Cook / Cook Steward / Cook Deckhand

Important messages

When you apply to this selection process, you are not applying for a specific job, but to an inventory for future vacancies. As positions become available, applicants who meet the qualifications may be contacted for further assessment.

The first withdrawal of candidatures will be held the 28th of April, 2017. All subsequent withdrawal of applications will be held twice a year in spring and fall each year.

Applicants who meet the essential qualifications will have their application included in the inventory for this ongoing selection process. Please ensure that your information is updated and remains current in your Public Service Resourcing System (PSRS) Applicant Account.

You must provide the following information when submitting your application:

Candidates must clearly demonstrate in the screening questions how they meet the education and/or professional certification and experiences listed under essential qualifications and under other qualifications (assets). If you do not completely answer the screening questions as directed, it may be that your application is screened out. Resumé are a secondary source to validate the qualifications described. Comments such as 'refer to my attached resumé' will not be accepted and may result in your application being rejected.

Candidates must meet each essential qualification which are listed on the statement of merit criteria for appointment to a position. A candidate can be appointed to a position without having any or all of the asset qualifications, organizational needs or operational requirements. However, meeting these criteria is desirable and may be a determining factor in choosing the person to be appointed.

Acknowledgment of receipt of applications will not be sent.

Your application in this inventory will be active for 365 days. A NOTICE WILL BE SENT TO YOUR APPLICANT ACCOUNT 60 DAYS BEFORE THE END OF ACTIVE PERIOD OF INVENTORY TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT YOU WISH TO KEEP BEING CONSIDERED FOR AN ADDITIONAL YEAR. IF YOU DO NOT TAKE ACTION, YOUR APPLICATION WILL NO LONGER BE ACTIVE AND THEREFORE NO LONGER CONSIDERED FOR THIS INVENTORY. Should your application become inactive while the process is still open, a notice will be posted to your account indicating that your application has expired; you may select the link Update my Inventory Status to reaffirm your interest.

Duties

Cook duties

Food and catering services to a Canadian Coast Guard ship's complement and passengers.

Impotant notice : Assistant Cook and Cook-Deckhand positions accomplish their duties in autonomy, under the supervision of the Commanding Officer, when Cook Steward positions accomplish the following activities in support of a Chief Cook:

Plans the ship's daily menu as well as the cyclical, formal and special occasion menus and modifies menus and recipes to suit the dietary and special needs of passengers and crew.
Prepares and cooks all food. Plans and organizes galley operations, assists in storing of food and maintenance of the galley and its equipment. In addition, ensures a high standard of food safety and sanitation throughout the galley.

For all seagoing duties :

Assists under the direction of the Rescue Specialist in First Aid procedures as applicable to individuals and groups during rescue operations and care for persons on board.

Participates in shipboard emergency and safety drills, firefighting, abandoning ship, man overboard, damage control and other operations such as rescue.

Cook Deckhand specific additional duties

General shipboard maintenance and husbandry, and performance of deck operations as part of work programs aboard a Canadian Coast Guard ship as directed by the Commanding Officer.
Assists in Search and Rescue, Environmental Response, Scientific, Hydrographic, and Fisheries operations.
Assists in loading, stowing, securing and discharging of cargo and supplies, and in delivering equipment and stores ashore.
Assists in the lifting, placing and the maintenance of floating and fixed aids to navigation.
Maintains station/shipboard cleanliness and husbandry, and performs seamanship duties.
Assists with the operation of a variety of winches, cranes, deck machinery.
Assists in the launching, recovery and manning of boats in support of the ship's assigned tasks.

Cook Steward specific additional duties

Food, hotel and catering services for the ship's complement, passengers and guests onboard a Canadian Coast Guard Ship.
Prepares dining room, mess rooms and pantries for food service, serves meals and performs after meal clean-up and participate to the ship storage activities.
Performs hotel services and cleans accommodation and common areas including laundry services in a timely manner.

Work environment

The Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) owns and operates the Federal Government's civilian fleet, and provides key maritime services to Canadians.

As a Special Operating Agency of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), the CCG helps DFO meet its responsibility to ensure safe and accessible waterways for Canadians.

The CCG also plays a key role in ensuring the sustainable use and development of Canada's oceans and waterways.

Intent of the process

The purpose of this process is to create an inventory of candidates that will be used to fill in temporary needs for vessel crew stations in the CCG, in the region of Central and Arctic - St Lawrence sector. We expect the established directory will be used for 2017, 2018 and 2019 with possibility of extension.

Positions to be filled: Number to be determined

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

Contact information for 2 references.

You must meet all essential qualifications in order to be appointed to the position. Other qualifications may be a deciding factor in choosing the person to be appointed. Some essential and other qualifications will be assessed through your application. It is your responsibility to provide appropriate examples that illustrate how you meet each qualification. Failing to do so could result in your application being rejected.

In order to be considered, your application must clearly explain how you meet the following (essential qualifications)

Education:

Successful completion of Vocational diploma (DEP) in cooking or pastry OR College diploma (DEC) in restaurant management and/or Ship's Crew Cook Certification from a recognized educational institution.

Degree equivalency

Experience:

Significative* experience in planning and performing food service delivery activities.

*Significant: at least 3 years of employement in the field.

If you possess any of the following, your application must also clearly explain how you meet it (other qualifications)

Professional Certification:

Hold Marine Emergency Duties training certificates: Proficiency in Survival Craft and Rescue Boats and Basic Safety (STCW);
Hold Hygiene and food safety certificate.

Experience:

Experience as a cook on board a Canadian Coast Guard vessel;
Experience as a cook on board a vessel;
Experience as a seaman/seawoman on board a vessel and/or a Training in seamanship from a recognized institute.

The following will be applied / assessed at a later date (essential for the job)

French essential

Information on language requirements

The following may be applied / assessed at a later date (may be needed for the job)

Operational Requirements:

Ability to report for work on short notice.

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance - Reliability and security: Reliability or secret

Others Conditions of Employment:

Valid medical certificate;
Hold Marine Emergency Duties training certificates: Proficiency in Survival Craft and Rescue Boats and Basic Safety (STCW). For temporary positions, the candidate has six months from the first day of employment to obtain the certificate and the cost of training is not covered by the employer ;
Agreement to being deployed anywhere in Canada or assigned to different navigation activities ;
Agree to work onboard CCG ships and go to sea for extended periods and work long hours under adverse sea conditions ;
Agree to wear the uniform in the prescribed manner, as well as the mandatory personal protective equipment : For the NEW EMPLOYEES: Employees must purchase protective footwear that meets the CSA standard at their own expense before employment begins ;
Must be willing to take training in respiratory protection and wear a breathing apparatus. In compliance with the rules and instructions regarding the wearing of a breathing apparatus on board CCG vessels, employees must be disposed to achieving and maintaining a non-leaking face piece-to-skin seal with the mask of the breathing apparatus ;
Agree to travel by land, air and water ;
Possess a valid Canadian passport in the case of appointments to vessels governed by this requirement.

Other information

For this process, our intention is to communicate with candidates by e-mail. Candidates who apply to this selection process must include, in their application, a valid e-mail address and make sure that this address is functional at all times and accepts messages from unknown users (some e-mail systems block these types of e-mail).

ALL JOB APPLICATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED USING THE PUBLIC SERCIVE RESOURCING SYSTEM (PSRS). NO APPLICATION WILL BE ACCEPTED BY EMAIL.

Please identify clearly your substantive group and level and your employment status on your resume and/or application form.

Persons are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language of their choice. Applicants are asked to indicate their preferred official language in their application.

Achieving a representative workforce has been identified as an organizational need in the merit criteria and can be applied in this appointment process. If this criterion is used, only candidates who have stated in their application that they are members of the designated group specified in the merit criteria will be considered.

The Public Service of Canada is committed to building a skilled, diverse workforce reflective of Canadian society. As a result, it promotes employment equity and encourages candidates to indicate voluntarily on their application if they are a woman, an Aboriginal person, a person with a disability or a member of a visible minority group.

The Public Service of Canada is also committed to developing inclusive, barrier-free selection processes and work environments. If contacted in relation to a job opportunity or testing, you should advise the Public Service Commission or the departmental official in a timely fashion of the accommodation measures which must be taken to enable you to be assessed in a fair and equitable manner. Information received relating to accommodation measures will be addressed confidentially.

Preference

Preference will be given to veterans and to Canadian citizens, in that order.

Information on the preference to veterans

We thank all those who apply. Only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.