Cook - Transitional Learning Center

The Cook will be responsible for the timely preparation of and service of meals, maintaining an adequate inventory of ...

Required knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

CPR and First Aid Certified within the first 30 days of employment if not currently certified.

Ability to prepare a variety of meals (in a quantity appropriate to the number of people being served) which are economical and nutritious.

Knowledge of Health Department regulations regarding food handling, storage, and general sanitation requirements.

Ability to maintain kitchen area and equipment in clean, orderly fashion.

Ability to comply with the organization's schedule for serving meals.

Establish and maintain through inventory system with periodic updates to the Food Service Manager.

Ability to lift up to 50 pounds of food.

Ability to communicate in English.

Posses basic math skills.

Education:

Prefer courses in Culinary Arts or Hotel/Restaurant Management

Experience:

At least one year experience in cooking, serving, and kitchen clean-up process in a commercial or institutional situation.  Enrollment in a Culinary Arts Program will be substituted for experience.

DEMANDS AND CHARACTERISTICS OF WORK, EQUIPMENT USAGE, AND WORK ENVIRONMENT.

PERCENTAGE OF WORK TIME (1-33%)

Sitting

Climbing (Ascending/Descending)

Using leg muscles frequently or for extended periods

Using back muscles frequently or for extended periods

PERCENTAGE OF WORK TIME (34-66%)

Twisting

Lifting/Carrying

Pushing/Pulling

Bending/Stooping

PERCENTAGE OF WORK TIME (67-100%)

Standing/Walking

Using arm muscles frequently or for extended periods

LIFTING REQUIREMENTS - individuals in clinical care positions are required to lift a trainee/client without assistance.  (1-33%)

21 - 30 Pounds

31 - 40 Pounds

41 - 50 Pounds

51 - Pounds or more

LIFTING REQUIREMENTS - individuals in clinical care positions are required to lift a trainee/client without assistance.  (34-66%)

11 - 20 Pounds

LIFTING REQUIREMENTS - individuals in clinical care positions are required to lift a trainee/client without assistance.  (67-100%)

2 - 10 Pounds

DOES THIS JOB REQUIRE? (1-33%)

Working outdoors

Working near radiation sources

Potential exposure to communicable diseases

Working with hazardous waste materials

Utilizing essential upgraded or adaptive equipment as industry standards require

Operating vehicle

DOES THIS JOB REQUIRE? (34-66%)

Working with or near chemicals

DOES THIS JOB REQUIRE? (67-100%)

Working in hot, cold, wet surrounds

Using hand tools

Potential for cuts and bruises

EXCHANGE OF IDEAS (67-100%)

Ability to express or exchange ideas

Ability to understand communication of others with or without adaptive devices.

Obtaining impressions through the eyes of the shape, size, distance, motion, color or other characteristics of objects with or without adaptive devices.  The major visual functions are:

Acuity, far - clarity of vision at 20 feet or more.

Acuity, near - clarity of vision at 20 inches or less.

Depth perception - three-dimensional vision.  The ability to judge distance and space relationships so as to see objects where and as they actually are they actually are.

Field of vision - the area that can be seen up and down or to the right or left while the eyes are fixed on a given point.

Accommodation - adjustment of the lens of the eye to bring an object into sharp focus.  This item is especially important when doing near-point work at varying distances from the eye.

Color vision - the ability to identify and distinguish colors.

Regular Attendance

Punctuality

Ability to do Math

Literate