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West Virginia Employer Correctional Dietary Officer Trainee - Cooking in Cumberland, Maryland
POSITIONS IN CUMBERLAND AND HAGERSTOWN. Entry level of work involving the custody, security and supervision of adult inmates in food preparation and serving of meals at correctional institutions. Employees in this classification do not supervise other positions. Employees in this classification receive close supervision from a Correctional Dietary Supervisor or Correctional Dietary Services Supervisor. Employees are assigned to day, evening, night or rotating shifts. Employees are subject to call-in during emergencies and staffing shortages. Position duties include: Train and supervise assigned inmates preparing vegetables, meats, salads, beverages and other foods. Maintain sanitary kitchen conditions including supervision of the washing of pots, pans, dishes, counters and the cleaning of meat grinders and slicers and dining and kitchen areas. Ensure that inmate workers adhere to Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point Regulations in food sanitation and food safety in an institutional setting. Search inmates in order to prevent concealment of equipment, cutlery, food and other unauthorized items. Maintain control and discipline of inmates working in kitchen and dining room areas while keeping a continual count. Operate kitchen equipment and appliances such as mixers, cookers, ovens, stoves, toasters and coffee urns. Measure and mix ingredients according to recipes. Follow Division of Correction regulations, institutional directives and post orders. Enforce rules of conduct among inmates and prepare reports of infractions.
