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Prepare and cook to order a variety of foods that require only a short preparation time. May take orders from customers and serve patrons at counters or tables.

Currently Employed: 731

Yearly Projected Openings: 20

Typical Hourly Wage: $9.70 - $13.94

Typical Annual Salary: $20,200 - $29,000

• Grill, cook, and fry foods such as french fries, eggs, and pancakes.
• Clean food preparation equipment, work areas, and counters or tables.
• 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.
• Restock kitchen supplies, rotate food, and stamp the time and date on food in coolers.
• Perform food preparation tasks, such as making sandwiches, carving meats, making soups or salads, baking breads or desserts, and brewing coffee or tea.
• Plan work on orders so that items served together are finished at the same time.
• Complete orders from steam tables, placing food on plates and serving customers at tables or counters.
• Perform general cleaning activities in kitchen and dining areas.
• Accept payments, and make change or write charge slips as necessary.

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

• Inventory management software
• Point of sale POS software