Cook
What you'd do
About the Position: This position is located at Womack Army Medical Center in Central NC. Incumbent will perform a variety of cooking and food service support duties to facilitate food preparation within the medical treatment facility. Operations run 7 days a week. Rotating shifts are 0500-1330 and 1000 to 1830 This is a Direct Hire Solicitation
Major duties
Follow food safety and sanitation procedures to operate and clean equipment. Provide support to a to a medical treatment facility by preparing, cooking, and serving food. Operate cooking equipment and utensils by using multiple heating sources. Assist in the preparation and serving of large quantities or individual portions of regular, modified, and special diet menu items for meals within a medical treatment facility. Prepare and cook moderately difficult foods from recipes or other instructions. Prepare limited breakfast foods that will involve grilling or frying. Perform regular and modified salad preparation tasks such as making fruit and vegetable salads.
What you need to qualify
Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. There is no specific length of training or experience required. However, you must be able to demonstrate, through experience shown in your written application materials that you possess the sufficient knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the work of this position without more than normal supervision. Minimum Qualifications (Screen Out Element): Ability to do the work of a(n) Cook ~ without more than normal supervision. I have the ability to perform common Cook duties. I am skilled in preparing large quantities of menu items; utilizing recipes or other instructions to prepare and cook food; operating a variety of food preparation and cooking equipment and utensils; following prescribed procedures to operate and clean equipment; following safety and sanitation procedures required for food handling work.- Failure to meet this Screen out Element will result in an ineligible rating. PHYSICAL EFFORT: The work involves prolonged standing and walking, and frequent stooping, bending, reaching, pulling and pushing. The work also involves frequent lifting of heavy objects weighing up to forty pounds; occasionally lifts heavier items with assistance from others. WORKING CONDITIONS: Exposure to extreme temperature changes occurs when entering and exiting refrigeration/freezing units. Injuries such as cuts, bruises, or burns may result from slips on wet floors, touching hot pans, stoves, steamers, ovens, etc., using sharp edged cutting utensils and blades or spills of hot foods, grease or water. The employee is required to wear safety shoes and follow prescribed safety procedures.
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