COOK

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Job Description

Regular & Recurring Duties and Responsibilities: Performs a full range of simple cooking tasks by preparing and cooking items that require little or no processing such as pancakes, sausage, eggs, hamburgers and fresh or canned vegetables. Prepares hot cereals, broiled meats; prepares and cooks concentrated or dehydrated soups, sauces, and gravies; makes cold sandwich fillings. Prepares convenience items such as frozen hash browns, fish fillets and chicken nuggets. Some cooks at this level prepare and bake pizza. Prepares food by peeling, chopping, grinding, paring, cutting, slicing, dicing, pureeing, dredging, flouring or breading; weighs, measures and assembles ingredients for regular menu items; sets up and replenishes salad bar; portions foods for distribution and meal service, and covers, dates and stores leftovers according to established procedures. Washes and cleans kitchen equipment. Mix ingredients according to written recipes that produce quality products, minimize preparation time, and avoid food material waste. Performs other related duties as assigned.

Evaluating Factors: Skill and Knowledge: Knowledge of the methods and procedures relating to food presentation. Ability to follow oral and written instructions, work safely and do simple arithmetic. Knowledge of operating and cleaning food service equipment, characteristics of various foods, and the ability to season food according to set procedures. Responsibility: Supervisor assigns work either orally or in writing; checks work in progress and is available for special instructions. Responsible for the proper use and cleaning of equipment, safety practices, personal hygiene, and conformance with food service sanitation requirements. Work is evaluated by the supervisor or higher grade on cooking methods and use of equipment. Physical Effort: Continual standing and walking, and frequent stooping, reaching, pushing, pulling, and bending. Frequently lifts or moves objects weighing up to 40 pounds unassisted, and occasionally lifts or moves objects weighing over 40 pounds with assistance. Working Conditions: Works in hot and noisy kitchens. Exposed to steam, fumes, and odors. Danger of falling, burns and cuts. Exposed to extreme temperatures when entering walk-in refrigerators or freezer units. Subject to possible cuts from knives or burns from steam, hot foods, stoves and hot grease and water.