Child and Youth Program Cook

Duties

• Prepares all types of meats, poultry, seafood, vegetables, fruit sauces, and gravies for menus.
• Cook, season, and portion food for all meals by following standardized recipes at different levels of difficulty and plan, regulate, and schedule cooking procedures so that numerous completed food products are ready at the appropriate temperature and time.
• Plan and prepare or coordinate the preparation of an entire meal.
• Prepare menu items using special or difficult recipes that require numerous interrelated steps, many ingredients, lengthy preparation time.
• Designs, implements and maintains specialized and general office.
• Monitor temperatures and steam pressures, evaluate the condition of food being cooked at frequent intervals, and turn and baste meat to add flavor and to prevent uneven cooking and drying out.
• Modify recipes for ingredient quantities, the number of servings, and the size of the equipment available.

Requirements

• Must obtain and maintain a valid food handlers' card.
• Must successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check.
• Must pass a pre-employment physical, provide evidence of immunization, be free of all communicable diseases, and obtain appropriate immunization against communicable diseases.
• Ability to complete required training certificates, and maintain certifications or credentials required by Federal, State, and/or national accreditation institutions used as part of DoD's Child and Youth Programs.
• Satisfactorily complete all background checks in accordance with PL 101-647 to include National Agency Check with Written Inquiries (NACI).
• Participation in Direct Deposit/Electronic Fund Transfer within the first 30 days of employment is required.