Prepare and cook large quantities of food for institutions, such as schools, hospitals, or cafeterias.

Cook foodstuffs according to menus, special dietary or nutritional restrictions, and numbers of portions to be served. Clean and inspect galley equipment, kitchen appliances, and work areas in order to ensure cleanliness and functional operation. Direct activities of one or more workers who assist in preparing and serving meals. Bake breads, rolls, and other pastries. Clean, cut, and cook meat, fish, and poultry. Compile and maintain records of food use and expenditures. Determine meal prices based on calculations of ingredient prices. Requisition food supplies, kitchen equipment, and appliances, based on estimates of future needs. Apportion and serve food to facility residents, employees, or patrons. Monitor menus and spending in order to ensure that meals are prepared economically. Monitor use of government food commodities to ensure that proper procedures are followed. Plan menus that are varied, nutritionally balanced, and appetizing, taking advantage of foods in season and local availability. Take inventory of supplies and equipment. Train new employees. Wash pots, pans, dishes, utensils, and other cooking equipment.

Customer and Personal Service -- Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. Administration and Management -- Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.

Service Orientation -- Actively looking for ways to help people. Mathematics -- Using mathematics to solve problems.

Wrist-Finger Speed -- The ability to make fast, simple, repeated movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists. Information Ordering -- The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).

Handling and Moving Objects -- Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things. Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings -- Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information -- Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity. Monitoring and Controlling Resources -- Monitoring and controlling resources and overseeing the spending of money. Performing General Physical Activities -- Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling of materials. Making Decisions and Solving Problems -- Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.