Skilled Trades
Cooks, Fast Food
Prepare and cook food in a fast food restaurant with a limited menu. Duties of these cooks are limited to preparation of a few basic items and normally involve operating large-volume single-purpose cooking equipment.
Median salary
$30,160
Typical range
$22k – $39k
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Education
Typical entry: No degree required
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Junior Cooks, Fast Food
Entry / Junior
$22,370
~2 yrs to advance
Cooks, Fast Food
Established
$30,160
~3 yrs to advance
Senior Cooks, Fast Food
Senior
$34,570
Key skills
A typical day
- •Order and take delivery of supplies.
- •Cook the exact number of items ordered by each customer, working on several different orders simultaneously.
- •Prepare specialty foods, such as pizzas, fish and chips, sandwiches, or tacos, following specific methods that usually require short preparation time.
- •Operate large-volume cooking equipment, such as grills, deep-fat fryers, or griddles.
- •Wash, cut, and prepare foods designated for cooking.
Fields of study
Any field
Top colleges for Skilled Trades
Explore all- Purdue University50% admit · $78,000 grad pay
- Ohio State University53% admit · $68,000 grad pay
- Pennsylvania State University55% admit · $70,000 grad pay
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