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  4. Cooks

Cooks

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

Skill level: Semi-skilled

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  • Salary range for the majority of workers in Cooks - from PK 18,497 to PK 79,984 per month - 2025.
  • A Cooks typically earns between PK 18,497 and PK 40,564 net per month at the start of the job.
  • After 5 years of service, this is between PK 20,058 and PK 53,119 per month for a working week of 48 hours.

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  • Fast-food branch manager
  • First line supervisor food preparation workers
  • Food preparation worker
  • Institution cook
  • Restaurant cook
  • Ship cook
  • First line supervisor food servicing workers
  • Chinese food cook
  • Japanese food cook
  • Indian food cook
  • Latin American food cook
  • Indonesian food cook
  • Cook

Role Responsibilities

  • 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 judgement
  • Regulating the temperature of ovens, grills, roasters and other cooking equipment; inspecting and cleaning the kitchen, kitchen equipment and serving areas to ensure safe and sanitary food handling practices
  • Operating large volume cooking equipment such as grills, deep-fat fryers, or griddles

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  • Fast-food branch manager
  • First line supervisor food preparation workers
  • Food preparation worker
  • Institution cook
  • Restaurant cook
  • Ship cook
  • First line supervisor food servicing workers

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