Cooks Helper (GS-FOS-03) - Casual Inventory

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.

Work environment

May involve working in a correctional institutional environment with offenders and staff members.

Intent of the process

This inventory is for casual employment which is a temporary employment of 90 working days or less, in a calendar year.

When you submit an application for this selection process, you are not applying for any specific position, but to an inventory in anticipation of future vacancies. Please ensure that your information is updated and remains current in your PSRS Applicant Account.

Positions to be filled: 25

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

A covering letter in 5,000 words (maximum)

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 two years of secondary school or an acceptable combination of education, training and experience

Degree equivalency

Experience:

- Recent* experience working in food services within a commercial or institutional setting.
- Experience in short order cooking

* Recent is defined as experience acquired within the last 2 years.

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

Education:

- Successful completion of a secondary school diploma.
- Professional Culinary Art diploma.

Degree equivalency

Occupational Certification:

- Possession of a valid recognized Safe Food Handling Program certification.

Experience:

- Experience working with cash register or Point of sale system.
- Experience working in a correctional environment (institutional or community
office).

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

English essential

Information on language requirements

Knowledge:

- Knowledge of food preparation and service techniques (e.g. portion control, measuring ingredients, operating kitchen equipment etc.)
- Knowledge of preparation and food handling procedures
- Knowledge of workplace safety requirements, hygiene and sanitation practices
- Knowledge of safe lifting and carrying techniques

Abilities:

- Ability to perform simple mathematical calculations accurately
- Ability to communicate effectively orally
- Ability to provide training

Personal Suitability:

- Work in a team
- Judgment
- Dependability

Other information

You will be required to show how you demonstrate the essential qualifications (i.e. Education, Experience and/or Occupational Certification) for the initial screening through your resume and cover letter. It is NOT sufficient to only state that the qualifications are met or to provide a listing of current or past responsibilities. Rather you must clearly demonstrate HOW, WHEN, and WHERE the qualification was met through substantiation by examples. Information on your described skills, experience, etc. provided in a cover letter or screening questions should be supported by your resume. Failure to provide the above information in the format required may result in your application being rejected from the process.

Only applications received online at the Public Service Resourcing System will be accepted.

. Random selection may be used to identify which applicants will be assessed in this casual employment process.

. Receipt of applications will not be sent. Candidates will be considered for positions as they become available, and will be advised of any further evaluation.

. ATTENTION: All information must be provided on-line. DO NOT fax or mail in hard copy documents as these will not be accepted.

. You must provide a valid email address as communication will be done via email.

. All job applications must therefore be submitted through the Public Service Resourcing System (PSRS). Following are some of the benefits associated with applying on-line.

. Applicants can create a profile and a résumé that can be used when applying for other processes without having to recreate a new application each time.

. Applicants can modify their application/résumé at anytime.

. For some jobs, applicants will find important information, namely the job questionnaire and a complete statement of merit criteria that are only available when applying on-line.

. To submit an application on-line, please click on the button "Apply Now" below.

. If you have a disability that prevents you from applying on-line, please contact us toll free at 1-800-645-5605.

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.