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Food Servers, Nonrestaurant

Also called: Dietary Aide, Food Service Worker, Server, Dietary Assistant

What they do:
Serve food to individuals outside of a restaurant environment, such as in hotel rooms, hospital rooms, residential care facilities, or cars.
On the job, you would:
  • Monitor food distribution, ensuring that meals are delivered to the correct recipients and that guidelines, such as those for special diets, are followed.
  • Clean or sterilize dishes, kitchen utensils, equipment, or facilities.
  • Examine trays to ensure that they contain required items.

Knowledge

Business
  • customer service
Arts and Humanities
  • English language

Skills

Basic Skills
  • listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
  • keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements
Social
  • understanding people's reactions

Abilities

Verbal
  • listen and understand what people say
  • communicate by speaking
Hand and Finger Use
  • keep your arm or hand steady

Personality

People interested in this work like activities that include
helping people, teaching, and talking.
They do well at jobs that need:
  • Dependability
  • Cooperation
  • Self Control
  • Attention to Detail
  • Concern for Others
  • Integrity

Technology

You might use software like this on the job:

Data base user interface and query software
  • CBORD Nutrition Service Suite
  • Picis CareSuite Dietary Manager
Point of sale POS software
Enterprise resource planning ERP software
  • Capital Codeworks MenuMax

Education

Education: (rated 1 of 5)
some high school or
high school diploma
usually needed

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Job Outlook

Average Outlook
New job opportunities are likely in the future.
Salary
$19,550
per year, on average
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