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Cooks, Fast Food

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.

Sample of reported job titles:
Cook, Deep Fat Fryer Operator, Fast Food Cook, Fry Cook, Fryer, Grill Cook, Line Cook, Pizza Cook, Pizza Maker, Prep Cook (Preparatory Cook)

Occupation-Specific Information

Tasks

  • Maintain sanitation, health, and safety standards in work areas.
  • Clean food preparation areas, cooking surfaces, and utensils.
  • Operate large-volume cooking equipment, such as grills, deep-fat fryers, or griddles.
  • Verify that prepared food meets requirements for quality and quantity.
  • Take food and drink orders and receive payment from customers.

Technology Skills

  • 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

Occupational Requirements

Work Activities

  • Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates:Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
  • Getting Information:Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.

Detailed Work Activities

  • Check quality of foods or supplies.
  • Clean food preparation areas, facilities, or equipment.
  • Cook foods.
  • Coordinate timing of food production activities.
  • Measure ingredients.

Work Context

  • Face-to-Face Discussions:94% responded"Every day"
  • Spend Time Standing:79% responded"Continually or almost continually"
  • Physical Proximity:78% responded"Moderately close (at arm's length)"
  • Consequence of Error:65% responded"Extremely serious"
  • Frequency of Decision Making:63% responded"Once a month or more but not every week"

Worker Requirements

Knowledge

  • Administration and Management:Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
  • Transportation:Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits.
  • Communications and Media:Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.
  • Customer and Personal Service:Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
  • Public Safety and Security:Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.

Education

How much education does a new hire need to perform a job in this occupation? Respondents said:
  • 58%
    High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED)
  • 42%
    Less than a High School Diploma

Worker Characteristics

Abilities

  • Oral Comprehension:The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
  • Information Ordering:The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
  • Near Vision:The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
  • Speech Recognition:The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.

Interests

  • Realistic:Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others.
  • Conventional:Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow.

Work Values

  • Relationships:Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service.
  • Support:Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical.
  • Independence:Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy.

Work Styles

  • Integrity:Job requires being honest and ethical.
  • Cooperation:Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
  • Dependability:Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
  • Social Orientation:Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job.
  • Stress Tolerance:Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations.
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