Pool Cook - Summer 2026
West Virginia K-12 Jobs, Manchester, KY, United States
Requirements
High School Diploma or GED
Food Handlers Card
Pending Employment
Criminal Background Check
Drug Test
Success Score on Employment Test for Cook Classification
Salary/Benefits
Pay: $15.00 per hour
Terms of Employment
Summer Months 2026
Pool Cook: Up to 6 days per week, or when pool is open, including scheduled pool parties.
Hours: 5 Hours Per Day, not to exceed 6 hours. Pool parties will include extra hours.
SERVICE PERSONNEL
Personnel employed to direct the operation of a food service program in a concession stand, including assigning duties to employees, approving requisitions for supplies and repairs, ordering supplies, keeping inventory, inspecting areas to maintain high standards of sanitation, preparing financial reports, and keeping records pertinent to food service of a school.
Job Description
Perform housekeeping, cooking, and maintenance functions in safe manner.
Document food used, served, and left over according to production times or dates opened.
Assist in implementing food safety.
Measure, mix, and cook ingredients.
Assist in ordering food for weekly menus, receiving, and stocking inventory using first in, first out (FIFO) inventory method.
Exhibit professionalism in dealing with co-workers, students, parents, and staff.
Prepare and submit reports such as daily lunch reports, monthly lunch reports, and meal report for the county's Child Nutrition office.
Prepare and submit accident reports to immediate supervisor.
Demonstrate an understanding of the nutritional information and safe handling information from food labels.
Explain the meaning of the ingredients list, including knowledge of ingredients that might be harmful to students with special diets or food allergies.
Evaluate different methods of preparation for specific meats, vegetables, salads, and quick breads.
Demonstrate knowledge of preparation time and holding processes of foods prepared.
Utilize a Child Nutrition (CN) label to demonstrate appropriate serving size.
Select the appropriate utensils and demonstrate their use in weighing and measuring ingredients.
Match food preparation tasks to kitchen equipment and utilize the equipment which most efficiently and safely completes the task.
Practice and enforce good personal hygiene, using precautions to prevent the spread of contagious disease.
Estimate food requirements and portions using appropriate math skills.
Adapt standardized recipes using math skills of adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing whole numbers and fractions to calculate the desired yield.
Follow the food safety plan procedures to maintain safe and sanitary conditions of facility equipment, food storage, food preparation, and food service.
Exhibit flexibility and problem-solving skills when unexpected circumstances occur.
Determine appropriate food temperatures for food preparation, storage, and service according to the food safety plan.
Prepare all foods according to Standard Operating Procedures.
Identify and correctly use the mixer, convection oven, slicer, steam equipment, vertical cutter, food chopper, and dishwasher.
Be familiar with measurement abbreviations and food preparation terminology.
Physical Requirements
Must be able to stand and walk up to eight hours per day.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
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High School Diploma or GED
Food Handlers Card
Pending Employment
Criminal Background Check
Drug Test
Success Score on Employment Test for Cook Classification
Salary/Benefits
Pay: $15.00 per hour
Terms of Employment
Summer Months 2026
Pool Cook: Up to 6 days per week, or when pool is open, including scheduled pool parties.
Hours: 5 Hours Per Day, not to exceed 6 hours. Pool parties will include extra hours.
SERVICE PERSONNEL
Personnel employed to direct the operation of a food service program in a concession stand, including assigning duties to employees, approving requisitions for supplies and repairs, ordering supplies, keeping inventory, inspecting areas to maintain high standards of sanitation, preparing financial reports, and keeping records pertinent to food service of a school.
Job Description
Perform housekeeping, cooking, and maintenance functions in safe manner.
Document food used, served, and left over according to production times or dates opened.
Assist in implementing food safety.
Measure, mix, and cook ingredients.
Assist in ordering food for weekly menus, receiving, and stocking inventory using first in, first out (FIFO) inventory method.
Exhibit professionalism in dealing with co-workers, students, parents, and staff.
Prepare and submit reports such as daily lunch reports, monthly lunch reports, and meal report for the county's Child Nutrition office.
Prepare and submit accident reports to immediate supervisor.
Demonstrate an understanding of the nutritional information and safe handling information from food labels.
Explain the meaning of the ingredients list, including knowledge of ingredients that might be harmful to students with special diets or food allergies.
Evaluate different methods of preparation for specific meats, vegetables, salads, and quick breads.
Demonstrate knowledge of preparation time and holding processes of foods prepared.
Utilize a Child Nutrition (CN) label to demonstrate appropriate serving size.
Select the appropriate utensils and demonstrate their use in weighing and measuring ingredients.
Match food preparation tasks to kitchen equipment and utilize the equipment which most efficiently and safely completes the task.
Practice and enforce good personal hygiene, using precautions to prevent the spread of contagious disease.
Estimate food requirements and portions using appropriate math skills.
Adapt standardized recipes using math skills of adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing whole numbers and fractions to calculate the desired yield.
Follow the food safety plan procedures to maintain safe and sanitary conditions of facility equipment, food storage, food preparation, and food service.
Exhibit flexibility and problem-solving skills when unexpected circumstances occur.
Determine appropriate food temperatures for food preparation, storage, and service according to the food safety plan.
Prepare all foods according to Standard Operating Procedures.
Identify and correctly use the mixer, convection oven, slicer, steam equipment, vertical cutter, food chopper, and dishwasher.
Be familiar with measurement abbreviations and food preparation terminology.
Physical Requirements
Must be able to stand and walk up to eight hours per day.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
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