Summary
Wage Grade 4 Food Service Workers independently perform duties that require proficiency in special procedures. They require a broad knowledge of service operations, such as food and beverage preparation, modified diets, computer proficiency, dishwashing, dry and refrigerated storage, and safety and sanitation. Wage grade 4 workers can do all the duties of a lower grade worker, but also may help with making patient selections, thickening items and checking trays.
Duties
Wage Grade 4 Food Service Workers independently perform duties that require proficiency in special procedures. They require a broad knowledge of service operations, such as food and beverage preparation, modified diets, computer proficiency, dishwashing, dry and refrigerated storage, and safety and sanitation. Wage grade 4 workers can do all the duties of a lower grade worker, but also may help with making patient selections, thickening items and checking trays.
Major Duties include but are not limited to:
- Sets up dining room tables for service, place food and beverages on tables, and replenishes items as necessary.
- Identifies obvious discrepancies between the prescribed diets and the food items designated by the menu.
- Uses knowledge of sanitation standards, such as the need to keep wiping cloths in sanitizing solution and maintaining proper water temperature standards when cleaning dishes.
- Prevents contamination by cleaning equipment previously used for raw food.
- Takes nourishment inventories, stocking using first in-first out procedures, replacing expired goods.
- Provides assistance to cooks in the food preparation area including assembling, labeling and arranging completed recipe items in preparation for use by.
- Verifies that food items on trays are appropriate for the prescribed diet.
- Prepares fresh fruit/cold salads/dressings/sandwich fillings and cold sandwiches and simple cold desserts in specified quantities.
- Provides assistance to cooks in the food preparation area, such as weigh, measure and assemble ingredients according to standardized recipes.
- Prepares uncooked food items, such as sandwich spread and salad dressings.
- Follows directions in assembling, measuring, weighing, or mixing ingredients for basic formulas and supplemental feedings following standardized recipes and using sanitary techniques.
- Prepares beverages according to the number of servings required.
- Decides what food items to serve for the most common diets when the diet card or tray ticket identifies only the kind of diet called for.
- Provides patients with basic information about modified diets and the nutrition services that are available.
- Determines the quantities of ingredients needed to prepare the required yields using arithmetical computations using decimals, fractions, and percentages.
- Sorts, washes, peels and cuts cold foods using knives or other equipment.
- Sets up assigned station with the correct supplies and food items.
- Operates and breaks down and cleans all equipment assigned to food service and related areas.
- Makes precise measurements and accurately weighs recipe ingredients for special feedings.
- Scrapes, soaks, scours, and scrubs cookware and utensils.
- Sterilizes equipment and sanitizes work areas.
- Returns soiled trays and dishes to the dish room.
- Breaks down and cleans food stations.
- Delivers meal trays.
- Performs heavy-duty cleaning tasks throughout the food service and related areas.
- Unloads food/tray delivery carts.
- Moves garbage cans when collecting and transferring trash from the work area to the disposal area.
Work Schedule: 5:30AM-2:00PM; 20 Hours; Days may vary.
Position Description Title/PD#: Food Service Worker/PD99836S
Physical Requirements: Wage Grade 4 Food Service Workers perform work requiring light to moderate physical effort. They may be required to perform heavy work, such as scouring and scrubbing large size cooking utensils and pushing heavy carts and trucks in unloading, storing, and delivering supplies. They are subject to continuous standing and walking, and frequent stooping, reaching, pushing, pulling, and bending. They frequently lift or move objects weighing up to 20 pounds unassisted and occasionally lift or move objects weighing more than 40 pounds with the assistance of others.
Working Conditions: The work is performed in kitchen areas where the steam and heat from cooking and dishwashing equipment often cause uncomfortably high temperatures and humidity. The work area is well-lighted but usually noisy from food service activities, and there is danger of slipping on floors where food or beverages have been dropped. Food service workers are regularly exposed to hot liquids, sharp cutting blades, hot working surfaces, and extreme temperature changes when entering walk-in refrigeration or freezing units.
Required Documents
Documents Accepted:
- Cover Letter
- DD-214/ Statement of Service
- Disability Letter (Schedule A)
- Disability Letter (VA)
- License
- Other (1)
- PCS Orders
- Performance Appraisal
- Professional Certification
- Resume
- Separation Notice (RIF)
- SF-15
- SF-50/ Notification of Personnel Action
- Transcript
Documents Required:
Please review the above list(s) to ensure you have included all necessary documents required for your application.Not every applicant will require the same documents, therefore it is the applicants responsibility to ensure that their application package includes all necessary documents to determine qualifications and eligibility for appointment, such as a copy of your SF-50, transcript, ICTAP/CTAP documentation (for displaced Federal employees).
You will not be contacted for additional information. Applicants will be deemed ineligible if supporting documentation is not submitted.
Veterans' Preference: Since the Direct-Hire Recruitment Authority is being used, traditional Veterans' Preference rules do not apply. Qualified veterans will, however, be given full consideration for this position.
Applications are accepted online. Applying online will allow you to review and track the status of your application.
How to Apply
All applicants are encouraged to apply online.
To apply for this position, you must complete the occupational questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section. The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 04/30/2025 to receive consideration. To preview the questionnaire click https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12728227.
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Next steps
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