FOOD SERVICE WORKER (10 - 12 MONTHS) (Common)
Career Family: FOOD SERVICE WORKER
Food Service Worker (10 - 12 Months) sits in the competitive class of New Jersey's state or local civil service, so reaching it runs through testing and an eligible list instead of a straight hire.
State payroll currently lists 5 people in the title, most of them at Health and Senior Services.
How to apply
This title is filled by competitive examination.
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Food Service Worker (10 - 12 Months) appears on the State payroll at 2 departments, most of them at Department of Health.
State departments
| Employer | Employees |
|---|---|
| Department of Health | 4 |
| Department of Human Services | 1 |
Where this title is used
Food Service Worker (10 - 12 Months) is a common title, so it is used in both State and local service. The local side is filled by the counties, municipalities, authorities and other employers that have adopted civil service under Title 11A, which set their own pay by ordinance or contract rather than from a State salary schedule.
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Who employs this title
State payroll records show 5 people working under this title. The median actual salary is $40,883. The agencies employing the most are:
- Health and Senior Services (4)
- Human Services (1)
Counts from NJ YourMoney agency payroll. See statewide workforce analytics.
Official job specification
The text below is the official specification published by the New Jersey Civil Service Commission. The plain-language summary and analysis above are derived from it by NJ Civil Service Navigator. Source: the official specification page at NJ CSC.
Definition
Under direction of a Cook, Head Cook, Food Service Supervisor, or other supervisory official, does the less complicated tasks involved in preparing and serving food, and/or in cleaning food service facilities and equipment; does other related duties as required.
Examples of work
- Acts as general assistant in a kitchen, bakery, cannery, dining room, cafeteria, or other food preparation or service unit.
- Washes, scrubs, pares, hulls, cores, and prepares vegetables, fruits, and berries for cooking or for serving using manual or power driven equipment.
- Keeps the kitchen or other areas in a safe, clean, and orderly condition at all times.
- Serves food from steam tables or from other cooking utensils, and arranges and delivers trays.
- Waits on tables.
- Delivers food to dining rooms.
- Prepares salads, desserts, and beverages.
- Sets tables, changes table linens, and counts dishes, linen, and silverware.
- Washes dishes, trays, pots, pans, silverware, and other kitchen and food service equipment.
- Washes floors, walls, and linoleum in kitchen, dining room, and food storage area.
- Polishes metal equipment and silverware.
- Waxes floors.
- Washes and polishes ranges, roasters, broilers, milk cans, and other equipment.
- Receives and stores food supplies.
- Will be required to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information system used by the agency, office, or related units.
License
Appointees will be required to possess a driver's license valid in New Jersey only if the operation of a vehicle, rather than employee mobility, is necessary to perform essential duties of the position.
Note
The definition and examples of work for this title are for illustrative purposes only. A particular position using this title may not perform all duties listed in this job specification. Conversely, all duties performed on the job may not be listed.