Cooks (Ffr22-0274a)

**SUMMARY OF DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES**
- Performs a full range of simple cooking tasks by preparing and cooking items requiring little or no processing such as pancakes, sausage, eggs, hamburgers, and fresh or canned vegetables.
- Prepares all forms of hot cereals; broils meats; prepares and cooks concentrated or dehydrated soups, sauces, and gravies; and makes cold sandwich fillings.
- Prepares convenience items such as frozen hash browns, fish fillets, and chicken nuggets.
- May prepare and bake pizza.
- Prepares foods by peeling, chopping, grinding, paring, cutting, slicing, dicing, pureeing, dredging, flouring, and breading.
- Weighs, measures, and dispenses foods in accordance with portion controls.
- Mixes ingredients according to precisely written recipes.
- Sets up and replenishes salad bar.
- Covers, dates, and stores leftovers according to established procedures.
- Cleans and maintains equipment and work areas.
- Maintains accurate food inventories and rotates stock items to prevent spoilage.

**ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES**
- Kitchens are often warm and noisy.
- Exposed to steam, fumes, and odors, danger of falling, burns, and cuts.
- Exposed to extreme temperatures when entering walk-in refrigerators from the warm kitchen.
- Performs other related duties as required.

**QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED**
- Ability to read and understand written food service material such as food labels, standardized recipes, etc.
- Ability to perform basic arithmetic computations in multiplying ingredients for a recipe and calculating how many servings.
- Knowledge of the characteristics of various foods such as color, flavor, consistency, texture, and temperature and cooking time required.
- Skill in planning, coordinating and timing sequence of steps required to have all menu items ready for serving at specified time.
- Knowledge of sanitation principles.

Ability to do the work of the position without more than normal supervision.
**EDUCATION**

Must have completed GCE 'N' level. Able to converse/understand spoken/written English. Have basic mathetical knowledge.

**CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT**

Satisfactorily complete all background checks to include Local Agency Check (LAC).

**OTHER INFORMATION**

Some positions have special requirements. Selection may be tentative pending the completion of the satisfactory employment reference checks and receipt of proof of education (where applicable). Selectee may be required to complete a one (1) year probationary period. Participation in the Direct Deposit/Electronic Fund Transfer is required. Salary is commensurate with experience and/or education.

**HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED**

**BENEFITS**

All benefits offered (medical, dental, hospitalization & surgical insurance, personal accident, specialists consultation and term life).

**HOW TO APPLY**

**AGENCY CONTACT INFO**

Commander Navy Region Japan

NAF Human Resources Office (N941) Commander, Navy Installation Command

PSC 473 Box 12 Tel: (315) 243-5446 / 046-816-5446

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