PLEASE POST CONSPICUOUSLY
EXAM ISSUED ON 1/11/16
GREENE COUNTY CIVIL SERVICE
411 Main Street, 3rd Floor, Catskill, NY 12414
518-719-3253 -- www.greenegov.com
Announces an
OPEN-COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR
SCHOOL LUNCH MANAGER
EXAM NO: 65023
REFER TO GENERAL INFORMATION ON PAGE 3 BEFORE COMPLETING THE EXAM APPLICATION
LAST FILE DATE: FEBRUARY 11, 2016 EXAMINATION DATE: MARCH 19, 2016
(Postmarked no later than 02/11/16)
SCHOOL LUNCH MANAGER: Currently there is one vacancy within the Greenville Central School District. The eligible list established as a result of this exam may also be used to fill future vacancies that may occur in any other Greene County School Districts. Preference in appointment may be given to residents of Greene County or school district where a vacancy exists. (C. S. LAW #23, SUB PAR. A)
RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS: Candidates must be legal residents of either Greene, Albany, Columbia, Delaware, Schoharie or Ulster Counties for at least six (6) months immediately preceding the date of the examination.
NON-REFUNDABLE FILING FEE: A $15 check or money order must be submitted with your application. Cash not accepted
SALARY RANGE GREENVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT: $35,000 - $39,000 per year
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: EITHER
(a) Eight years experience in institution management, hotel administration or restaurant management involving large quantity food service and graduation from a standard senior high school;
OR
(b) Four years of satisfactory experience in institution management, hotel administration or restaurant management involving large quantity food service and possession of an associate degree in applied science issued after completion of a two-year course in a technical institute with specialization in foods, nutrition and institution management;
OR
(c) Graduation from a four-year course from a college or university recognized by the University of the State of New York with specialization in foods, nutrition and institution management;
OR
(d) Any equivalent combination of experience and training sufficient to indicate ability to do the work.
NOTE: One year of training in a college or technical institute is equivalent to two years of experience.
EXAMPLES OF WORK: (Illustrative Only)
Plans and supervises the preparation and service of lunches in a large school or in several small schools; Plans menus or recommends
changes in master menus with due regard for nutritional values, acceptability and budgetary limitations; Determines requirements and submits requisitions for foods, supplies and equipment; Prepares layouts and makes recommendations for maintenance of and additions
to equipment and plant; Maintains approved standards of sanitation, health and safety; Supervises and trains school lunch personnel, makes staff assignments and evaluates work performance; Assists in the selection of school lunch personnel; Receives, inspects, stores
and distributes supplies and maintains inventories and related records; Supervises the collection of and accounting for cash receipts;
Makes reports relating to school lunch programs activities; Provides information to school staff, students and community agencies
which will promote increased interest in the program.
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SUBJECTS OF EXAMINATION: A written test designed to evaluate knowledge, skills and /or abilities in the following areas:
1. BASIC NUTRITION AND DIETETICS: These questions test for knowledge of basic nutrition and dietetics, including such areas as the nutritional value of foods, nutritional needs of the persons served, balanced diets, and specific foods and their relation to health.
2. OVERSEEING FOOD SERVICE OPERATIONS: These questions test your ability to assess the management and performance of food service operations in maintaining standards of quality, sanitation, and service. Questions may cover such topics as food service management practices, large scale food preparation equipment and techniques, sanitation standards for food service premises, holding and serving prepared foods, storing and handling food products, and sources of food contamination and foodborne illnesses.
3. OFFICE RECORD KEEPING: These questions test your ability to perform common office record keeping tasks. The test consists of two or more "sets" of questions, each set concerning a different problem. Typical record keeping problems might involve the organization or collation of data from several sources; scheduling; maintaining a record system using running balances; or completion of a table summarizing data using totals, subtotals, averages and percents. You should bring with you a hand-held battery- or solar-powered calculator for use on this test. You will not be permitted to use the calculator function of your cell phone.
4. PREPARING WRITTEN MATERIAL: These questions test for the ability to present information clearly and accurately, and to organize paragraphs logically and comprehensibly. For some questions, you will be given information in two or three sentences followed by four restatements of the information. You must then choose the best version. For other questions, you will be given paragraphs with their sentences out of order. You must then choose, from four suggestions, the best order for the sentences.
5. SUPERVISION AND TRAINING: These questions test for the knowledge required by a supervisor to set goals, plan and organize work, train workers in how to do their jobs, and direct workers towards meeting established goals. The supervisory questions cover such areas as assigning and reviewing work, evaluating performance, maintaining work quality, motivating employees, increasing efficiency, and dealing with problems that may arise on the job. The training questions cover such areas as determining the necessity for training, selecting appropriate training methods, and evaluating the effectiveness of training. The New York State Department of Civil Service has not prepared a test guide for this examination. However, candidates may find information in the publication "How to take a written test" helpful in preparing for this test. This publication is available on line at: www.cs.ny.gov/testing/localtestguides.cfm
(SEE GENERAL INFORMATION ON REVERSE SIDE)