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Cook / chef

Other names

Official name: Cook

roast cook, under chief of the kitchen, sauté cook, chief of the kitchen, food keeper, fry cook, culinary operative, deputy kitchen chef, second kitchen chef, apprentice, vegetable cook

Kitchens and cooking

Cooks are culinary operatives who are able to prepare and present food, normally in domestic and institutional environments.

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  1. 1

    Prepare food for people to eat.

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    Present food so it looks good on the plate.

  3. 3

    Cook meals in homes and in places like schools.

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Sources

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Uganda programmes: NCHE accredited programmes and the health, vocational and teacher training bodies

Official record

National Council for Higher Education, UHPAB, UVTAB, the TVET Council, UNMC, AHPC, UNITE and others. Gathered by The Collar360.

Public registers

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Uganda labour market: UBOS (NLFS 2021, LMS 2025, UNHS, NHRS), ILOSTAT, NDP IV Human Resource Development Plan

Official record

Uganda Bureau of Statistics; International Labour Organization (ILOSTAT); National Planning Authority. Gathered by The Collar360.

UBOS and NPA publications (public); ILOSTAT CC BY 4.0

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The Collar360 Uganda research (occupations, UVQF, Public Service, labour market)

Research for this platform

Compiled by The Collar360 from public Ugandan sources, each cited with its evidence level.

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ISCO-08, International Standard Classification of Occupations

International classification

ISCO-08 © International Labour Organization.

Free to use with attribution

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ESCO, European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations

International classification

This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission.

European Commission reuse policy (Decision 2011/833/EU): free reuse with attribution

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O*NET 31.0 Database

International classification

Includes information from the O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 licence. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA.

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In other languages

français
cuisinier/cuisinière
español
cocinero/cocinera
العربية
طاهي / طاهية
português
Chefe de cozinha
Deutsch
Koch/Köchin
italiano
cuoco/cuoca

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