Occupation Atlasindustrial cook
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/11e6d39e-1295-40e7-8eea-3eb042bc7e34
industrial cook
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.
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Job Zone
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- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 2: Some Preparation Needed
Some preparation. Usually a high school diploma, some previous work-related skill or experience, and a few months to a year of training with experienced workers.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
RCSRealistic · Conventional · Social — the three strongest interests, in order
- R Realistic5.90
- C Conventional4.35
- S Social3.17
- E Enterprising3.16
- A Artistic2.01
- I Investigative1.83
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria (35-2012.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its close O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (29)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- administer ingredients in food production
- analyse trends in the food and beverage industries
- apply GMP
- apply HACCP
- apply flame handling regulations
- apply preservation treatments
- apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages
- bake goods
- be at ease in unsafe environments
- blend food ingredients
- collect samples for analysis
- combination of flavours
- combination of textures
- ensure sanitation
- examine production samples
- follow hygienic procedures during food processing
- food allergies
- food storage
- functional properties of foods
- handle kitchen equipment
- keep inventory of goods in production
- knead food products
- maintain cutting equipment
- maintain food specifications
- operate mixing of food products
- research new cooking methods
- research new food ingredients
- select adequate ingredients
- work according to recipe
Optional (33)
- analyse characteristics of food products at reception
- apply different dehydration processes of fruits and vegetables
- apply food technology principles
- care for food aesthetic
- check quality of products on the production line
- coat food products
- create new recipes
- cultural customs on food preparation
- develop new food products
- dispose food waste
- ensure compliance with environmental legislation in food production
- execute chilling processes to food products
- fermentation processes of food
- food and beverage industry
- food canning production line
- food homogenisation
- food science
- identify market niches
- identify nutritional properties of food
- ingredient threats
- label foodstuffs
- label samples
- maintain industrial ovens
- make artistic food creations
- monitor temperature in farinaceous processes
- operate a heat treatment process
- origin of dietary fats and oils
- participate in the development of new food products
- perform sensory evaluation of food products
- produce meat-based jelly preparations
- select adequate packaging for food products
- temperature scales
- watch food product trends
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 29 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
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meat preparations operator
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chilling operator
10 shared · 12 more of its ownmaintain food specifications, apply preservation treatments, administer ingredients in food production, food storage
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confectioner
10 shared · 23 more of its ownbake goods, knead food products, operate mixing of food products, select adequate ingredients
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pasta maker
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