Food Servers, Nonrestaurant

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Food Service Worker, Room Server, Room Service Server, Tray Server

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:
  • Place food servings on plates or trays according to orders or instructions.
  • Clean or sterilize dishes, kitchen utensils, equipment, or facilities.
  • Monitor food distribution, ensuring that meals are delivered to the correct recipients and that guidelines, such as those for special diets, are followed.

Knowledge

Arts and Humanities

  • English language

Business

  • customer service

Manufactured or Agricultural Goods

  • food production

Skills

Basic Skills

  • listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
  • talking to others

Social

  • looking for ways to help people

Abilities

Verbal

  • listen and understand what people say
  • communicate by speaking

Hand and Finger Use

  • hold or move items with your hands

Personality

People interested in this work like activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions.

They do well at jobs that need:

  • Attention to Detail
  • Self Control
  • Stress Tolerance
  • Dependability
  • Integrity
  • Adaptability/Flexibility

Technology

You might use software like this on the job:

Electronic mail software

  • Microsoft Outlook Hot Technology

Data base user interface and query software

  • CBORD Nutrition Service Suite
  • Picis CareSuite

Enterprise resource planning ERP software

  • Capital Codeworks MenuMax

Education

Education: (rated 2 of 5)
high school diploma/GED or
no high school diploma/GED
usually needed

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Job Outlook

Average
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