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Cook

Fit for youth without SEE:
Yes

A professional who prepares food for consumption. A person who prepares and cooks food, especially as a job or in a specified way. They prepare food restaurant and hotel or other places with a limited ... learn more

Employment Option

Self Employment Ratio

%

Education

TSLC in Culinary Arts is the course that one could do to be mid/low skill in cuisine preparation. In order to get a higher level of training and/or education, one should do Bachelors in Hotel Manageme ... learn more

Professional Courses & Trainings
Technical School Leaving Certificate

Possible Employers

Career in Detail

A professional who prepares food for consumption. A person who prepares and cooks food, especially as a job or in a specified way. They prepare food restaurant and hotel or other places with a limited menu. The head cook is the kitchen boss. He or she not only has to be able to cook food and lead a team of kitchen workers but also has to figure out how much food will be needed for the week and order food and supplies.

Cooks usually do the following

"Inspect food preparation and serving areas to ensure observance of safe, sanitary food-handling practices
Turn or stir foods to ensure even cooking.
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Season and cook food according to recipes or personal judgment and experience.
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Abilities and other Requirements

requires physcial stamina
requires well developed sense of taste and smell
requires extreme heat of moist
requires heavy physical work
requires shift work
is very stressfull

Income and other Facilities

Entry Salary / Income
Rs. (not set) - (not set)

Working Context

ISCO - International Standard Classification of Occupations

Security and Army Professionals
Skilled Urban Skilled Rural
Supporting Operations

The table illustrates the segregation of occupations according to the level of education & experience. The segregation is such that the 'Professionals' have the highest amount of education and/or experience then are the 2 skilled labour (Urban & Rural) and Supporting Occupations with assemblers, operators etc. Security and Army have a wider range of both education and experience and are governmental jobs.

The boxes highlighted are the ones associated with Cook . According to ISCO, jobs can have various levels of education and/or experience which thus puts them in different boxes as visualized in the table.

Relevant Education

TSLC in Culinary Arts is the course that one could do to be mid/low skill in cuisine preparation. In order to get a higher level of training and/or education, one should do Bachelors in Hotel Management.

Education strongly relevant

Duration Fee (Rs) Access without SEE
Chinese Cook
Skilled Urban
 390 Hours 0
Yes
Continental Cook
Skilled Urban
 390 Hours 0
Yes
Indian Cook
Skilled Urban
 390 Hours 0
Yes
commercial cooking/B
Skilled Urban
 1 Year(s) + 6 Months180 Hours 7,700 -
10,000
Yes
A person who cooking food for hotel,restourent as a cook this is a commercial cooking . and this kind of training will provide by CTEVT Go to education page
assistant cook
Skilled Urban
 390 Hours 0
Yes
Assistant cook is a helper of a master cook who help for a master cook work . Go to education page
chinese cook
Skilled Urban
 390 Hours 0
Yes
Chinese cook is a cook who cook chinese food .This a skill bass training that provide by CTEVT . Go to education page
indian cook
Skilled Urban
 390 Hours 0
Yes
Indian cook is a cook who cook Indian food in the hotel or somewhere and this training provide by CTEVT which is skill bass and self employed bass training . Go to education page
continental cook
Skilled Urban
 390 Hours 0
Yes
general cook
Skilled Urban
 390 Hours 0 -
9,000
Yes
General cook is a person who cook general food for hotel,restaurant,other more places they are the general cook and they get this kind of training by CTEVT.This is a skill bass and self employed job bass training this is a small scale training . Go to education page
Fast Food Cook
Skilled Urban
 402 Hours 5,000
Yes
This is a skill base and self employed base training which is given by CTEVT. after the training people are able to work in hotel or they may can start their own fast food center. Go to education page
TSLC in Culinary Art
Skilled Urban
 1 Year(s) + 3 Months 40,000
Yes
This curriculum is designed to produce entry level Human Resources in the field of food production of hotel and catering industries equipped with knowledge, skills, and attitude necessary for this level of technicians so as to meet the demand of such technicians in the country as well as aboard. Go to education page

Ideal Qualities

Style of Working, rather applying: You often prefer to implement given solutions and plans somebody made, even though you can also be creative when needed. You should consider looking for jobs that are fairly routine and repetitive. Some examples can be found in health sector, hospitality or control and administration for example.

Motivation to Create, low: You prefer to implement already existing ideas rather than come up with your own ways of doing things. You should consider looking for jobs where you will be given clear and explicit instructions on what you have to do, or where there is already an established way of doing things. Avoid jobs where you have to think of your own ways of doing things.

Sense of Duty, very high: You often feel personally responsible for your work. You are careful when doing your work and you like to do your best. You should consider looking for jobs where you will be entrusted with valuable work that will encourage you to do your best. Avoid jobs where you are not given any responsibility for your work and that do not encourage you to do well

Action orientated, high: You prefer to take the initiative in your work and to be proactive. You would rather not wait for your work to come to you. You should consider looking for jobs where you need to drive your work forward. Avoid jobs where you have to wait for something to happen before you can do anything

Team oriented, very low: You are independent and work best on your own. It is difficult for you to work with others and to conform your way of working to theirs but on the other hand you do not feel odd if you have to work on your own. You should consider looking for jobs which have a lot of tasksthat can be fulfilled on your own and have a low degree of collaboration with colleagues or experts you need to ask for help

"Inspect food preparation and serving areas to ensure observance of safe, sanitary food-handling practices
Turn or stir foods to ensure even cooking.
"
Season and cook food according to recipes or personal judgment and experience.
"

Employment Condition

Self Employment Ratio

%

Possible Employers

Size of Employment

At the moment there are people working in this job in Nepal.

Job Demand

Shows the demand of the career (1st being the highest and the last being over-saturated).


60 = very high: This job is very high in demand. You can easily find employment or will be able to sell your service easily as a self employed person.

50 = high: This job is high in demand. With a certain talent you will find a job.

40 = medium: The demand for this job is medium. You should have chances in finding a job, but you might need to be flexible regarding your working place or in self employment, might have to compete with a few other professionals about the work.

30 = low: The demand for this job is low. Only a few vacancies are published. Academic proficiency as well as experience is required to be even considered for applying for this sort of jobs.

20 = saturated: There is no more demand for this profession in the labour market. Only if existing staff is released, new people are hired.

10 = over-supplied: There are many graduates already waiting for a job in this profession. You might have to consider a long waiting list or have to prove extraordinary talent to find a job in this profession.

The below jobs are similar to Cook because of factors such as similar education, similar tasks and similar required abilities.

  • Hotel Manager
    A hotel manager is responsible for the day-to-day management of a hotel and its staff. A hotel manager should not solvely involve in preparing food, but rather in administration of hotels.


    Demand

  • Waiter
    Waiters and waitresses (also known as "servers") are the point of contact between the dining establishment and the customer. Therefore, it the job of the waiters and waitresses to ensure satisfiacting in customers' dining experience.


    Demand

  • Baker
    Baker is a person who professionally bakes bread, prepares cakes and other similar products. S(he) might be involved in selling of the product or just specialize in producing baked goods. Bakers who work in commercial bakeries that bake continuously may have to work late evenings and weekends.


    Self Employment Ratio
    50%
    Demand

    Medium:The demand for this job is medium. You should have chances in finding a job, but you might need to be flexible regarding your working place or in self employment, might have to compete with a few other professionals about the work.
  • Chef
    This person is in charge of all activities related to the kitchen, which usually includes menu creation, management of kitchen staff, ordering and purchasing of inventory, and plating design. A chef should be able to instruct and help the cooks for food preparation.


    Demand

  • Bartender
    A bartender is a person who serves usually alcoholic beverages behind the bar, usually in a licensed establishment.


    Demand

  • Housekeeping
    An employee of a hotel, hospital etc. who either supervises the cleaning staff or does the cleaning tasks oneself. Housekeeping is also a person, often hired, who does or directs the domestic work and planning necessary for a home, as cleaning or buying food.


    Demand