What are the responsibilities and job description for the Cook II (Lifting & Carrying) - Kapolei, Oahu position at Hawai`i State Judiciary Careers?
Position Specific Description
Recruitment Number 26-120JC, Cook II (Lifting & Carrying), BC-08*, Kapolei, Oahu.
Summary Of Duties
Performs cooking activities at a cooking station in a large kitchen or has responsibility for all cooking activities in a small kitchen; may supervise kitchen and cook helpers; and performs other duties as required.
Minimum Qualification Requirements
General Experience: Two (2) years of progressively responsible experience which demonstrates that the applicant has acquired the knowledges and skills necessary to perform general quantity cooking duties. (Quantity cooking is defined as experience in the daily preparation and serving of meals in a restaurant, hotel, hospital, school or institution.)
Applicants must have had experience which demonstrates that he/she has acquired a thorough knowledge of all types of foodstuffs and cooking methods to perform general cooking duties with little or no supervision. These duties must range from performing simple and routine tasks to progressively more difficult tasks. The simple and routine tasks include assisting in the actual cooking of meals by watching, timing, flavoring and/or stirring foods while cooking is in progress and assisting at a cooking range to cook meats, fish and poultry by various processes, such as roasting, baking, broiling and/or frying; and preparing baked products such as breads, cakes, pies and cookies. The more difficult tasks include preparing modified or special diet meals and new areas of cooking, such as determining the best use of leftovers; and preparing soft, salt-free, allergy or puree diets.
Non-Qualifying Experience: Experience which is limited to serving, cleaning, washing dishes, only one phase of cooking such as fry-cooking, or other kinds of work not affording the opportunity to acquire the skills and knowledges of quantity cooking will not be accepted as qualifying.
Substitutions Allowed
Substitution of Training for General Experience:
Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Requirement: In accordance with the PREA Federal law, the Hawai`i State Judiciary shall not hire or promote anyone who may have contact with detainees in juvenile facilities and lockups, with inmates detained in a prison or jail, or with residents of community confinement facilities who:
Any additional information may be attached to your online application, submitted by email to Recruitment@courts.hawaii.gov, or mailed to the following address: Hawaii State Judiciary, Human Resources Department, 426 Queen Street, First Floor, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813.
Education: If you are using education as a substitution for experience, you must submit a copy of your transcript(s) or diploma(s) at the time of application. If you are selected for a position, we will request an official transcript (not a copy) at a later date. The official transcript must indicate completion of the training and/or the awarding of the appropriate degree.
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Recruitment Number 26-120JC, Cook II (Lifting & Carrying), BC-08*, Kapolei, Oahu.
- Salary rate effective July 1, 2026. Work Location: The positions are located at the Hale Hoomalu Juvenile Detention Facility in Kapolei, Oahu.
Summary Of Duties
Performs cooking activities at a cooking station in a large kitchen or has responsibility for all cooking activities in a small kitchen; may supervise kitchen and cook helpers; and performs other duties as required.
Minimum Qualification Requirements
General Experience: Two (2) years of progressively responsible experience which demonstrates that the applicant has acquired the knowledges and skills necessary to perform general quantity cooking duties. (Quantity cooking is defined as experience in the daily preparation and serving of meals in a restaurant, hotel, hospital, school or institution.)
Applicants must have had experience which demonstrates that he/she has acquired a thorough knowledge of all types of foodstuffs and cooking methods to perform general cooking duties with little or no supervision. These duties must range from performing simple and routine tasks to progressively more difficult tasks. The simple and routine tasks include assisting in the actual cooking of meals by watching, timing, flavoring and/or stirring foods while cooking is in progress and assisting at a cooking range to cook meats, fish and poultry by various processes, such as roasting, baking, broiling and/or frying; and preparing baked products such as breads, cakes, pies and cookies. The more difficult tasks include preparing modified or special diet meals and new areas of cooking, such as determining the best use of leftovers; and preparing soft, salt-free, allergy or puree diets.
Non-Qualifying Experience: Experience which is limited to serving, cleaning, washing dishes, only one phase of cooking such as fry-cooking, or other kinds of work not affording the opportunity to acquire the skills and knowledges of quantity cooking will not be accepted as qualifying.
Substitutions Allowed
Substitution of Training for General Experience:
- The completion of a course in cooking or in baking and cooking in a technical school which included a substantial amount of training in quantity cooking as described in this specification, and actual practice in daily cooking may be substituted for one (1) year of the required general experience.
- The completion of a course in cafeteria management in a technical school which included a substantial amount of training in quantity cooking as described in this specification, and actual practice in daily cooking may be substituted for general experience on a year-for-year basis.
Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Requirement: In accordance with the PREA Federal law, the Hawai`i State Judiciary shall not hire or promote anyone who may have contact with detainees in juvenile facilities and lockups, with inmates detained in a prison or jail, or with residents of community confinement facilities who:
- Has engaged in sexual abuse in a prison, jail, lockup, community confinement facility, juvenile facility or other institution;
- Has been convicted of engaging or attempting to engage in sexual activity in the community facilitated by force, overt or implied threats of force, or coercion, or if the victim did not consent or was unable to consent or refuse;
- Has been civilly or administratively adjudicated to have engaged in the activity described in b above; or
- Has been the subject of substantiated allegations of sexual abuse or sexual harassment, or resigned during a pending investigation of alleged sexual abuse or sexual harassment.
Any additional information may be attached to your online application, submitted by email to Recruitment@courts.hawaii.gov, or mailed to the following address: Hawaii State Judiciary, Human Resources Department, 426 Queen Street, First Floor, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813.
Education: If you are using education as a substitution for experience, you must submit a copy of your transcript(s) or diploma(s) at the time of application. If you are selected for a position, we will request an official transcript (not a copy) at a later date. The official transcript must indicate completion of the training and/or the awarding of the appropriate degree.
CLICK HERE for other important information about the Merit or Civil Service System, Citizenship and Residency requirements, Accommodations, Veterans Preference, Examination process, Administrative Review, and more.