Cook JobID: 6449 + Position Type: Cafeteria Services/ Non-Instructional + Date Posted: 8/19/2025 + Location: BOCES WEB Complex + Date Available: 09/01/2025 + Closing Date: 08/26/2025    Herkimer County COOK REPORTS TO Cook Manager GENERAL STATEMENT OF DUTIES Prepares and cooks a variety of food; does related work as required. DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF THE CLASS These duties involve responsibility for the preparation and cooking of a variety of food. In large kitchens a cook usually has responsibility for one part of a meal, such as the meat course, or vegetables or pastries and desserts. In a small kitchen a cook may supervise the cooking of an entire meal and in some cases may have charge of the entire kitchen operation. Supervision may be exercised over assistant cooks and/or food service helpers. EXAMPLES OF WORK · Prepares and cooks meat, fish, poultry, soups, vegetables, cereals, desserts, salads and other food; · Bakes cakes, pies, rolls and a variety of other pastries; · Cuts, cleans and dresses meat, fish, poultry; · Supervises the proper storing of food; · Supervises the work of assistants in the preparation of food, and the cleaning of tables, kitchen utensils, stoves and kitchen; · Keeps simple related records. FULL PERFORMANCE KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES AND PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS · Good knowledge of the methods of preparing, cooking and baking food in large quantities; · good knowledge of modern cooking utensils, appliances and equipment; · good knowledge of cleaning methods and the use of cleaning materials and equipment; · ability to plan with a view to economy and efficiency in the use of supplies, equipment and food; · ability to follow oral and written directions and recipes; · physical strength and stamina; good physical condition. ACCEPTABLE EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING · Two years of experience in large scale cooking; or any equivalent combination of experience and training. Non-Competitive Class For more information and to apply please go to:http://www.herkimer-boces.org/employment '); function setUpPageBreaks(){h = 0; try{}catch(ex){}} var h = 0 setTimeout("setUpPageBreaks()",100) document.write('