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The primary purpose of this position is to prepare and cook simple food.
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Duties
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- Performs a variety of simple cooking tasks to assist the cooks in the kitchen following standardized recipes and cooking techniques.
- Weighs, measures, and assembles ingredients. Determines quantities of ingredients for required yields. Mixes ingredients according to precisely written recipes that produce quality products, minimizes preparation time, and avoids food material waste.
- Maintains accurate food inventories. Rotates stock items to prevent spoilage. Labels food which has been opened before it is stored. Transport supplies between storerooms, kitchen, and serving areas.
- Uses, maintains, and cleans tools and equipment, such as grills, food processors, slicing machines, toasters, mixers, and pressure cookers for accomplishment of well-defined, basic tasks. Washes dishes, glasses, and flatware.
- Utilizes health, safety, and sanitation practices, procedures, rules, and regulations to maintain a safe and clean work environment.
Requirements
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Conditions of employment

• U.S. Citizenship Required
• Males must be registered for Selective Service, see www.sss.gov
• This posn is subject to provisions of the DoD Priority Placement Program
• Disclosure of Political Appointments
• Shift work may be required.
• Required to use/wear safety shoes and cooks uniform.
• Required to possess a Food Handler's License and/or meet health screening requirements; a high standard of personal cleanliness is required.
• May be required to attend Quality Improvement Training and to participate in section Quality Improvement Teams and data collection efforts.
• Employee may be detailed to other areas, and or duties, as mission requires. If detailed to a position that requires licensure, must have or be able to obtain required license(s).
• This position requires designated mission essential based on local conditions.
• This is a Mission-Essential position performing a Mission-Critical-Function which must continue uninterrupted after the occurrence of an emergency and continued through full resumption of all functions.

Qualifications
In order to qualify, you must meet the quality level of experience requirements described in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook X-118C.
QUALIFICATIONS: Applicants will be rated in accordance with the OPM Qualification Standard Handbook X-118C for the WG-7400-Food Preparations and Serving Family, Food Service Working. Although a specific length of time and experience is not required for most blue-collar positions, you must meet any screen-out element listed, and show through experience and training that you possess the quality level of knowledge and skill necessary to perform the duties of the position at the level for which you are applying. Qualification requirements emphasis is on the quality of experience, not necessarily the length of time.
The screen out element for this position is the ability to do the work of a COOK without more than normal supervision.
JOB ELEMENTS: Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the following areas:
1. Knowledge of the methods and procedures relating to food preparation and cooking in small quantities.
2. Knowledge of characteristics of various foods, responsible for colors, flavors, consistencies, textures, temperatures, and cooking times.
3. Knowledge of food handling and storage practices. Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing; and read and understand menus, recipes; worksheets, food labels, computerized food production sheets, and metric conversion tables.
4. Knowledge of health, safety, and sanitation standards and procedures in order to maintain a safe and clean work environment.
5. Skill in arithmetic computations to determine precise measurements for quantities needed to prepare required amounts, multiplying ingredients, and calculating servings per container.
6. Skill in making precise measurement and accurately weighing recipe ingredients. Skill in operating, breaking down, and cleaning kitchen tools and equipment. Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing; and red and understand menus, recipes, worksheets, food labels, computerized food production sheets, and metric conversion tables.
Physical Effort: Employee frequently lifts and moves items weighing up to 40 pounds unassisted and occasionally lift or move objects weighing over 40 pounds with the assistance of lifting devices or other workers. Work requires continual standing and walking, and frequent stooping, bending, reaching, pushing, and pulling.
Working Conditions: Frequently works in areas which are well lighted but are often hot and noisy, Subject to possible cuts from knives and burns from steam, hot foods, stoves, and hot grease and water. Concrete and tile floors are tiring to walk on and freshly scrubbed floors present danger of slipping. Burns from ovens and hot paos are a hazard. Injuries may result from use of powered equipment. Exposed to steam, fumes, and odors from cooking and to extreme temperature changes when entering and exiting walk-in refrigerators and freezers.
PART-TIME OR UNPAID EXPERIENCE: Credit will be given for appropriate unpaid and or part-time work. You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours per week.
VOLUNTEER WORK EXPERIENCE: Refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service Programs (i.e., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student and social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge and skills that can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
Education
This job does not have an education qualification requirement.
Additional information
Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP): For information on how to apply as an ICTAP eligible click here. To be well-qualified and exercise selection priority for this vacancy, displaced Federal employees must be rated well qualified or above for this position. You must submit a copy of the agency notice, your most recent performance rating, and your most recent SF-50 noting position, grade level, and duty location.
Employed Annuitants (Reemployed Annuitants): Applicants in receipt of an annuity based on civilian employment in the Federal Service are subject to the DoD Policy on The Employment of Annuitants. Click here for more information.
120-Day Register: This announcement may result in a 120-day register that may be used to fill like vacancies for 120 days after the closing date. Applicants may be referred for consideration as vacancies occur.
Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible: MSP applicants, if determined best qualified, must be selected at the full performance level and placed at the full performance level. You must include a completed copy of the Military Spouse PPP Self-Certification Checklist dated within 30 days along with the documents identified on the checklist to verify your eligibility for MSP. Click here to obtain a copy of the Military Spouse PPP Self-Certification Checklist.
Direct Deposit: All federal employees are required to have direct deposit.
If you are unable to apply online, view the following link for information regarding Alternate Application. The Vacancy ID is 12949677
To ensure compliance with an applicable preliminary nationwide injunction, which may be supplemented, modified, or vacated, depending on the course of ongoing litigation, the Federal Government will take no action to implement or enforce the COVID-19 vaccination requirement pursuant to Executive Order 14043 on Requiring Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination for Federal Employees. Therefore, to the extent a Federal job announcement includes the requirement that applicants must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 pursuant to Executive Order 14043, that requirement does not currently apply. Federal agencies may request information regarding the vaccination status of selected applicants for the purposes of implementing other workplace safety protocols, such as protocols related to masking, physical distancing, testing, travel, and restriction from the workplace.
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Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.
Benefits
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