Apprenticeship Diet Cook / Diet Cook with Federal Certificate of Competence (m/f/d)

Key information

  • Publication date:15 December 2025
  • Workload:100%
  • Contract type:Permanent position
  • Place of work:Kantonsspital Uri

Job summary

Unser Spital offers comprehensive ambulatory and inpatient care in Kanton Uri. Join us for a dynamic work environment with great support!

Tasks

  • Learn to combine cooking techniques, technologies, and culinary arts.
  • Prepare dietary and culinary dishes according to guidelines.
  • Analyze and plan operational workflows efficiently.

Skills

  • Completed culinary training and basic knowledge in nutrition.
  • Strong sense of responsibility and good comprehension skills.
  • Ability to work independently and in a team.

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Our hospital, with its comprehensive range of services, provides secure outpatient and extended inpatient basic care for the canton of Uri and is simultaneously one of the four largest employers in the region. The hospital employs around 590 staff and trains about 80 apprentices. We offer training as a diet cook with a federal certificate of competence. The diet cook is an advanced training at the professional examination level. The training lasts one year. During your training, you will get to know the following areas of responsibility:
  • Combining cooking techniques, technologies, and culinary art
  • Proper preparation of dietetic and culinary dishes
  • Observing nutritional guidelines and hygiene regulations
  • Knowing and adhering to quality assurance standards
  • Consistently aligning work with the needs of customers/patients
  • Efficiently solving professional tasks
  • Analyzing, planning, and designing operational processes
For your training, you bring the following requirements:
  • Completed cook apprenticeship
  • Sense of responsibility
  • Basic knowledge of nutrition science
  • Interest in nutritional issues
  • Interest in dietetic questions, the preventive use of nutrition, and medical topics
  • Good comprehension skills
  • Independence as well as adaptability and teamwork skills
  • Ability to coordinate various workflows
We offer you a modern and dynamic working environment in a committed team as well as support and guidance from our experienced professional and practical trainers. After an initial selection process, job-specific selection procedures take place, which include, for example, a practical assignment or trial day and an interview. Our head of kitchen, Sandro Jauch-Carpino, will be happy to provide you with further information. We look forward to your application. Only online applications will be considered.

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