About the Position: This position is with the Defense Health Agency, Coastal Mississippi Market. It is located within Nutrition Medicine, 81st Medical Group on Keesler, Air Force Base. The primary purpose of this position is to perform cooking duties and provide other support to the food production and service functions.

Duties

Work alone to prepare and cook a variety of menu items to support all main line, short order, regular and modified diet entrees, as well as specialty and dessert items to support the entire cook team in the area of operation. Use written standardized recipes and computerized food production worksheets. Read recipes and prepare special diet food In accordance with patient tray service needs. Follow safety procedures while performing all duties to avoid personal injury or damage to equipment. Ensure food preparation follows infection control and food spoilage control procedures. Cleans and maintains equipment and work areas in sanitary conditions.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Shift work may be required.
• Required to wear safety shoes and cooks' uniform.
• Required to possess a Food Handler's License or meet health-screening requirements.
• This position has a requirement to lift up to 40 lbs. in the regular performance of duties.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. 30 Percent or More Disabled VeteransCurrent Civilian Employees of the Defense Health Agency (DHA)Current Permanent Department of Defense (DoD) Civilian EmployeeDomestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel WorkforceInteragency Career Transition Assistance PlanLand Management Workforce Flexibility ActMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality (NAFI)Non-Department of Defense (DoD) TransferOffice of Personnel Management (OPM) Interchange Agreement EligiblePeople with Disabilities, Schedule APriority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) EligibleReinstatementVeterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998Veterans Recruitment Appointment (VRA) Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. There is no specific length of training or experience required. However, you must be able to demonstrate, through experience shown in your written application materials that you possess the sufficient knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the work of this position without more than normal supervision. Minimum Qualifications (Screen Out Element): Ability to do the work of a(n) Cook ~ without more than normal supervision. Ability to do the work of a Cook without more than normal supervision. I have the ability to perform common duties in preparing and cooking a variety of menu items to include regular, modified diet, and dessert items. I can perform a full range of cooking to include frying, baking, broiling, and grilling, roasting, braising and saut?ing. I work under normal supervision of a work leader or journey-level employee who observes tasks in progress and upon completion to make sure they are properly performed - Failure to meet this Screen out Element will result in an ineligible rating. 30 Percent or More Disabled VeteransCurrent Civilian Employees of the Defense Health Agency (DHA)Current Permanent Department of Defense (DoD) Civilian EmployeeDomestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel WorkforceInteragency Career Transition Assistance PlanLand Management Workforce Flexibility ActMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality (NAFI)Non-Department of Defense (DoD) TransferOffice of Personnel Management (OPM) Interchange Agreement EligiblePeople with Disabilities, Schedule APriority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) EligibleReinstatementVeterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998Veterans Recruitment Appointment (VRA) PHYSICAL EFFORT: Cooks perform work requiring continual standing and walking with frequent stooping, reaching, pushing, pulling and bending. Cooks frequently lift or move objects weighing up to 40 pounds unassisted and occasionally lift over 40 pounds with assistance. WORKING CONDITIONS: Kitchens are well lighted but often hot and noisy. Work requires exposure to: steam, fumes and odors; soiling of hands and clothing; extreme cold temperatures of freezers and refrigerators and heat of cooking equipment and ovens. There is danger of slipping on wet or soiled floors. Cooks are subject to cuts from knives or other equipment and subject to burns from steam, scalding, hot foods, or grease.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address JT-DHA-DDAAFK DHA COASTAL MISS MKT-KEESLER AFB DO NOT MAIL Biloxi, MS 39534 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk