Cook 1 Jobs

Prepares and cooks meals at a state facility; performs related work as required.

WORK EXAMPLES

• Mixes food items (e.g., gelatin, pancake batter, salad dressing and scrambled eggs) in order to prepare food for cooking, chilling, or serving.
• Steams or boils food items (e.g., vegetables, hamburger, stewed meat, roast beef, sauces, gravies, potatoes, etc.) for meals.
• Measures food ingredients to ensure appropriate amounts are used in recipes.
• Portions prepared food items on a tray or assembly line in order to serve the correct amount and type of food.
• Bakes food items (e.g., casseroles, potatoes, chicken, bread items, fish, etc.) in order to prepare meal items by flouring/breading food items and by operating rotary, gas, or convection ovens.
• Cleans, cuts, cubes, grinds, and tenderizes various kinds of meat for cooking or for preparing special diets.
• Places food items into insulated food carriers or hot food carts in order to send bulk food items to resident living units or dining areas.
• Prepares fresh vegetables (e.g., potatoes, carrots, cabbage and tomatoes) for cooking.
• Stores leftover food to preserve it for future meals.
• Sanitizes kitchen equipment, utensils, floors, walls, counters, tables, and food carts to comply with state Health Department standards and to prevent food-borne illnesses.
• Fries or deep-fat fries food items (e.g., eggs, pancakes, fish, french fries, hamburgers, pork chops, etc.) for meals.
• Monitors food temperatures to ensure that foods are served or stored at safe temperatures.
• Purees vegetables, fruits, casseroles, meats, and desserts to meet special dietary needs of residents.

Minimum Qualification Requirements

Experience equal to one year of full-time quantity food production in a commercial, military, hospital, or institutional setting;

OR

successful completion of a military, vocational, or community college program in commercial cooking;

OR

employees with current continuous experience in the state executive branch that includes experience equal to six months of full-time work as a Food Service Worker.

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