff, students, and families of the
district.
- Ability to support and promote the Auburn School District's commitment to "Engage.
Educate. Empower With Equity and Excellence".
Minimum Requirements:
- Employee expected to use non-hazardous chemical products.
- Must have an understanding of cooking techniques.
- Possess a working knowledge of commercial kitchen equipment.
- Basic math skills and experience with cash registers is preferred.
- Have the ability to adjust recipes to different quantities.
- Ability to lift 50 pounds, bend, reach, and stretch as needed.
- Three years of food service experience or experience that includes increasingly responsible
involvement in the management of a large-scale food service operation.
- Be willing to become Serve Safe certified.
- Knowledge of Skyward Point of Sales system and end of day money procedures and reports
preferred.
- Valid State of Washington Food and Beverage Service Workers' Permit.
- Effective working personality and ability to work with students.
- Working knowledge of State and Federal Child Nutrition Guidelines.
Working Conditions:
- Physical Demands for this position may include:
o Standing for extended periods of time.
o Lifting heavy objects.
o Performing repetitive tasks.
o Must have the ability to bend, stoop, and reach.
- Work Environment - Work is performed primarily in a kitchen environment within a school
setting. May be exposed to heat, steam, and odors from cooking. The noise level in the work
environment is moderate. The employee has responsibility for the safety and wellbeing of
others and must be able to interact with other workers.
The information contained in this job description is not an exhaustive list of the duties performed for this
position. The individuals currently holding this position perform additional duties and additional duties
may be assigned.