Dishwasher - Full-time / Part-time

Purpose for the Position:

To perform duties to maintain kitchen work areas and restaurant equipment and utensils in clean and orderly condition.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Sweeps and mops floors once every hour or as needed (at least once a day/night).
• Washes worktables, walls, refrigerators and meat blocks.
• Separates and removes trash and garbage and places it in designated containers.
• Steam-cleans or hoses-out garbage cans.
• Sorts bottles and breaks disposable ones in bottle-crushing machine.
• Washes pots, pans and trays by hand.
• Scrapes food from dirty dishes and washes them by hand or places them in racks or on conveyor to dishwashing machine.
• Polishes silver, using burnishing-machine tumbler, chemical dip, buffing wheel and hand cloth, if required.
• Transfers supplies and equipment between storage and work areas by hand or by use of hand truck.
• Sets up banquet tables, when required.
• Washes and peels vegetables using knife or peeling machine, when required.
• Runs glasses through dish machine twice.
• Understands OSHA regulations.
• When handling chemical, always wears safety glasses.
• Puts away and rotates stock.
• Puts away all clean utensils and stock in designated areas.
• Maintain personal hygiene.
• Communication between co-workers and management team required.
• Reports to work for scheduled shift, on time and in uniform in accordance with company policy.
• Knows and complies with all company policies and procedures pertaining to this position and its duties.
• Takes the initiative to greet guests in a friendly and warm manner.
• Performs other related duties as required.

Skills & Abilities:

• Use hands to lift, carry or pull objects that may be heavy.
• Understand simple instructions.
• Learn simple procedures and techniques.
• Perform routine work or the same task over and over again.

Physical Demands:

Medium Work: Exerting 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally (Occasionally: activity or condition exists up to 1/3 of the time) and/or greater than 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently (Frequently: activity or condition exists from 1/3 to 2/3 of the time) and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly

(Constantly: activity or condition exists 2/3 or more of the time) to move objects.

Environmental Conditions:

Inside: Protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes. A job is considered “inside” if the worker spends approximately 75 percent or more of the time inside.

Extremes of Heat Plus Temperature Changes: Extremes of Heat: Temperature sufficiently high to cause marked bodily discomfort unless the worker is provided with exceptional protection.

Temperature Changes: Variations in temperature which are sufficiently marked and abrupt to cause noticeable bodily reactions.

Wet and Humid: Wet: Contact with water or other liquids. Humid: Atmospheric condition with moisture content sufficiently high to cause marked bodily discomfort.