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§ OCCUPATION · GLOBAL STANDARDS

industrial cook

Industrial cooks create new food designs and recipes.

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Description

Industrial cooks create new food designs and recipes. They prepare, measure and mix ingredients to prepare foodstuff products. They control and regulate temperatures, monitor cooking process, assign specific baking tasks, and direct workers in task performance.

Theoretical Knowledge
ESSENTIALTheoretical knowledge required
food allergiesfunctional properties of foodsfood storagecombination of flavourscombination of textures
OPTIONALAdjacent knowledge that strengthens fit
food sciencecultural customs on food preparationfood homogenisationingredient threatstemperature scalesfood canning production lineorigin of dietary fats and oilsfood and beverage industryfermentation processes of food
Practical Skills
ESSENTIALApplied skills & competences
research new food ingredientsmaintain cutting equipmenthandle kitchen equipmentbe at ease in unsafe environmentskeep inventory of goods in productionapply preservation treatmentsexamine production samplesknead food productsselect adequate ingredientsfollow hygienic procedures during food processingapply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beveragesblend food ingredientsapply flame handling regulationswork according to recipemaintain food specificationsanalyse trends in the food and beverage industriescollect samples for analysisoperate mixing of food productsapply HACCPbake goodsresearch new cooking methodsensure sanitationadminister ingredients in food productionapply GMP
OPTIONALOptional competences
label samplesparticipate in the development of new food productsapply different dehydration processes of fruits and vegetableswatch food product trendscreate new recipesdispose food wastemaintain industrial ovensmonitor temperature in farinaceous processesmake artistic food creationsensure compliance with environmental legislation in food productionoperate a heat treatment processproduce meat-based jelly preparationslabel foodstuffsanalyse characteristics of food products at receptionperform sensory evaluation of food productsselect adequate packaging for food productscoat food productscheck quality of products on the production linecare for food aestheticapply food technology principlesexecute chilling processes to food productsidentify nutritional properties of fooddevelop new food productsidentify market niches

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SKILLS OVERVIEW

62 total
29 essential · 33 optional

Data Source: Unified Global Standards (ISCED, ISCO, O*NET, ESCO)

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