Cook/Cook-Lead

County of Tulare • Visalia, CA

21h • Onsite

About The Position

This recruitment will establish an employment list to fill current and any future vacancies within the Tulare County Probation Department. The anticipated life of the employment list is six months. If interested in employment for this position or current or future vacancies, please submit an online application for consideration. Current vacancy is with the Tulare County Probation Department located in Visalia. The anticipated life of the list is six months.

Requirements

• Equivalent to completion of twelfth (12th) grade.
• Cook: One (1) year of paid food preparation experience.
• Cook Lead: Two (2) years of progressively more difficult and varied cooking and food preparation experience for large numbers of people such as is found in institutional or military cooking, one (1) year of which includes supervisory responsibilities.
• Knowledge of safe and proper use of equipment and machines commonly found in large kitchens.
• Knowledge of sanitation practices and procedures pertaining to food preparation and kitchen work areas.
• Math sufficient to compute percentages, decimals and fractions.
• U.S. monetary system to make change and count money.
• Food industry terminology to order supplies.
• Knowledge of storage and preservation of foods.
• Knowledge of sanitation requirements for institutional kitchens.
• Knowledge of kitchen cleaning materials.
• Knowledge of basic nutrition.
• Ability to work and communicate effectively with people of various education and socioeconomic backgrounds by respecting beliefs, interpersonal styles and behaviors of both clients and co-workers.
• Ability to operate contemporary office equipment inclusive of computer, keyboard, and all applicable electronic equipment.
• Ability to prepare, cook, and bake a variety of foods in large quantities.
• Ability to follow recipes and instructions to train in the preparation of food and special diets.
• Ability to requisition food and supplies in amounts to meet changing meal counts and menu requirements.
• Ability to cook and serve appetizing meals.
• Ability to maintain sanitary requirements found in institutional kitchens.
• Ability to recall ingredients in preparing foods.

Responsibilities

• Cook and oversee the cooking of a variety of foods and special diets.
• Make simple desserts such as cakes, puddings, and pies.
• Use a variety of hand and motorized kitchen equipment and machines.
• Perform frying, grilling, stewing, roasting and baking.
• Estimate food supplies needed.
• Supervise lower-level cooks and inmate staff in food preparation.
• Perform butchering tasks.
• Order produce, meats and staples for jail feeding programs.
• Prepare menus and special diets.
• Account for food and hardware items on an assigned shift.

Benefits

• Student loan forgiveness through the College Cost Reduction and Access Act (CCRAA)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED