Summary of Duties:

Performs a full range of simple cooking tasks by preparing and cooking items requiring little or no processing such as pancakes, sausage, eggs, hamburgers, and fresh or canned vegetables. Prepares all forms of hot cereals; broils meats; prepares and cooks concentrated or dehydrated soups, sauces, and gravies; and makes cold sandwich fillings. Prepares convenience items such as frozen hash browns, fish fillets, and chicken nuggets. May prepare and bake pizza. Prepares foods by peeling, chopping, grinding, paring, cutting, slicing, dicing, pureeing, dredging, flouring, and breading. Weighs, measures, and dispenses foods in accordance with portion controls. Mixes ingredients according to precisely written recipes. Sets up and replenishes salad bar. Covers, dates, and stores leftovers according to established procedures. Cleans and maintains equipment and work areas. Maintains accurate food inventories and rotates stock items to prevent spoilage.  Performs other related duties as required.

Skills and Knowledge:

Working knowledge of the methods and procedures relating to food preparation in small quantities, and the skill to apply such information to cook a limited variety of prepared foods. Ability to read and understand written food service material such as food labels, standardized recipes, etc. Ability to perform basic arithmetic computations in multiplying ingredients for a recipe and calculating how many servings. Knowledge of the characteristics of various foods such as color, flavor, consistency, texture, and temperature and cooking time required. Skill in planning, coordinating and timing sequence of steps required to have all menu items ready for serving at specified time. Knowledge of sanitation principles.

Conditions of employment

• Heavy lifting is sometimes involved. Incumbent will be constantly standing, bending, stopping and reaching.
• Ability to satisfactorily complete background checks to include a National Agency Check with Written Inquiries (NACI).
• Incumbent must have or be able to obtain a Food Handlers Certificate. Moderate physical effort is required in moving or lifting objects up to 50lbs.

Qualifications

     Qualifications:Must be able to follow recipes and combine ingredients for plain or fancy salad and other

      cooked dishes. Must be able to follow recipes and combine ingredients for plain or fancy salad and other cooked

      dishes. Skill to perform tasks with several steps and use judgment in the performance of sequential tasks. Simple

      arithmetic  and the ability to read instructions is required. Working knowledge of common sanitation procedures to

      prevent contamination. Must be able to use simple kitchen equipment and use common kitchen utensils. Must

      know the operation of bake, holding ovens and pizza makers. Must be able to relate inventory levels to

      purchasing requirements; and understand food storage and sanitation requirements. Must be able to operate a

      cash register. Must be able to follow recipes and combine ingredients for pizza, salads and other menu items.   

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

All resumes will be reviewed to determine if they meet the hiring eligibility and qualification requirements listed in this announcement, and will be rated based on the information provided in the resume to determine the level of KSAs related to the job requirements.  Using the qualifications of the position, a predetermined rating criterion of KSAs will be used for each resume.  Best qualified applicants will be referred to the hiring manager.