EXPANDED SCOPE
FOR
SCHOOL
LUNCH COORDINATOR OC 1, 2, 3
SCHOOL LUNCH MANAGER OC 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
1.
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.
2.
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.
3.
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.
4.
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.
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 online at:
www.cs.ny.gov/testing/localtestguides.cfm.