Cook's Helper
Company Name
Rhode Island College
Remote Position
No
Job Type
Full Time
Location
Providence, RI
| Position Title | Cook's Helper |
|---|---|
| Department Name | College Dining Services |
| Full Time / Part Time | Full-time |
| General Statement of Duties | To work as a helper to a cook, baker or food service supervisor by performing simple tasks in the preparation of foods and beverages (hot or cold) in a kitchen of a state institution; or, to perform food service duties in a dining room or cafeteria served by this kitchen; to perform food preparation duties in a kitchen or to operate the pan and rack washing machine in the Central Food Processing Plant; or to perform those duties necessary to maintain cleanliness in the kitchen and related areas; and to do related work as required. |
| Supervision Received | To work under the close supervision of a superior from whom are received detailed and explicit instructions; work is reviewed for compliance with such instructions. |
| Supervision Exercised | As required, may supervise the work of patient, inmate or student intern help. |
| Scheduled Work Week / Hours / Area | 40 Hours / Week Academic Year Tuesday – Saturday 12:00PM – 8:30PM Sunday & Monday Off |
| Position Overview | Dining Services at Rhode Island College provides meals and hospitality to residents, commuters, faculty, staff, and visitors through the Donovan Dining Center (DDC) and the Beestro Café. The DDC is a central part of student life, offering breakfast, lunch, and dinner daily, while Dining Services also delivers high-quality catering across campus. This position will be on the front lines serving our students and campus guests . Based at our Pizza and Rice Bar Station, this position will also support other areas within our food service operations. |
| Reports To | Assistant Director, Dining Procurement & Resources |
| Illustrative Examples of Work Performed | As assigned to work as a helper under the close supervision of a cook or food service supervisor by performing such duties as: To wash, peel, chop, dice or grind vegetables, fruits, and other foods for cooking or for salads; to do other simple work in food preparation such as: making toast, coffee, tea, chocolate; preparing cereal, cooking eggs; making sandwiches; stirring soups; boiling potatoes or other vegetables; to prepare patient intravenous feeding by measuring and assembling specified ingredients using graduated devices; to assemble diet trays and as instructed arranges food thereon to be served to patients; loads food onto food trucks or places food in receptacles in steam tables; to set up dining tables for service; and as required to serve food to persons in cafeteria from steam tables; to collect trays, soiled dishes, cutlery, glassware, etc. after meals and to dispose of scrap or leftover foods; to restock and maintain order of limited amounts (week’s supply) of storegoods; to wash dishes manually or in an automatic dishwashing machine and to wash cutlery and glassware and to put them in their designated places for reuse; to clean and wash food trucks, dishwashing machines, freezers, walk-in refrigerators and other kitchen equipment and utensils; to clean and washdown the food preparation areas, kitchen cafeteria and related dining areas including floors, walls, immovable equipment and portable food service equipment; and to do related work as required. As assigned to work as a helper under the close supervision of a baker by performing such duties as: To assemble materials and to weigh, measure and as instructed mix ingredients by hand or in an electric powered mixing machine; to roll dough, and fill pans with dough or batter; to place goods to be baked in, and remove them from ovens; to perform such tasks as carrying materials to a baker or to machines, depositing ingredients in containers, greasing pans, lining pans with greased paper or other appropriate lining; to move racks or rack trucks of dough and/or batter, or baked goods to and from ovens; to clean bakery areas and related equipment and utensils; and to do related work as required. As assigned, to work in the Central Food Processing Plant by performing such duties as: To work as a helper to cooks, bakers and meat cutters in performing such tasks as assembling, portioning, packaging and transporting of materials; to operate a pan and rack washing machine; to wash pots and pans; to clean work areas and refrigerators; and to do related work as required. |
| Education | Sufficient to follow simple verbal and written directions and to generate simple sums and differences. |
| Experience | Such as may have been gained through: employment as a helper in a kitchen or bakery in a hospital, hotel or restaurant which required the performance of routine work in food preparation, food service and various tasks incidental to the preparation of food in a kitchen or bakery, and food service in a dining room or cafeteria. |
| Or Combination of Education and Experience | Any combination of education and experience that shall be substantially equivalent to the above education and experience. |
| Or Combination of Education and Experience | |
| Additional Required Qualifications | |
| Knowledges Skills and Capacities | A familiarity with the methods and procedures applied in the cooking and baking of food, and in food service and in cleaning of kitchen or baking areas; the ability to understand and follow simple verbal or written directions; the ability to exercise care in the handling, washing, drying and storing of cooking or baking equipment, and glassware; and related capacities and abilities. |
| Preferred Qualifications |
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| Number of Employees Supervised | 0 |
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