5120-Cooks

Job Title: 

Cooks

Job Description: 

Cooks plan, organize, prepare and cook meals in hotels, restaurants and other eating places, on board ships, on passenger trains and in private households.

Tasks: 

Tasks include

  • planning meals, preparing and cooking foodstuffs
  • planning, supervising and coordinating the work of kitchen helpers
  • checking the quality of food
  • weighing, measuring and mixing ingredients according to recipes and personal judgment
  • regulating the temperature of ovens, grills, roasters and other cooking equipment
  • inspecting and cleaning the kitchen, kitchen equipment, serving areas, etc. to ensure safe and sanitary food handling practices
  • operating large ?volume cooking equipment such as grills, deep-fat fryers, or griddles.
Specific Occupations: 

51201
Cook, canteen/restaurant/work camp/ ship

51202
Cook, special diets/ vegetable

51203
Cook, domestic

51204
Cook, private service/ Laangri

51205
Cook, (fish/meat) preserving/ sterilizing/ pressure

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Source Of Info: 

Source: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, PSCO-2254