Job Description:

• 1) Tends deep-fat cookers to fry meats, vegetables, or fish in cooking oil: Empties containers or opens valves to fill cookers with oil.

• 2) Sets thermostat to heat oil to specified temperature.

• 3) Empties containers of meat, vegetable, or fish into metal basket and immerses basket into vat manually or by hoist.

• 4) Sets timer.

• 5) Observes color at end of frying time to determine conformity to standards and extends frying time accordingly.

• 6) Removes basket from cooker, drains it, and dumps contents onto tray.

• 7) May dip foods into batter or dye before frying.

• 8) May specialize in a particular food product for canning or freezing or may fry variety of foods for immediate consumption.