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Cook
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 43 days ago
About the Role
This position is located in the Nutrition and Food Service at the Albany VA Medical Center. The primary purpose of the Cook, WG-6, is to prepare nutritious, high-quality meals for service to the Veterans.
What You'll Do
- →Major duties and responsibilities include: Independently prepares and cooks a variety of items including regular and therapeutic diet (diabetic, low sodium, low protein, gluten free, etc.) entrees and dessert items.
- →Follow menus, production sheets, and recipes to prepare items in the quantity needed.
- →Grill eggs, meat patties, pancakes, French toast; broil meats; make cold sandwich filling and assemble a variety of sandwiches.
- →Use a variety of methods to prepare meats, fish, and poultry including broiling, roasting, baking, frying, boiling, steaming, stewing, braising, and grilling.
- →Slice meat items by hand, confirm the specific size requirements or weight specifications.
- →Prepare fresh canned and frozen vegetables; bake frozen potatoes, pre-made cookie dough and muffin batters.
- →Prepare and heat convenience items and prepare puree foods and adjust consistency with thickeners.
- →Wash, peel, and cut fruits and vegetables; assemble and mix salad ingredients and dessert items, including gelatin molds and fruit crisps.
- →Plan cooking processes to produce meals on time and at the proper temperature which may require coordination of cooking several items with different cooking times.
- →Make a variety of desserts such as cobblers, brownies, cookies, and pastries.
- →Weigh, measure, and assemble ingredients for regular and modified diets.
- →Operate a variety of kitchen equipment and follow appropriate safety procedures.
- →Follow sanitary food handling procedures.
- →Disassemble and reassemble equipment for cleaning.
Requirements
- ✓Citizenship: non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
- ✓Suitable for Federal employment, determined by a background investigation All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.
- ✓Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
- ✓Selective Services Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
- ✓Upon completion of your probationary period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
Personality Fit
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