Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria
SOC Code: 35-2012
Cooks, Institution and Cafeterias monitor and record food temperatures to ensure food safety. This career typically requires moderate-term on-the-job training (months to 1 year). With an AI-proof score of 92.2/100, this role has high resilience to automation. Key skills include Monitoring, Judgment and Decision Making, Quality Control Analysis.
AI-Proof Score: 92.2 — Very High
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Median Salary
$36,450
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Job Growth
2.0%
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Training Time
Moderate-term on-the-job training (months to 1 year)
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Job Zone
Zone 2 / 5
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Training Cost
~$5,000
Key Skills
- •Monitoring
- •Judgment and Decision Making
- •Quality Control Analysis
- •Operations Monitoring
- •Service Orientation
- •Coordination
- •Speaking
- •Active Listening
- •Critical Thinking
Common Tasks
- ✓Monitor and record food temperatures to ensure food safety.
- ✓Cook foodstuffs according to menus, special dietary or nutritional restrictions, or numbers of portions to be served.
- ✓Rotate and store food supplies.
- ✓Wash pots, pans, dishes, utensils, or other cooking equipment.
- ✓Apportion and serve food to facility residents, employees, or patrons.
Training & Resources
Why AI-Proof?
- ✅Requires hands-on physical presence and dexterity
- ✅Demands human empathy, judgment, and trust
- ✅Operates in unpredictable, variable environments
- ✅Social and regulatory barriers to full automation