Cook

• Perform roasting, broiling, baking, frying, boiling, steaming and stewing meats, fish, and poultry. Prepare soups, stocks, broths, gravies, sauces, and sauces, and puddings without the use of packaged mixes.
• Make a variety of dessert items such as pies, cakes, cookies and simple breads and rolls and adjust standardized recipes for the number of servings required in large quantity cooking.
• Prepare breakfast items, which include pancakes, french toast, and eggs to order for patient trays and cafeteria line. Prepare short orders such as hamburgers, hot dogs, grilled cheese, ham and cheese, etc., for lunch and dinner.
• Maintain the proper temperature for all foods during holding, transporting, reheating and serving to assure quality control and food safety.
• Maintain rotation of food inventories to prevent spoilage and provide assistance to the supervisor of a higher-grade worker in ordering food in accordance with daily and weekly menu requirements.
• Operate various mixers, steam kettles, electric urns and other powered mechanical kitchen equipment used in preparation and serving of food.
• Clean and maintain in sanitary condition equipment and work areas, sweeping and mopping floors, washing utensils, tables and refrigerators and cleaning ovens and ranges.

Conditions of employment

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• A Personnel Security Investigation is required.
• Selectees may be required to sign a statement (Condition of Employment) consenting to seasonal influenza vaccinations or must provide a recognized exemption.
• A pre-placement medical examination is required.
• This position may include shift work (evenings, weekends, holidays).
• This position may require rotating shifts (i.e. work schedule that requires employees to continuously rotate from one shift to another at predetermined intervals).

Qualifications

Who May Apply: US Citizens

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 Cook without more than normal supervision. Cook an entire meal and coordinate its preparation to produce a properly cooked meal on time. Roast, broil, bake, fry, boil, steam and stew a variety of foods. Determine whether cooked foods are done by their appearance, consistency, texture and temperature. Possess a working knowledge of principles of food spoilage, food borne illness, and food safety. Operate standard food service equipment such as a food processor, slicing machine, rotary or convection oven, or a deep fat fryer. Work under supervision of a work leader or journey-level employee who observes tasks in progress and upon completion make sure they are properly performed.- Failure to meet this Screen out Element will result in an ineligible rating.

How you will be evaluated

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

Once the announcement has closed, a review of your application package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) will be used to determine whether you meet the qualification requirements listed on this announcement. Please follow all instructions carefully when applying, errors or omissions may affect your eligibility.

If, after reviewing your resume and/or supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and/or experience, you may lose consideration for this position.

Veterans and Military Spouses will be considered along with all other candidates.

The documents you are required to submit vary based on whether or not you are eligible for preference in federal employment. A complete description of preference categories and the associated required documents is in the Applicant Checklist for Public Announcements.

As described above, your complete application includes your resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which prove your eligibility to apply. If you fail to provide these documents, you will be marked as having an incomplete application package and you will not be considered any further.

1. Your resume:

• Your resume must be two pages or less and must support the specialized experience described in this announcement. Resumes exceeding two pages will be removed from consideration.
• For each relevant work experience, make sure you include the employer's name, job title, start and end dates (include month and year), for qualifications purposes, the number of hours worked per week, and a brief description that show you can perform the tasks at the required level listed in the job announcement. If your resume does not contain this information, your application may be marked as incomplete, and you may not receive consideration for this position.
• Use plain language. Avoid using acronyms and terms that are not easily understood. The hiring agency will not make assumptions about what's in your resume.
• If your resume includes a photograph or other inappropriate material or content, it will not be used to make eligibility and qualification determinations, and you may not be considered for this vacancy.
• For additional information, to include formatting tips, see: What to include in your resume.

2. Other supporting documents:

• Cover Letter, optional
• Most recent Performance Appraisal, if applicable

NOTE: Documents submitted as part of the application package, to include supplemental documents, may be shared beyond the Human Resources Office. Some supplemental documents such as military orders and marriage certificates may contain personal information for someone other than you. You may sanitize these documents to remove another person's personal information before you submit your application. You may be asked to provide an un-sanitized version of the documents if you are selected to confirm your eligibility.

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