Cook II (Lifting & Carrying) - Kapolei, Oahu

Cook II (Lifting & Carrying)

Recruitment Number 26-120JC, Cook II (Lifting & Carrying), BC-08*, Kapolei, Oahu. *Salary rate effective July 1, 2026.

Work Location: The positions are located at the Hale Hoomalu Juvenile Detention Facility in Kapolei, Oahu. Hours of Work: These positions require work beyond regularly scheduled work hours on short notice to assist with the preparation of meals for a 24 hour/7 day secure detention facility; this may require work beyond 8 hours in a day and/or 40 hours in a work week including evenings, days off and holidays.

Summary of Duties

Performs cooking activities at a cooking station in a large kitchen or has responsibility for all cooking activities in a small kitchen; may supervise kitchen and cook helpers; and performs other duties as required.

Minimum Qualification Requirements

General Experience: Two (2) years of progressively responsible experience which demonstrates that the applicant has acquired the knowledges and skills necessary to perform general quantity cooking duties. (Quantity cooking is defined as experience in the daily preparation and serving of meals in a restaurant, hotel, hospital, school or institution.) Applicants must have had experience which demonstrates that he/she has acquired a thorough knowledge of all types of foodstuffs and cooking methods to perform general cooking duties with little or no supervision. These duties must range from performing simple and routine tasks to progressively more difficult tasks. The simple and routine tasks include assisting in the actual cooking of meals by watching, timing, flavoring and/or stirring foods while cooking is in progress and assisting at a cooking range to cook meats, fish and poultry by various processes, such as roasting, baking, broiling and/or frying; and preparing baked products such as breads, cakes, pies and cookies. The more difficult tasks include preparing modified or special diet meals and new areas of cooking, such as determining the best use of leftovers; and preparing soft, salt-free, allergy or puree diets. Non-Qualifying Experience: Experience which is limited to serving, cleaning, washing dishes, only one phase of cooking such as fry-cooking, or other kinds of work not affording the opportunity to acquire the skills and knowledges of quantity cooking will not be accepted as qualifying. Substitutions Allowed: Substitution of Training for General Experience: 1) The completion of a course in cooking or in baking and cooking in a technical school which included a substantial amount of training in quantity cooking as described in this specification, and actual practice in daily cooking may be substituted for one (1) year of the required general experience. 2) The completion of a course in cafeteria management in a technical school which included a substantial amount of training in quantity cooking as described in this specification, and actual practice in daily cooking may be substituted for general experience on a year-for-year basis. Selective Certification Requirement - Lifting & Carrying: All current vacancies require the ability to lift and carry items weighing up to 70 pounds. Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Requirement: In accordance with the PREA Federal law, the Hawai`i State Judiciary shall not hire or promote anyone who may have contact with detainees in juvenile facilities and lockups, with inmates detained in a prison or jail, or with residents of community confinement facilities who: a. Has engaged in sexual abuse in a prison, jail, lockup, community confinement facility, juvenile facility or other institution; b. Has been convicted of engaging or attempting to engage in sexual activity in the community facilitated by force, overt or implied threats of force, or coercion, or if the victim did not consent or was unable to consent or refuse; c. Has been civilly or administratively adjudicated to have engaged in the activity described in b above; or d. Has been the subject of substantiated allegations of sexual abuse or sexual harassment, or resigned during a pending investigation of alleged sexual abuse or sexual harassment.

Supplemental Information

Any additional information may be attached to your online application, submitted by email to View email address on click.appcast.io, or mailed to the following address: Hawaii State Judiciary, Human Resources Department, 426 Queen Street, First Floor, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813. Education: If you are using education as a substitution for experience, you must submit a copy of your transcript(s) or diploma(s) at the time of application. If you are selected for a position, we will request an official transcript (not a copy) at a later date. The official transcript must indicate completion of the training and/or the awarding of the appropriate degree.

Civil service employees are eligible for a range of benefits, including, but not limited to, the following:

• Up to 13 paid holidays each year, and 14 during election years
• Up to 21 vacation leave days per year
• Up to 21 sick leave days per year
• Reasonable time off with pay for jury or witness duty, death in the family, for certain military duty, and for donating to the Blood Bank
• Employer contribution to premiums for enrollment in the state sponsored medical, drug, vision, and adult dental plans
• Free life insurance policy for employees and retirees
• Deferred compensation retirement savings plan
• State retirement plan for eligible employees

Judiciary employees may also be eligible for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. For more information: The above benefits are subject to modification or termination due to changes in statutes, collective bargaining provisions, and/or policies, etc. This summary does not constitute a legal document or contract. Benefits may vary by type of employment and employment conditions.