Cooks, Short Order
SOC Code: 35-2015
Cooks, Short Orders clean food preparation equipment, work areas, and counters or tables. This career typically requires moderate-term on-the-job training (months to 1 year). With an AI-proof score of 97.8/100, this role has high resilience to automation. Key skills include Time Management, Time Management, Active Listening.
AI-Proof Score: 97.8 — Very High
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Median Salary
$35,620
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Job Growth
-5.6%
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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
- •Time Management
- •Active Listening
- •Reading Comprehension
- •Speaking
- •Coordination
- •Service Orientation
- •Monitoring
- •Critical Thinking
Common Tasks
- ✓Clean food preparation equipment, work areas, and counters or tables.
- ✓Restock kitchen supplies, rotate food, and stamp the time and date on food in coolers.
- ✓Complete orders from steam tables, placing food on plates and serving customers at tables or counters.
- ✓Plan work on orders so that items served together are finished at the same time.
- ✓Grill, cook, and fry foods such as french fries, eggs, and pancakes.
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