Occupation Atlasfood service worker
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/b4bff870-5c8f-4c33-b07f-f04d79830633
food service worker
Food service workers prepare food and serve customers. They prepare simple dishes to be used in places that serve food, such as restaurants, cafeterias, hotels, hospitals and ensure that kitchen operations run smoothly and efficiently.
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Job Zone
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 2: Some Preparation Needed
Some preparation. Usually a high school diploma, some previous work-related skill or experience, and a few months to a year of training with experienced workers.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
RCSRealistic · Conventional · Social — the three strongest interests, in order
- R Realistic6.40
- C Conventional4.18
- S Social2.71
- E Enterprising2.23
- A Artistic1.90
- I Investigative1.35
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Food Preparation Workers (35-2021.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, a broader O*NET occupation that includes this one, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (12)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- clean kitchen equipment
- comply with food safety and hygiene
- follow hygienic procedures during food processing
- follow procedures to control substances hazardous to health
- food allergies
- food authentication techniques
- food legislation
- food preservation
- foodborne diseases
- maintain food specifications
- store raw food materials
- use different communication channels
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 12 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
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food safety specialist
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