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    Cooks, Fast Food
    Today's Date: 6/10/2024
    Purpose:
    Prepare and cook food in a fast food restaurant with a limited menu. Duties of these cooks are limited to preparation of a few basic items and normally involve operating large-volume single-purpose cooking equipment.
    Education and Experience:
    No formal educational credential
    Short-term on-the-job training
    Skills:
    Basic Skills
    • Active Learning Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
    • *Active Listening Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
    • *Critical Thinking Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
    • Learning Strategies Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
    • Mathematics Using mathematics to solve problems.
    • *Monitoring Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
    • *Reading Comprehension Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
    • Science Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.
    • *Speaking Talking to others to convey information effectively.
    • Writing Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.

    Social Skills
    • *Coordination Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
    • Instructing Teaching others how to do something.
    • Negotiation Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
    • Persuasion Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
    • *Service Orientation Actively looking for ways to help people.
    • *Social Perceptiveness Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.

    Complex Problem Solving Skills
    • Complex Problem Solving Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.

    Technical Skills
    • Equipment Maintenance Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed.
    • Equipment Selection Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job.
    • Installation Installing equipment, machines, wiring, or programs to meet specifications.
    • Operation and Control Controlling operations of equipment or systems.
    • Operations Analysis Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design.
    • Operations Monitoring Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
    • Programming Writing computer programs for various purposes.
    • Quality Control Analysis Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.
    • Repairing Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools.
    • Technology Design Generating or adapting equipment and technology to serve user needs.
    • Troubleshooting Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.

    Systems Skills
    • Judgment and Decision Making Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
    • Systems Analysis Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
    • Systems Evaluation Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.

    Resource Management Skills
    • Management of Financial Resources Determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures.
    • Management of Material Resources Obtaining and seeing to the appropriate use of equipment, facilities, and materials needed to do certain work.
    • Management of Personnel Resources Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
    • *Time Management Managing one's own time and the time of others.

    Desktop Computer Skills
  • SpreadsheetsUsing a computer application to enter, manipulate, and format text and numerical data; insert, delete, and manipulate cells, rows, and columns; and create and save worksheets, charts, and graphs.
  • PresentationsUsing a computer application to create, manipulate, edit, and show virtual slide presentations.
  • InternetNavigating the Internet to find information, including the ability to open and configure standard browsers; use searches, hypertext references, and transfer protocols; and send and retrieve electronic mail (e-mail).
  • NavigationUsing scroll bars, a mouse, and dialog boxes to work within the computer's operating system. Being able to access and switch between applications and files of interest.
  • Word ProcessingUsing a computer application to type text, insert pictures, format, edit, print, save, and retrieve word processing documents.
  • GraphicsWorking with pictures in graphics programs or other applications, including creating simple graphics, manipulating the appearance, and inserting graphics into other programs.
  • DatabasesUsing a computer application to manage large amounts of information, including creating and editing simple databases, inputting data, retrieving specific records, and creating reports to communicate the information.

  • Work Context:
    Body Positioning
    • Requires standing

    Communication
    • Requires public speaking
    • Requires telephone conversations
    • Requires face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams
    • Requires contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise)

    Conflict
    • Requires dealing with unpleasant, angry, or discourteous people

    Environment
    • Requires working in very hot (above 90 F degrees) or very cold (below 32 F degrees) temperatures

    Impact of Decisions
    • Requires making decisions that impact the results of co-workers, clients or the company
    • Mistakes are not easily correctable and have serious consequences
    • Opportunity to make decisions without supervision
    • Requires making decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization

    Level of Challenge
    • Requires being exact or highly accurate

    Pace and Scheduling
    • Requires meeting strict deadlines

    Personal Interaction
    • Requires work with external customers or the public
    • Requires coordinating or leading others in accomplishing work activities
    • Requires work with others in a group or team

    Responsibility for Others
    • Includes responsibility for work outcomes and results
    • Includes responsibility for the health and safety of others

    Work Setting
    • Job tasks are performed in close physical proximity to other people

    Tasks:
    • Verify that prepared food meets requirements for quality and quantity.
    • Pre-cook items, such as bacon, to prepare them for later use.
    • Measure ingredients required for specific food items.
    • Mix ingredients, such as pancake or waffle batters.
    • Cook the exact number of items ordered by each customer, working on several different orders simultaneously.
    • Prepare specialty foods, such as pizzas, fish and chips, sandwiches, or tacos, following specific methods that usually require short preparation time.
    • Operate large-volume cooking equipment, such as grills, deep-fat fryers, or griddles.
    • Wash, cut, and prepare foods designated for cooking.
    • Prepare and serve beverages, such as coffee or fountain drinks.
    • Clean food preparation areas, cooking surfaces, and utensils.
    • Read food order slips or receive verbal instructions as to food required by patron, and prepare and cook food according to instructions.
    • Serve orders to customers at windows, counters, or tables.
    • Clean, stock, and restock workstations and display cases.
    • Maintain sanitation, health, and safety standards in work areas.
    • Cook and package batches of food, such as hamburgers or fried chicken, prepared to order or kept warm until sold.
    • Prepare dough, following recipe.
    • Order and take delivery of supplies.
    • Schedule activities and equipment use with managers, using information about daily menus to help coordinate cooking times.
    • Take food and drink orders and receive payment from customers.
    Activities:
    Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates

      Getting Information

        Tools and Technology:
        Tools

        Cappuccino or espresso machines
        • Cappuccino makers

        Carbonated beverage dispenser
        • Carbonated beverage dispensers

        Cash registers
        • Cash registers

        Commercial use blenders
        • Restaurant blenders

        Commercial use ranges
        • Electric ovens
        • Gas ovens

        Technology

        Electronic mail software
        • Microsoft Outlook

        Point of sale POS software
        • Aldelo Systems Aldelo for Restaurants Pro
        • Foodman Home-Delivery
        • Plexis Software Plexis POS
        • Point of sale POS software
        • RestaurantPlus PRO

        Spreadsheet software
        • Microsoft Excel

        Word processing software
        • Microsoft Word

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