COOK

Air Education and Training Command; Wichita Falls (TX); On-site; USD 26,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

Air Education and Training Command at Sheppard AFB in Texas seeks a cook for the Bowling Center. The position is Non-appropriated Fund and may require weekends, holidays, and nights. Responsibilities include preparing a range of items from breakfast to burgers and salads.

Tasks cover food prep, presentation, safety, and equipment cleaning, with physical demands of standing, lifting, and exposure to heat and noise. Federal employment with fixed hourly pay.

Qualifications

• Ability to follow oral and written instructions.
• Knowledge of methods and procedures relating to food presentation.
• Be able to stand for long periods and perform basic arithmetic.

Responsibilities

• Performs a full range of simple cooking tasks for items like pancakes, eggs, burgers, and vegetables.
• Prepares hot cereals, soups, sauces, gravies, and cold sandwich fillings.
• Sets up salad bars, portions foods, and stores leftovers per procedures.
• Operates and cleans kitchen equipment and handles food safety practices.

Skills

Food preparation

Kitchen safety

Tools

Food service equipment

Job description

• Hiring Agency: Air Education and Training Command

About the position: This position is Non-appropriated Fund (NAF) and will be assigned to the Bowling Center on Sheppard AFB, TX. Subject to work weekends, holidays, and/or nights.

Key Responsibilities

Performs a full range of simple cooking tasks by preparing and cooking items that require little or no processing such as pancakes, sausage, eggs, hamburgers, and fresh or canned vegetables. Prepares hot cereals, broiled meats; prepares and cooks concentrated or dehydrated soups, sauces and gravies; makes cold sandwich fillings. Prepares convenience items such as frozen hash browns, fish fillets and chicken nuggets. Some cooks at this level prepare and bake pizza.

Prepares food by peeling, chopping, grinding, paring, cutting, slicing, dicing, pureeing, dredging, flouring, or breading; weighs, measures, assembles ingredients for regular menu items; sets up and replenishes salad bar; portions foods for distribution and meal service, and covers, dates, and stores leftovers according to established procedures. Washes and cleans kitchen equipment. Skills and Knowledge of the methods and procedures relating to food presentation.

Ability to follow oral and written instructions, work safely, and do simple arithmetic. Knowledge of operating and cleaning food service equipment, characteristics of various foods, and the ability to season foods according to set procedures. Physical effort includes continual standing and walking, and frequent stooping, reaching, pulling, pushing and bending.

Frequently lifts or moves objects weighing up to 40 pounds unassisted and occasionally lifts or moves objects over 40 pounds with assistance. Working conditions include working in hot and noisy kitchen. Exposure to steam, fumes, and odors. Danger of falling, burns and cuts. Exposure to extreme temperatures when entering walk-in refrigerators or freezer units.

May operate one or more motor vehicles to include light trucks, sedans, utility vehicles and golf carts on the installation. Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements & Education

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. This position does not allow for education substitution.

Which agency is hiring for this position?

This position is with Air Education and Training Command, Department of the Air Force.

What is the salary for this position?

The posted pay range is $19.96 – $19.96/hr.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-09-30.

Who is eligible to apply?

This position is open under the 'Public' hiring path.

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