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Cook NA-04
United States Army Installation Management Command
Department of the Army
Job Description
Summary
This job is for a cook at a bowling center on a military base in California, where you'll prepare simple meals like breakfast items, burgers, and vegetables for soldiers and their families.
It involves basic cooking tasks, operating kitchen equipment, and keeping the workspace clean.
A good fit would be someone reliable with entry-level cooking experience in a fast-paced setting, who stays neat and can handle pressure without much supervision.
Key Requirements
- Work experience preparing and cooking simple foods and short orders in a cafeteria, restaurant, or mess
- Neatness and good grooming
- Dependability and ability to work under pressure
- Basic knowledge of food preparation methods and procedures
- Skill in cooking a limited variety of prepared or short order foods
- Ability to read and understand written food service materials like recipes and labels
- Experience operating, cleaning, and maintaining kitchen equipment safely
Full Job Description
This position is located at: Bowling - Fort Irwin, California.
Our Desert Winds Bowling Center offers a variety of services for our Fort Irwin Soldiers and Families, including: Cosmic Bowling under glowing lights; Snack Bar, offering breakfast, weekend brunch, lunch/dinner; a Bar to relax with a drink; Youth League Bowling; Birthday Packages.
This is an open continuous announcement. All qualified applicants will be forwarded to management on a weekly or as needed basis. Resumes must be two pages (or less).
Resumes should clearly demonstrate the applicant's relevant experience, skills, knowledge and abilities as they pertain to this position.
A qualified candidate must possess the following: Work experience in preparing foods and cooking simple foods and short orders in a cafeteria, restaurant, or mess.
Demonstration of the following work behavior is desirable: a. Neatness and good grooming. b. Dependability. c. Ability to work under pressure.
*** All experience must be listed on the resume for that experience to be considered. No assumptions will be made.
*** To better expedite the hiring process, we recommend including full contact information (name, address, phone number, email, etc.) for professional and personal references on your resume.
Major Duties:
- Performs a full range of simple cooking by preparing and cooking items that require little or no processing, such as pancakes, sausage, eggs, hamburgers, and fresh or canned vegetables.
- Prepares food by peeling, chopping, grinding, paring, cutting, slicing, dicing, pureeing, dredging, flouring, or breading. Weighs, measures, and assembles ingredients for regular and modified menu items.
- Operates a variety of kitchen equipment using gas, electricity, steam or microwave heat sources. Disassembles, cleans and assembles component parts and accessories, following safety procedures to avoid personal injury and damage to the equipment.
- Cleans, stores, and maintains all equipment and work areas after each use. Cleans other work areas and equipment, such as worktables, floors, walk-in refrigerators, etc., on an established cleaning schedule.
- Basic knowledge of food preparation methods and procedures. Skill to cook a limited variety of prepared foods or short order foods. Ability to read and understand written food service material, such as food labels, standardized recipes,
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