Cook

Meal Preparation Position

The individual is responsible for preparing meals for large groups of up to 350 people.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Duties include the following:

• Prepare meals from approved menus in quantities according to the number of persons to be served.
• Serves food on individual trays and place in food carts for distribution.
• Order supplies, organize storage and keep records.
• Keep kitchen area and utensils clean.
• Attendance is an essential function of the job.

Note: The duties listed above are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is assigned by the supervisor.

Mandatory Qualifications

Education and/or experience: A high school diploma or GED equivalent. Individual must be 18 years or older. This individual requires a working knowledge of cooking with at least two (2) years' experience cooking for large groups.

Certificates, licenses, registrations: Food handling permit is required.

Desired Minimum Qualifications

Language skills: Read, write and understand English. Knowledge of Spanish helpful.

Mathematical skills: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide.

Reasoning ability: Ability to apply commonsense understanding to carry out detailed written or oral instructions. Ability to reason recipes and quantity amounts.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential duties of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; and use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This position has been identified with possible risk of exposure to bloodborne pathogens and/or other various hazards that require immunization against such exposure.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to highly precarious places. It is located inside the security area of the jail, with convicted felons in close contact. The employee is exposed to moving mechanical parts, fumes, constant heat of a working kitchen, airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, and outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually high.

*If you require reasonable accommodation in completing an application, any pre-employment testing, the interview process, or otherwise participating in the selection process, please direct your inquiries to Comal County Human Resources.