Food Service Worker

Food Service Worker

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Duties

Summary

THE CLOSING DATE FOR THIS ANNOUNCEMENT HAS BEEN EXTENDED. IF YOU HAD PREVIOUSLY APPLIED, YOU DO NOT NEED TO REAPPLY.



These positions are located within the Food and Nutrition Services at the VA Medical Center, Sheridan, Wyoming. The food service worker position involves preparing, setting up and serving food, in addition, to cleaning equipment and the facility.




Responsibilities

• Fills orders for ready-to-serve food or beverages including items for diet or modified menus and identifies obvious discrepancies between prescribed diets and food items designated by menu;
• Washes, peels, chops, cuts and dices food;
• Uses recipes and follows directions to combine salad and salad dressing ingredients;
• Makes Jell-O and gelatin salads, and desserts;
• Assembles patients' food trays in a neat, orderly and pleasing arrangement;
• Transports food carts from kitchen to wards and, when required, delivers trays to patients' beds;
• Sets up glasses, silverware, meats, vegetables, salads, desserts, bread, and hot/cold beverages and determines need to stock or replenish items;
• Covers, dates and stores good according to standard practice;
• Determines appropriate rotation of inventory promoting first-in, first-out;
• Ensures thorough cleaning of all food preparation and serving equipment;
• Ensures cleanliness of serving line to include tray railings, coffee urn, milk machines, ice machine and glass, cup and tray dispensers;
• Picks up and returns soiled trays and dishes from patient's room to kitchen;
• Unloads and scrapes trays, plates, bowls, domes, inserts and utensils for washing;
• Assists with washing of dishes, pots/pans, carts, racks and other kitchen equipment;
• Washes floors, walls, hallways, latrines, etc., in accordance with sanitation standards;
• Receives delivered items from dock or unloads supply trucks and place supplies in proper storage area; and,
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Work Schedule: Monday thru Friday; 6:00am to 2:30pm and/or 11:00am to 7:30pm, Shifts may include weekends and holiday coverage.
Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: Not authorized

Travel Required

Not required

Supervisory status

No

Promotion Potential

3

• Job family (Series)

  7408 Food Service Working

• Requirements

  Requirements

  Conditions of Employment

  • You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job
  • Subject to a background/security investigation
  • Designated and/or random drug testing may be required
  • Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
  • May be required to serve a probationary period
  • Pre-employment physical may be required
  • Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process

  Qualifications

  Physical Effort and Work Conditions: The work involves heavy physical effort in frequently lifting or moving items up to 40 pounds such as lifting bags of potatoes, containers or milk, etc., pushing heavy carts of silverware and glassware, or moving trucks in unloading, storing, and delivering supplies. When required to lift or move heavier items, assistance is available. The work may also involve scouring and/or scrubbing large-sized kitchen utensils or operating powered cleaning equipment on ladders. The work requires prolonged periods of standing and walking along with frequent bending, stopping, pulling, and pushing.
  
  

  The work is performed in a kitchen area which frequently hot and humid due to cooking and dishwashing activities. The work area is well lighted but noisy from food service activities. While working in cooking areas, you will be subjected to the possibility of slipping on wet floors, skin irritations from harsh-dishwashing liquids, burns, cuts, bruises, and eye injury. You are also subject to varied temperature extremes while inside walk-in refrigerator or freezer units. You must wear protective clothes, shoes, gloves, earplugs, and/or other safety hygiene equipment as required by food handling and safety standards when performing assigned tasks.
  
  

  Applicants will be rated in accordance with the OPM Federal Wage System Qualifications. For this position, the job element method is used to match what you, the applicant, can do against what the work calls for. Your knowledge, skills and abilities will be compared to the knowledge, skills and abilities (called job elements) needed for success. Your qualifications will first be evaluated against the prescribed screen out element (WG-2 and higher only; screen-outs are not applicable to WG-1). Applicants who appear to meet the screen out element are considered for further rating; those who do not are rated ineligible and are eliminated from consideration. The potential eligibles are rated against the remainder of the job elements. While a specific length of training and experience is not required, your responses to the questionnaire must be supported by detailed descriptions of your experience on your resume.
  
  

  You will be rated on the following Job Elements as part of the assessment questionnaire for this position:

  • Ability to do the work of a Food Service Worker without more than normal supervision (Screen Out)

  • Dexterity and Safety

  • Interpret Instructions, Specifications (other than blueprint reading)

  • Technical Practices

  • Use and Maintain Tools and Equipment

  • Work Practices

  
  
  IMPORTANT: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. All experience listed on your resume must include the month and year start/end dates. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment.
  
  

  Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

  Education

  This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

  Additional information

  Receiving Service Credit for Earning Annual (Vacation) Leave: Federal Employees earn annual leave at a rate (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee. VA may offer newly-appointed Federal employee's credit for their job-related non-federal experience or active duty uniformed military service. This credited service can be used in determining the rate at which they earn annual leave. Such credit must be requested and approved prior to the appointment date and is not guaranteed.
  
  Special Employment Consideration: VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply, including those eligible for hiring under 5 CFR 213.3102(u), Schedule A, Appointment of persons with disabilities (i.e., intellectual disabilities, severe physical disabilities, or psychiatric disabilities), and/or disabled veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 30% or more. For more information on how to apply using this appointment authority via the Selective Placement Coordinator within the office, contact the facility Human Resources Department at (307) 672-3473.
  
  

  It is the policy of the VA to not deny employment to those that have faced financial hardships or periods of unemployment.
  
  Veterans and Transitioning Service Members: Please visit the VA for Vets site for career-search tools for Veterans seeking employment at VA, career development services for our existing Veterans, and coaching and reintegration support for military service members.
  
  The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced Federal competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. To be qualified you must submit appropriate documentation and be found well-qualified (have a final rating of 85 or more before any Veterans preference points) for this vacancy. Information about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website at http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/.
  
  Financial Disclosure Report: Not Required
  
  

  This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.
  
  

  If you are unable to apply online view the following link for information regarding an Alternate Application.

  
  

  How You Will Be Evaluated

  You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

  IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. If your resume does not support your questionnaire answers, we will not allow credit for your response(s).
  
  

  Your responses to the assessment questionnaire will be reviewed along with the information provided in your resume and supporting documentation to determine if you are qualified for the position. If, after reviewing your resume and/or supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and or experience, your rating may be lowered and/or you may lose consideration for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your eligibility.
  
  

  Candidates who apply under All U.S. Citizens announcements will be rated and ranked using Category Rating procedures. Qualified candidates will be assigned to a quality category. The categories are defined as follows:

  • Best qualified - applicants possessing experience that substantially exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors, and who are highly proficient in all requirements of the job and can perform effectively in the position;
  • Well qualified - applicants possessing experience that meets the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors, and who are proficient in some, but not all, of the requirements of the job; and
  • Qualified - applicants possessing experience and/or education that meets the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors.

  Application of Veterans' Preference: Category rating and selection procedures place those with veteran's preference above non-preference eligibles within each category. Preference eligible applicants that meet the eligibility and qualification requirements and who have a compensable service-connected disability of at least 10 percent are listed in the highest quality category.

  Background checks and security clearance

  Security clearance

  Other

  Drug test required

  No

• Required Documents

  Required Documents

  IMPORTANT: Please ensure your resume include up-to-date contact information (phone number(s), email address(s), etc.)
  
  

  To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Application Package which includes:
  

  • Resume

  
  
  

  The following documents are accepted, and may be required if applicable to your eligibility and/or qualifications for this position. Please use this checklist to ensure you have included all documents required for your application, such as a copy of your transcript (if using education to qualify), SF-50's (current/former Federal employees), documentation to support Veterans Preference or ICTAP/CTAP documentation (for displaced Federal employees).
  

  • Cover Letter

  • DD-214/ Statement of Service

  • Disability Letter (VA)

  • OF-306

  • Other (1)

  • Other (2)

  • Resume

  • Separation Notice (RIF)

  • SF-15

  • SF-50/ Notification of Personnel Action

  • Transcript

  
  
  Veterans' Preference: When applying for Federal Jobs, eligible Veterans should claim preference for 5pt (TP), 10pt (CP/CPS/XP), or for Sole Survivor Preference (SSP) in the questionnaire. You must provide a legible copy of your DD214(s) which shows dates and character of service (honorable, general, etc.). If you are currently serving on active duty and expect to be released or discharged within 120 days you must submit documentation related to your active duty service which reflects the dates of service, character of service (honorable, general, etc.), and dates of impending separation. Additionally, disabled veterans and others eligible for 10-point preference (such as widows or mothers of eligible Veterans) must also submit an SF-15 "Application for 10 Point Veteran Preference" with required proof as stated on the form. Documentation is required to award preference. For more information on Veterans' Preference, please visit http://www.fedshirevets.gov/job/vetpref/index.aspx.

• Benefits

  Benefits

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