Lead Cook Qualifications. Within 90 days of the start date as a Lead Cook, the employee must obtain a Minnesota Certified Food Production Manager (CFPM) Certificate and turn in a copy to the Nutrition Manager. The employee will be required to take and pass the Servesafe class and apply for the CFPM Certificate from the MN Department of Health. The District will reimburse the Lead Cook for the cost of the Safeserve class and the certificate from the MN Department of Health. The employee must pay for the cost of future recertifications and maintain the CFPM Certificate as long as the employee is in a Lead Cook position. Within one year of the start date as a Lead Cook, the employee must also join and become Level 1 certified through the School Nutrition Association (SNA). The employee will pay the cost of the certification and/or recertifications for any training hours required by SNA. The Lead Cook must maintain SNA Level 1 certification as long as the employee is in a Lead Cook position. Lead Cooks are not eligible for the Level 1 certification pay in Art 9.9 Certification Pay. Lead Cooks are eligible for Level 2-4 differentials in Art 9.9. Lead Cooks who let their certification lapse would be placed in a cook position, if no longer meeting the Level 1 or CFPM certification.
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