cook
ISCO: 5120. Skills: 50. Essential: 15.
Essential skills
- comply with food safety and hygiene
- control of expenses
- ensure cleanliness of food preparation area
- handover the food preparation area
- maintain a safe, hygienic and secure working environment
- maintain kitchen equipment at correct temperature
- order supplies
- receive kitchen supplies
- store raw food materials
- use cooking techniques
- use culinary finishing techniques
- use food cutting tools
- use food preparation techniques
- use reheating techniques
- work in a hospitality team
Supporting skills
- advise customers on seafood choices
- advise on preparation of diet food
- check deliveries on receipt
- comply with standard portion sizes
- composition of diets
- cook dairy products
- cook meat dishes
- cook sauce products
- cook seafood
- cook vegetable products
- create a diet plan
- create decorative food displays
- execute chilling processes to food products
- fish anatomy
- handle chemical cleaning agents
- identify nutritional properties of food
- manage waste
- nutrition
- plan menus
- prepare bakery products
- prepare dairy products for use in a dish
- prepare desserts
- prepare egg products for use in a dish
- prepare flambeed dishes
- prepare meat products for use in a dish
- prepare ready-made dishes
- prepare salad dressings
- prepare sandwiches
- prepare saucier products for use in a dish
- prepare vegetable products for use in a dish
- prepared meals
- seafood processing
- slice fish
- store kitchen supplies
- train employees