cook

Education:

Secondary (high) school graduation certificate.

Work setting:

Restaurant.

Tasks:

• Prepare and cook complete meals or individual dishes and foods.
• Inspect kitchens and food service areas.
• Supervise kitchen staff and helpers.
• Maintain inventory and records of food, supplies and equipment.
• Clean kitchen and work areas.
• Manage kitchen operations.

Supervision:

Cook (general).

Transportation/travel information:

Public transportation is available.

Work conditions and physical capabilities:

• Attention to detail.
• Fast-paced environment.
• Handling heavy loads.
• Physically demanding.
• Repetitive tasks.
• Standing for extended periods.
• Work under pressure.

Personal suitability:

• Client focus.
• Dependability.
• Excellent oral communication.
• Flexibility.
• Initiative.
• Judgement.
• Organized.
• Reliability.
• Team player.

Employment terms options:

• Early morning.
• Evening.

Experience:

1 year to less than 2 years.

Employment terms options:

• Shift.
• Flexible hours.
• Morning.
• Night.
• Day.
• Weekend.
• Overtime required.
• Overtime available.

Support for persons with disabilities:

• Provides physical accessibility accommodations (for example: ramps, elevators, etc.).
• Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for persons with disabilities.
• Applies accessible and inclusive recruitment policies that accommodate persons with disabilities .

Support for newcomers and refugees:

• Supports social and labour market integration of newcomers and/or refugees (for example: facilitating access to community resources, language training, skills training, etc.).
• Recruits newcomers and/or refugees who were displaced by a conflict or a natural disaster (for example: Ukraine, Afghanistan, etc.) .
• Supports newcomers and/or refugees with foreign credential recognition.

Support for youths:

• Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth.
• Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth.

Support for Veterans:

Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for Veterans .

Support for Indigenous people:

Provides cultural competency training and/or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers .

Support for mature workers:

• Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination .
• Provides staff with awareness training to create a welcoming work environment for mature workers .
• Offers phased retirement options that allow mature workers to gradually reduce their workload (for example: flexible or reduced work hours, part time employment, project-based or seasonal work, etc.) .

Supports for visible minorities:

• Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.).
• Provides diversity and cross-cultural training to create a welcoming work environment for members of visible minorities.