Fast Food Cook
What the work is
Prepares and cooks a restricted range of foods in a fast food establishment.
Would you enjoy the work?
These are the main tasks in the official description. Mark how each one sounds to you.
- Prepares and cooks a restricted range of standardised menu items such as hamburgers, pizzas, fish and chips, in a timely manner
- Operates cooking equipment such as grills, deep fryers, pizza ovens and microwaves
- Stocks and replenishes food supplies and ingredients
- Follows health and safety regulations, and maintains a clean and hygienic work environment
Try it
A simulation and a case study from this kind of work, set in a busy highway burger and chicken restaurant with a drive-through window and a kitchen that never stops on a Friday night. They are fictional.
The kind of days you could have
Good days
- The dinner rush ends and every order went out hot, right and on time
- A regular drives through and says the food is always how they like it
- The team calls out orders in sync and the kitchen feels like a well-practised band
Hard days
- A Friday rush when the drive-through queue wraps around the car park
- Standing at a hot grill or fryer for hours with the same few movements
- A customer who is upset about an order that was not your fault
Written by Career Calling as a general guide. Real roles vary by employer and place.
Work a mission
Step into a simulated workplace in this field, with a brief from your manager.
Description and tasks: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Occupation Standard Classification for Australia, 2024, Version 1.0 (opens another site), occupation 851131, used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. The skill guide above is our plain English summary.