Cook – Finishing Kitchen / Cook at a Regional Food Production Center or in a Central Food Production

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.

Your application in this inventory will be active for 90 days. A notice that your application is about to expire will be posted to the My Jobs menu of your account 10 days before the end of your active period. 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.

The Government of Canada is committed to building a skilled workforce that is representative of Canada's diversity, which includes the recruitment of Canadian Veterans and releasing Canadian Armed Forces personnel: https://www.canada.ca/en/public-service-commission/jobs/services/gc-jobs/canadian-armed-forces-members-veterans.html

We encourage you to identify any skills, competencies and/or experiences you acquired through a career with the Canadian Armed Forces.

Work environment

Provision of meals to offenders in an institution of the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) receiving most of their menu items from a CSC Regional Food Production Centre (RFPC) and where limited food production on site is required; and

Supervision and training of offenders in the area of Food Services to improve their employability skills and behaviours.

Intent of the process

A pool of partially / fully assessed candidates may be established through this selection process to staff positions with various tenures and language requirements across Canada. A local pool of qualified candidates may be established for acting appointments.

Positions to be filled: Number to be determined

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

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

A secondary school diploma or a satisfactory score on the PSC test approved as an alternative to a secondary school diploma or an acceptable combination of education, training and experience

and

Professional culinary arts diploma or acceptable combination of education, training, and experience

Degree equivalency

KNOWLEDGE

Knowledge of culinary methods and techniques including large quantity meal production

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 communicate effectively in writing

Ability to train, supervise and motivate workers

*for GS-FOS-06

*Ability to perform *conversions into weight and measurements accurately
(*Conversion of measurements from the Imperial system (weight, liquid, volume, area, length and degrees) and the metric system (weight, liquid, volume, area, length and degrees), and conversions between these two systems)

*Ability to interpret a recipe and suggest adjustments in terms of ingredient quantities and required portions

PERSONAL SUITABILITY

Work in a team

Judgment

Initiative

Dependability

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

EDUCATION

Interprovincial Standards (Red Seal) Program certification - Cook

Possession of a valid recognized Safe Food Handling Program certification

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE

Experience working with Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) procedures

Experience working in a correctional environment (institutional or community office)

Experience in using different software programs (Outlook, Word, Excel) in a work context

Experience as a team leader responsible for a team of employees

Experience using a foods services information management software

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

Various language requirements

Information on language requirements

for GS-FOS-05

*Recent experience working as a short order and/or large quantity cook in a commercial or institutional setting
(* within the last 5 years)


for GS-FOS-06

Recent* and extensive experience working as a large quantity cook in an institutional or commercial setting
(* 3 years in the last 5 years)

Note: The above experiences may have been obtained while serving as a member in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) .

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance

Conditions of Employment:

Willingness to work overtime on short notice

Willingness to work shift work (evening, weekends, statutory holidays)

Willingness to work with federally incarcerated offenders

Other information

We will only accept on-line applications received via the jobs.gc.ca site

You MUST use the ON-LINE application form. Please note that an e-mail is NOT considered an 'on-line' application for the purposes of this selection process. To submit an application on-line, please select the button "Apply Online" below.

Persons with a disability preventing them from applying on-line should contact us at 1-800-645-5605.

Applicants are entitled to participate in the selection process in the official language of their choice. Please indicate your preferred official language in your application.

A random or top-down selection may be used at any stage of the process.

You will be required to provide proof of your educational credentials..

COMMUNICATION FOR THIS INVENTORY will be sent by email. Candidates must check their email accounts frequently as there may be new communication regarding this inventory or a deadline for response. Responses provided after the indicated deadline may not be accepted. Candidates must include in their application a valid email address that is functional at all times and accepts messages from unknown users; some email systems block these types of email. Ensure to check/view your spam folder regularly.

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.