Occupation information for Cooks, Short Order District Of Columbia

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Typical education needed for entry: No formal educational credential

Typical work experience needed for a job in this occupation: No work experience

Typical on-the-job training once you have a job in this occupation: Less than 1 month on-the-job training

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• Clean food preparation equipment, work areas, and counters or tables.
• Perform food preparation tasks, such as making sandwiches, carving meats, making soups or salads, baking breads or desserts, and brewing coffee or tea.
• Perform general cleaning activities in kitchen and dining areas.
• Restock kitchen supplies, rotate food, and stamp the time and date on food in coolers.
• Grill, cook, and fry foods such as french fries, eggs, and pancakes.
• Plan work on orders so that items served together are finished at the same time.
• Take orders from customers and cook foods requiring short preparation times, according to customer requirements.
• Grill and garnish hamburgers or other meats, such as steaks and chops.
• Complete orders from steam tables, placing food on plates and serving customers at tables or counters.
• Order supplies and stock them on shelves.

Tools:

• Commercial use cutlery
• Commercial use food slicers
• Commercial use graters
• Commercial use ranges
• Commercial use steamers

Technology:

• Inventory management software
• Point of sale POS software

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