Housing and Food Services Relief Worker
Penn State University
State College, Pennsylvania
Full-Time
$46,522
OfficeSenior
Penn State University Park Residential Dining is searching for a full time Housing and Food Services Relief Worker to join their team. Duties include:
The Housing and Food Services Relief Worker performs a variety of routine, unskilled tasks on a fill-in basis primarily to provide for granting employee requests for short-term use of accumulated vacation (including compensatory time and personal holidays) each year during the September to May period, excluding final cleanup periods (except for cases of extreme emergency), in Food Service dining halls at University Park
The relief worker can fill in for an employee other than the employee requesting vacation, if temporary transfer or other arrangements cover the requesting employee’s work
This will necessitate that days on and days off and shifts will vary upon assignment
During periods when the employees are not scheduled to fill in for vacation they will be assigned other routine, unskilled tasks in any other Housing and Food Services areas
The variety of tasks performed are unskilled and routine in nature requiring minimal previous job training
The employees follow simple oral or written instructions, including standardized recipes, and are expected to perform a sequence of events, methods and procedures, as they become more familiar with the work
They are expected to use some judgment to make minor decisions
While some tasks performed may be found in higher grade jobs, the tasks themselves are routine and are at the unskilled grade 10 level
The tasks performed require light physical effort in performing a variety of routine, unskilled assignments
Specific instructions are provided for each task to include sequence of events, methods, and procedures required
Generally good working conditions
The worker may be exposed to dust, dirt, water, heat, cold, but none present to the extent of being disagreeable
Injuries, should they occur, would probably involve only minor cuts, abrasions, burns, bruises, etc.
Job Requirements: Requires the use of commercial English, grammar and arithmetic such as addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, including decimals and fractions; simple use of formulas, charts, tables, drawings, specifications, schedules, wiring diagrams, together with the use of adjustable measuring instruments, graduates and the like requiring interpretation in their various applications; or the posting, preparation, interpretation, use and checking of reports, forms, records and comparable data. Up to and including 3 months of effective experience.
Work Schedule: Multiple shifts available
These positions are part of the bargaining unit represented by Teamsters Local Union No. 8. More information can be found here: Collective Bargaining Agreement.
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