From diet cook to cook
13 of the 15 essential skills of a cook are already essential for a diet cook — about 87% of the job, before you learn anything new.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 13
- skills carry over
- 2
- would be new
- 87%
- of the target job covered
- 15
- essential skills of a cook
What a cook does
Cooks are culinary operatives who are able to prepare and present food, normally in domestic and institutional environments.
What carries over
13 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- comply with food safety and hygiene
- ensure cleanliness of food preparation area
- handover the food preparation area
- maintain a safe, hygienic and secure working environment
- maintain kitchen equipment at correct temperature
- receive kitchen supplies
- store raw food materials
- use cooking techniques
- use culinary finishing techniques
- use food cutting tools
- use food preparation techniques
- use reheating techniques
- work in a hospitality team
What would be new
2 skillsEssential for a cook and not for a diet cook. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
Other moves from diet cook
2 roles- fish cook13 skills in common
- grill cook13 skills in common
No account needed to start
How far are you from being a cook?
MyNodes reads your CV once, maps it to this same taxonomy, and shows you which roles you are already closest to and the few skills that would open the most doors. The file is deleted as soon as it has been read.