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Job Title:	COOK II (BC-08) - OAHU
Salary:	$3,466.00 Monthly
Job Type:	Various
Location:	State of Hawaii Executive Branch

Description  Benefits  Supplemental Questions
Recruitment Number 209111 - Shiftwork - Halawa Correctional Facility - Halawa, Oahu Employment Only
Duties Summary:
Perform cooking activities at a cooking station in a large kitchen or has responsibility for all cooking activities in a small kitchen; may supervise kitchen and cook helpers; and perform other related duties as assigned. NOTE: Applicants must be willing and able to work rotating shifts, including evenings, weekends, and holidays.
Minimum Qualification Requirements:
Applicants must meet all the requirements for the position they are seeking as of the date of the application, unless otherwise specified. Please note that unless specifically indicated, the required education and experience may not be gained concurrently. Your possession of the required amount of experience will not in itself be accepted as proof of qualification for the position. Overall paid or unpaid experience must be of such scope and responsibility as to conclusively demonstrate that you have the ability to perform the duties of the position. Note: Your calculation of experience must be based on full-time, 40-hour work weeks. Part-time experience must be pro-rated. Example: Twelve months of experience at 20 hours/week is equivalent to six months of experience, not one year. Also, hours worked in excess of 40 hours/week will not be credited. Example: Twelve months of experience at 60 hours/week is equivalent to one year of experience, not one and a half years. To qualify, you must meet all of the following requirements: Experience: Two years of experience in quantity cookery; or an equivalent combination of experience and training. Quantity cookery is defined as experience in the daily preparation and serving of meals in a restaurant, hotel, hospital, school or institution, which included actual hands-on experience in the various phases (e.g., roasting, braising, sauteing, broiling, and frying) of the preparation of foods in large quantities. In addition to knowledge of quantity cookery, applicants must demonstrate knowledge of the use and care of cooking utensils and equipment; kitchen safety and sanitation requirements; methods of handling and storing food; personal hygiene; and the ability to instruct and supervise others in cooking activities; estimate amounts of raw foods necessary to meet menu requirements; plan cooking schedules to meet scheduled meal times; get along well with others; tolerate kitchen heat; perform menu planning and food purchasing as required; and perform heavy lifting, moving and carrying typical of this class of work. The experience must also demonstrate that the applicant has acquired a thorough knowledge of all types of foodstuffs and cooking methods to perform general cooking duties with little or no supervision. These duties must range from performing simple and routine tasks to progressively more difficult tasks. Non-Qualifying Experience: Experience which was limited to serving, cleaning, washing dishes, or to only one phase of cooking such as fry cooking, or to other kinds of work not requiring skills and knowledge of quantity cookery is not qualifying. Substitutions Allowed: a. Completion of a course of study in cooking, or in baking and cooking in an accredited technical school or community college which included a substantial amount of training in quantity cookery as described above, and actual practice in daily cooking may be substituted for one year of Experience. b. Completion of a course of study in cafeteria management in an accredited technical school or community college which included a substantial amount of training in quantity cookery as described above, and actual practice in daily cooking may be substituted for Experience on a year-for-year basis. Other Requirements: All applicants who are conditionally offered employment or conditionally approved for movement into any of these positions shall be subject to drug screening, as required by Federal, State or local laws or departmental policy; and will be subject to an intensive background check. 09555:013085:01:CNT
Other Information:
TESTING INFORMATION The examination for this recruitment will be conducted on an unassembled basis where the examination score is based on an evaluation and rating of your education and experience. It is therefore important that your employment application provide a clear and detailed description of the duties and responsibilities of each position you held. CLICK HERE for further information about Equal Employment Opportunity, the Merit Civil Service System, Citizenship and other requirements, Reasonable Accommodation, Veterans Preference, Examination Requirements, and the State Recruiting Office’s Levels of Review.