The main duties of the dining room attendant: functions and instructions

2024 Author: Howard Calhoun | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 10:16

How can you characterize the dining room attendant in the military structure of the Russian Federation? What do school canteen attendants do? All these questions will be answered later.

Who is the canteen officer in the RF Armed Forces?

In the military structures of the Russian Federation there are a huge number of units, departments and positions. There is a hierarchy in such a place as an army canteen. What are the duties of a canteen attendant? To whom does he report and what functions are he endowed with? According to the charter of the internal service, only a sergeant or warrant officer can take a place in the position in question. The deputy commander of the regiment should be given a special briefing (in some cases, the chief of food can conduct the briefing).

The dining room attendant is subordinate to the regimental duty officer or his assistant. The cooks and the assigned daily outfit are subordinate to the person in question. The duties of the dining room attendant include receiving products, distributing food and monitoring sanitary and hygienic standards.

General characteristics of the dining room attendant

It is worth starting with a story about the necessary appearancethe person in question. The daily uniform of the duty officer must contain a special white jacket made of linen material with a patch notifying the person's position. All duties of a dining room attendant can only be performed under the direction of the head of the dining room.

The worker must be aware of certain standards of sanitation and hygiene and work only in accordance with them. As already mentioned, the person in question is subordinate to the whole outfit, as well as the cook. The duties of the dining room attendant include managing the outfit; the employee has the right to give them tasks and set certain instructions.

He must take care of the property at his disposal, especially dishes, kitchen utensils, etc. It is also worth noting that the duty officer is obliged to bear financial responsibility in case of damage to the property at his disposal.

Knowledge and skills required for service

According to the charter, the dining room attendant must have an idea of the following regulations and documents:

• job description for a bread cutter, cook or head chef;
• duty schedule;
• safety instructions in case of collection or alarm;
• fire regulations.

• appendix on waste regulations;
• cooked food norms;
• special tables on the duration of heat or heat treatment of products;
• product release rates, etc.

It is also worth noting that the employee in question must have a calm, stress-resistant character, high efficiency and good organizational skills. Without such skills and character traits, the duties of the dining room attendant are unlikely to be optimally performed. The constitution, however, does not provide for this. But probably every employee should know about such "unwritten rules".

About the duty officer

It is worth talking about the most basic functions of the person in question. Despite the fact that most of the time the duty officer works in the dining room, the military charter prescribes some organizational functions for him. They will be discussed later.

The newly appointed duty officer is obliged to conduct a quality check of the outfit, its size, structure and composition. Next - familiarization with all the necessary documentation. In addition to the acts indicated above, the employee is obliged to fill out a special sheet and conduct a periodic medical examination of the daily attire. It is also the responsibility of the attendant to draw up an inventory of all available kitchen equipment. The equipment, technical devices and other elements located in the room are checked for serviceability. Only after all of the above actions, the duty officer is obliged to proceed with the briefing of the outfit. There is a distribution of responsibilities, empowerment and so on.

At the end of duty, the employee must report to the deputy commandershelf. By the way, this action is included in the duties of the canteen duty officer of the RF Armed Forces indicated by the charter.

Main duties of a duty officer

It is finally necessary to fully name all those assigned to the dining room duty.

What does the special military charter prescribe in this case? The employee must:

• know the exact number of employees on allowance;
• know the layout menu;
• to oversee the efficient processing of products;
• ensure food is only served by chefs;
• to be present when products are placed in boilers or other types of ovens;
• check the exact weight of the available products, as well as the accuracy of the weight in the statements;
• Do not allow anyone who has not passed a full medical examination to work in the canteen.

There are other duties of the dining room attendant; the Charter of the Armed Forces assigns additional functions and powers to it.

Second group of duties of the dining room attendant in the Armed Forces: organizational and technical issues

The charter also assigns to the duty officer:

• control over proper table setting and cleaning;
• maintaining cleanliness in the dining room and adjacent areas;
• prevention of the issuance of food in the event that it was not checked for quality by a paramedic;

• requiring cleanliness and order in the room, control over the available materialvalues;
• preventing food from being stored beyond the stipulated time;
• ensuring security requirements;
• reporting to the authorities about all shortcomings, violations, etc. identified during the work;
• greeting superiors with the words: "Comrade Colonel! The dining room attendant is Sergeev (Petrov, Ivanov, etc.)".

These are all the main duties of the employees in question in the field of the RF Armed Forces. What about civilians? After all, there is a canteen not only in the army. For example, you can take educational institutions.

Responsibilities of the school canteen attendant

Different schools have different procedures. Accordingly, the duty officer is also assigned differently everywhere.

The first thing to do is to highlight the main duties of the teacher on duty in the dining room. This is:

• presence in the dining room at every recess;
• monitoring the hygienic and sanitary condition of the entire premises;
• quality control of dining tables setting;
• accompanying children to the dining room;
• resolution of emerging conflict situations;
• informing the director or the administrator on duty of all identified violations, malfunctions or shortcomings in the work.

It is worth noting that the system of duty of teachers in the canteen is far from being available everywhere. However, almost every teacher should have an idea of what are the duties of a teacher on duty in the dining room.

On the rights and responsibilities of the dining room attendant at school

Often the person on duty in educational institutions is appointed from among the cooks. It is worth noting that the person on duty has a much greater share of responsibility than ordinary employees.

So, the employee is responsible:

• for sanitary and hygienic standards in the dining room;
• for the safety of existing equipment and inventory;
• for the quality of service;
• for indoor safety

The duties of the dining room attendants in the senior group, middle or preschool are almost the same. The same can be said about responsibility. It directly depends on the number of functions assigned to the employee, and therefore the duty officers should be especially attentive and accurate.

What about rights? They are absolutely no different from the rights of any other worker. This may include the right to request necessary documentation or tools from management, the right to exercise managerial functions, etc.