waiter/waitress
Waiters/waitresses supply guests with food and drinks as requested. Waiters/waitresses usually work in restaurants, bars and hotels. This involves the preparation of tables, serving food or beverages and taking payments.
Also called: wait staff, chef de rang, waitress, event server, waiting staff, waiter, table waiter
- 29
- essential skills
- 14
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
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Where you can go from here
8 rolesOccupations sharing the most essential skills with this one. The number is a count, not an opinion.
- head waiter/head waitressWhat changes?11 skills in common
- quick service restaurant crew member8 skills in common
- restaurant host/restaurant hostess8 skills in common
- bartender7 skills in common
- domestic butler7 skills in common
- barista6 skills in common
- hospitality establishment receptionist6 skills in common
- travel agent6 skills in common
Essential skills
29- advise guests on menus for special events
- alcoholic beverage products
- arrange tables
- assist clients with special needs
- assist customers
- assist VIP guests
- attend to detail regarding food and beverages
- check dining room cleanliness
- clean surfaces
- comply with food safety and hygiene
- dietary regimes
- food and beverages on the menu
- identify customer's needs
- maintain customer service
- maintain personal hygiene standards
- maintain relationship with customers
- measure customer feedback
- prepare alcoholic beverages
- prepare hot drinks
- prepare the restaurant for service
- present menus
- process payments
- serve beverages
- serve food in table service
- serve wines
- supervise food quality
- take food and beverage orders from customers
- welcome restaurant guests
- work in a hospitality team
Optional skills
14- apply foreign languages in hospitality
- decant wines
- detect drug abuse
- educate customers on coffee varieties
- educate customers on tea varieties
- laws regulating serving alcoholic drinks
- local area tourism industry
- maintain incident reporting records
- prepare flambeed dishes
- prepare service trolleys
- process reservations
- recommend wines
- sparkling wines
- use food cutting tools
Definition and skills from ESCO, published by the European Commission. Source concept
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