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Occupation

Fast Food and Counter Workers

Perform duties such as taking orders and serving food and beverages. Serve customers at counter or from a steam table. May take payment. May prepare food and beverages.

$31,200 medianBright outlookHigh school

O*NET 31.0 · 35-3023.00

A typical week, in the words of people in the job

  1. 01Balance receipts and payments in cash registers.
  2. 02Perform personnel activities, such as supervising and training employees.
  3. 03Plan, prepare, and deliver meals to individuals with special dietary needs.
  4. 04Scrub and polish counters, steam tables, and other equipment, and clean glasses, dishes, and fountain equipment.
  5. 05Wrap menu items such as sandwiches, hot entrees, and desserts for serving or for takeout.
  6. 06Request and record customer orders, and compute bills, using cash registers, multi-counting machines, or pencil and paper.
  7. 07Communicate with customers regarding orders, comments, and complaints.
  8. 08Perform cleaning duties, such as sweeping, mopping, and washing dishes, to keep equipment and facilities sanitary.
  9. 09Clean and organize eating, service, and kitchen areas.
  10. 10Prepare daily food items, and cook simple foods and beverages, such as sandwiches, salads, soups, pizza, or coffee, using proper safety precautions and sanitary measures.
  11. 11Serve food, beverages, or desserts to customers in such settings as take-out counters of restaurants or lunchrooms, business or industrial establishments, hotel rooms, and cars.
  12. 12Accept payment from customers, and make change as necessary.

Task statements ranked by how many workers report them · O*NET 31.0

What the posting will be called

Cafeteria WorkerCounter WorkerFood Service WorkerServerCafe ServerCafeteria ServerDeli Worker (Delicatessen Worker)Dietary AideFood ServerSnack Bar Attendant

Titles reported by employers for this occupation. Search job boards with these, not the O*NET name.

Knowledge the job leans on

Customer and Personal ServiceEnglish LanguageFood ProductionMathematicsComputers and ElectronicsAdministration and ManagementSales and MarketingProduction and Processing

Skills that carry over from service

Service OrientationCoordinationSocial PerceptivenessJudgment and Decision MakingTime ManagementInstructingPersuasionOperations Monitoring
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