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CHEESE DEPARTMENT JOB DESCRIPTIONS

Position: Cheese cutter

General Description: Cut, wrap, seal, label, and stock cheeses. Help customers by describing, sampling, and recommending cheese. Provide backup customer service when beer and wine workers aren't around. Clean the work space.

Hours: Varies

Desired Experience: Willingness to learn, must love cheese, must want to work at a worker-owned cooperative. Experience in food service or coops would be good. Experience with cheese would be double-plus good. Multilingualism not necessary, but certainly would be excellent.

Job Specifications:

Essential functions:

• Must be able to multi-task and work in a fast-paced environment

• Be self-motivated and able to work without direct supervision

• Work well in a small team with lots of mutual oversight

• Able to work standing for 8-hour shifts, excluding break time

• Able to perform the repetitive motions necessary for near-constant wrapping, sealing, and labeling

• Able to speak English proficiently and read English well enough to accurately identify cheeses

• Able to taste and describe cheese

• Able to lift up to 50 pounds repeatedly

• Work in a cooperative environment

• Work well with others in a small and crowded space

• Maintain a sanitary workspace

• Participate in the improvement of the department by attending meetings, subbing, volunteering for tasks, etc.

• Participate in counting inventory

• Have or be willing to gain an extensive knowledge of cheese including where it's from, how it's made, how it tastes, and how it's used

• Give and receive constructive criticism

• Communicate with co-workers about relevant work-related subjects

• Be dependable; show up for all scheduled shifts and meetings in a timely manner, and complete tasks

Other Responsibilities & Qualifications:

• Participate in the improvement of the entire store by attending meetings, running for committees, and reading minutes

Wages and Benefits:

Starting pay $22.30. Full medical/dental/vision insurance for full-time workers (27 or more hours/week) at five months of employment, 401(k) retirement plan, seven paid holidays, pay for time off (vacation, sick and personal days), potential for profit-sharing ("patronage") upon becoming a member - owner of Cooperative (vast majority of workers have become members in the first year).

We reserve the right to change or revise duties and responsibilities as the need arises. This document is not a written or implied contract of employment.