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Summary Job Description | Tasks | |||
Prepare and cook large quantities of food for institutions, such as schools, hospitals, or cafeterias. | Clean and inspect galley equipment, kitchen appliances, and work areas to ensure cleanliness and functional operation. | |||
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Apportion and serve food to facility residents, employees, or patrons. | ||||
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Cook foodstuffs according to menus, special dietary or nutritional restrictions, or numbers of portions to be served. | ||||
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Clean, cut, and cook meat, fish, or poultry. | ||||
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Monitor use of government food commodities to ensure that proper procedures are followed. | ||||
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Wash pots, pans, dishes, utensils, and other cooking equipment. | ||||
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Compile and maintain records of food use and expenditures. | ||||
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Direct activities of one or more workers who assist in preparing and serving meals. | ||||
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Bake breads, rolls, and other pastries. | ||||
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Train new employees. | ||||
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Take inventory of supplies and equipment. | ||||
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Monitor menus and spending to ensure that meals are prepared economically. | ||||
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Plan menus that are varied, nutritionally balanced, and appetizing, taking advantage of foods in season and local availability. | ||||
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Requisition food supplies, kitchen equipment, and appliances, based on estimates of future needs. | ||||
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Determine meal prices, based on calculations of ingredient prices. | ||||
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CompGeo Salary Survey Benchmark Job Summary and Competencies
Cooks, Institution or Cafeteria
The Benchmark Job Description below represents the specific Position Characteristics of the job used in the Salary Survey. Benchmark Job Descriptions should be inspected carefully to review the degree of matching between an organizations' Job and the Salary Survey Benchmark. Matching internal Jobs to Salary Survey Benchmark Jobs should not be done on Job Title alone. A thorough comparison of Salary Survey Benchmark to Internal Job Descriptions is recommended. A good overlap should exist on any comparisons used on critical Job Dimensions and Competencies.- Job Description
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Important Knowledge Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Food Production | Knowledge of techniques and equipment for planting, growing, and harvesting food products (both plant and animal) for consumption, including storage/handling techniques. | |||
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Mathematics | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. | |||
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Education and Training | Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects. | |||
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Important Skill Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. | |||
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Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. | |||
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Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents. | |||
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Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. | |||
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Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. | |||
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Service Orientation | Actively looking for ways to help people. | |||
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Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. | |||
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Quality Control Analysis | Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance. | |||
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Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. | |||
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Management of Personnel Resources | Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job. | |||
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Active Learning | Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. | |||
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Social Perceptiveness | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. | |||
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Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. | |||
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Instructing | Teaching others how to do something. | |||
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Operation Monitoring | Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. | |||
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Complex Problem Solving | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. | |||
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Management of Financial Resources | Determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures. | |||
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Management of Material Resources | Obtaining and seeing to the appropriate use of equipment, facilities, and materials needed to do certain work. | |||
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Important Ability Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem. | |||
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Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). | |||
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Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. | |||
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Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. | |||
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Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. | |||
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Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. | |||
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Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. | |||
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Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. | |||
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Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). | |||
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Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). | |||
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Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. | |||
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Manual Dexterity | The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects. | |||
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Finger Dexterity | The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects. | |||
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Trunk Strength | The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without 'giving out' or fatiguing. | |||
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Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. | |||
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Time Sharing | The ability to shift back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information (such as speech, sounds, touch, or other sources). | |||
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Arm-Hand Steadiness | The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position. | |||
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Hearing Sensitivity | The ability to detect or tell the differences between sounds that vary in pitch and loudness. | |||
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Perceptual Speed | The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object. | |||
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Stamina | The ability to exert yourself physically over long periods of time without getting winded or out of breath. | |||
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Tools/Technology Example | Product Category | |||
Data entry software | Data base user interface and query software | |||
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GNOME Gnutrition | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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IBM Lotus 1-2-3 | Spreadsheet software | |||
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Meals Plus software | Project management software | |||
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Microsoft Excel | Spreadsheet software | |||
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Microsoft Word | Word processing software | |||
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PCS Revenue Control Systems FASTRAK School Meal Software | Point of sale POS software | |||
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Pacific Triangle Software Bon Appetit | Project management software | |||
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Point of sale POS software | Point of sale POS software | |||
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Spreadsheet software | Spreadsheet software | |||
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Word processing software | Word processing software | |||
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Apple corers | Domestic apple corer | |||
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Blast chillers | Blast freezers | |||
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Blenders | Commercial use blenders | |||
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Bone saws | Commercial use cutlery | |||
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Box graters | Commercial use graters | |||
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Braziers | Commercial use barbeque ovens | |||
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Bread slicers | Commercial use food slicers | |||
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Broilers | Commercial use broilers | |||
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Cappuccino makers | Cappuccino or espresso machines | |||
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Carbonated beverage dispensers | Carbonated beverage dispenser | |||
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Cash registers | Cash registers | |||
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Chefs' knives | Commercial use cutlery | |||
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Commercial coffee grinders | Commercial use coffee grinders | |||
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Commercial coffeemakers | Commercial use coffee or iced tea makers | |||
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Commercial dishwashers | Commercial use dishwashers | |||
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Convection ovens | Commercial use convection ovens | |||
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Conveyor ovens | Commercial use ovens | |||
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Cream whippers | Domestic whipped cream maker | |||
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Desktop computers | Desktop computers | |||
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Disposal units | Domestic garbage disposals | |||
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Double boilers | Domestic double boilers | |||
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Electric deep-fat fryers | Commercial use deep fryers | |||
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Electric stoves | Commercial use ranges | |||
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Fire suppression blankets | Fire blankets | |||
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Food dicers | Commercial use food choppers or cubers or dicers | |||
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Food processors | Commercial use food processors | |||
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Food shredders | Commercial use graters | |||
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Food slicers | Commercial use food slicers | |||
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Garbage compactors | Domestic trash compactors | |||
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Gas stoves | Commercial use ranges | |||
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Gas-powered deep-fat fryers | Commercial use deep fryers | |||
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Griddles | Commercial use griddles | |||
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Grills | Commercial use grills | |||
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Hot dog cookers | Commercial use hot dog grills | |||
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Ice shaving or crushing equipment | Ice shaver machines or accessories | |||
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Ice-making machines | Ice dispensers | |||
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Infrared heat lamps | Commercial use heat lamps | |||
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Juice dispensers | Non carbonated beverage dispenser | |||
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Juice extractors | Commercial use juicers | |||
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Kitchen fire extinguishers | Fire extinguishers | |||
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Kitchen shears | Commercial use cutlery | |||
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Kitchen tongs | Domestic kitchen tongs | |||
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Knife sharpeners | Domestic knife sharpeners | |||
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Mandolines | Commercial use food slicers | |||
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Meat grinders | Commercial use food grinders | |||
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Meat thermometers | Domestic kitchen or food thermometers | |||
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Microwave ovens | Commercial use microwave ovens | |||
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Mixers | Commercial use mixers | |||
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Oyster knives | Commercial use cutlery | |||
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Paring knives | Commercial use cutlery | |||
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Parisian cutters | Domestic garnishing tools | |||
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Pasta machines | Commercial use pasta machines | |||
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Personal computers | Personal computers | |||
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Pizza ovens | Commercial use pizza ovens | |||
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Point of sale POS computer terminals | Point of sale POS terminal | |||
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Portion scales | Commercial use scales | |||
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Pressurized steam cookers | Commercial use high pressure steamers | |||
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Refrigerator thermometers | Domestic kitchen or food thermometers | |||
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Rice cookers | Commercial use rice cookers | |||
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Rotisserie ovens | Commercial use rotisseries | |||
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Salamanders | Commercial use broilers | |||
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Serrated blade knives | Commercial use cutlery | |||
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Sieves | Domestic strainers or colanders | |||
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Sifters | Domestic sifter | |||
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Steam kettles | Commercial use steamers | |||
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Steam tables | Commercial use food warmers | |||
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Strainers | Domestic strainers or colanders | |||
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Toasters | Commercial use toasters | |||
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Touch screen monitors | Touch screen monitors | |||
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Waffle makers | Commercial use waffle irons | |||
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Woks | Commercial use woks | |||
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Prerequisite Qualification Category | Education and Experience Level | |||
Required Level of Education | High School Diploma (or GED or High School Equivalence Certificate) | |||
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On-the-Job Training | Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month | |||
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Alternate Job Title(s) | |||
Baker | |||
Basket Lunch Preparer | |||
Boarding House Cook | |||
Cafeteria Cook | |||
Cafeteria Manager | |||
Cafeteria Worker | |||
Camp Cook | |||
Chef | |||
Cook | |||
Cook Supervisor | |||
Culinary Specialist | |||
Diet Kitchen Cook | |||
Dietary Aide | |||
Dietary Cook | |||
Food Service Specialist | |||
Food and Nutrition Services Assistant | |||
Galley Cook | |||
Institutional Cook | |||
Line Cook | |||
Mess Cook | |||
Ranch Cook | |||
School Cafeteria Cook | |||
School Cook | |||
Second Cook and Baker | |||
Ship's Cook | |||
Special Diet Cook | |||
Third Cook | |||
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