Cooks, Institution And Cafeteria (35-2012.00)

Job description

Workers will perform assigned duties as instructed by their supervisor. Duties may vary from time to time.

Variety Farms will also hire and manage food preparation for the agricultural workers, job duties are subject to change due to crop and weather conditions and will be concurrent with other agricultural job orders, can be performed standing or walking long periods of time extreme hot, wet & cold temperatures. Eight hours per day, Monday through Saturday, is normal. Depending on workload, workers may be required to work in shifts. All workers will be required to take a 1-hr unpaid breaks during workday. Workers may also be requested to work additional hours on the Sabbath, Federal Holidays and Sunday, depending on crop conditions, weather, crop maturity, and market conditions. However, the worker may be requested but not required, to adjust their working hours during the day based on meal preparation and cleaning schedules, particularly during busy seasons.

Farmworker Camp Cook: Duties may vary from time to time at the supervisors’ discretion and will be concurrent with other farmworker schedules. Workers will plan and coordinate menus to prepare food for 100+ farmworkers at on-farm kitchen facilities to be consumed by farmworkers under other H-2A job orders. Workers will prepare three meals a day in compliance with H-2A regulations and to ensure balanced nutrition for the farmworkers. Workers’ may be required to select, cut, slice, mince, defrost, wash, peel, blend, prepare, sauté, fry, broil, cook and serve a variety of foods including meats, vegetables or desserts. It may be required to handle hot and cold food, prepare tortillas manually or in the processor machine, and cook them. Workers will deliver prepared food to farmworkers at the farm fields or on-farm housing. Workers will clean, maintain and organize kitchen, appliances, monitor food temperatures to ensure food safety, cooking infrastructure (pots/pans/etc), Workers will coordinate food supply requests and receive food supply inventories area at all times. Workers will assist cleaning and sanitizing surfaces, silverware, refrigerators, equipment, kitchen and dining area at the end of the day and other times as needed.

The employer will ensure that all food and supplies necessary to prepare the food are delivered and provided at the on-farm kitchen facilities. Workers must maintain a clean vehicle to transport prepared food to the farmworkers. Food Preparation Workers must have general knowledge and experience in Mexican traditional food preparation & equipment management due to safety reasons with sharp equipment, must be able to lift up to 50 pounds. Workers must possess a valid driver license, class C or equivalent, and must speak English and Spanish to be able to communicate with farm workers.

Employees will coordinate and arrange food delivery times and farm locations with supervisors and field helpers.

Special Requirements

Drug/Alcohol Testing: The employer may conduct a drug test post-employment at the employer's expense.

To perform any job duty that may require employees to drive a vehicle, the driver must possess proper and current valid driver license class C, or its foreign equivalent.