Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers
Tasks Include:
- Wipe tables or seats with dampened cloths or replace dirty tablecloths.
- Set tables with clean linens, condiments, or other supplies.
- Scrape and stack dirty dishes and carry dishes and other tableware to kitchens for cleaning.
- Clean up spilled food or drink or broken dishes and remove empty bottles and trash.
- Perform serving, cleaning, or stocking duties in establishments, such as cafeterias or dining rooms, to facilitate customer service.
- Maintain adequate supplies of items, such as clean linens, silverware, glassware, dishes, or trays.
- Serve ice water, coffee, rolls, or butter to patrons.
- Fill beverage or ice dispensers.
- Stock cabinets or serving areas with condiments and refill condiment containers.
- Locate items requested by customers.
- Carry food, dishes, trays, or silverware from kitchens or supply departments to serving counters.
- Serve food to customers when waiters or waitresses need assistance.
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The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™; US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Projections Quick View:
Virginia: +26.4%
National: +16.9%
Education
High School Diploma
Job Zone:
One: Little or No Preparation Needed
Income Range:
Mid Range ($28,000 - $35,999)
Median Earnings:
National
$29,120.00
State
$27,590.00
Regional
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers
Description
Career Cluster: | Hospitality & Tourism |
Facilitate food service. Clean tables; remove dirty dishes; replace soiled table linens; set tables; replenish supply of clean linens, silverware, glassware, and dishes; supply service bar with food; and serve items such as water, condiments, and coffee to patrons.
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Education
Required Level of Education
- High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED) = 74.01%
- Less than a High School Diploma = 22.43%
- Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production) = 2.49%
- Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) = 1.07%
Related Work Experience
- None = 40.64%
- Up to and including 1 month = 36.84%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 7.16%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 6.47%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 6.03%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 2.86%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- Up to and including 1 month = 59.10%
- None = 34.01%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 5.73%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 1.16%
On-the-Job Training
- Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month = 81.86%
- None or short demonstration = 17%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 1.13%
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Tasks
Core Tasks Include:
- Wipe tables or seats with dampened cloths or replace dirty tablecloths.
- Set tables with clean linens, condiments, or other supplies.
- Scrape and stack dirty dishes and carry dishes and other tableware to kitchens for cleaning.
- Clean up spilled food or drink or broken dishes and remove empty bottles and trash.
- Perform serving, cleaning, or stocking duties in establishments, such as cafeterias or dining rooms, to facilitate customer service.
- Maintain adequate supplies of items, such as clean linens, silverware, glassware, dishes, or trays.
- Serve ice water, coffee, rolls, or butter to patrons.
- Fill beverage or ice dispensers.
- Stock cabinets or serving areas with condiments and refill condiment containers.
- Locate items requested by customers.
- Carry food, dishes, trays, or silverware from kitchens or supply departments to serving counters.
- Serve food to customers when waiters or waitresses need assistance.
- Clean and polish counters, shelves, walls, furniture, or equipment in food service areas or other areas of restaurants and mop or vacuum floors.
- Carry trays from food counters to tables for cafeteria patrons.
- Run cash registers.
- Greet and seat customers.
Supplemental Tasks Include:
- Replenish supplies of food or equipment at steam tables or service bars.
- Wash glasses or other serving equipment at bars.
- Garnish foods and position them on tables to make them visible and accessible.
- Carry linens to or from laundry areas.
- Stock refrigerating units with wines or bottled beer or replace empty beer kegs.
- Mix and prepare flavors for mixed drinks.
- Slice and pit fruit used to garnish drinks.
- Stock vending machines with food.
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Tools and Technology
Tools Include:
- Commercial use blenders (Blenders)
- Carbonated beverage dispenser (Carbonated beverage dispensers)
- Cash registers
- Commercial use cutlery (Chefs' knives)
- Commercial use coffee or iced tea makers (Commercial coffeemakers)
- Commercial use dishwashers (Commercial dishwashers)
- Commercial use food processors (Food processors)
- Domestic garnishing tools (Fruit pitters)
- Commercial use graters (Fruit zesters)
- Domestic garbage disposals (Garbage disposals)
- Commercial use dishwashers (Glass washing machines)
- Ice dispensers (Ice-making machines)
- Non carbonated beverage dispenser (Juice dispensers)
- Commercial use microwave ovens (Microwave ovens)
- Point of sale POS terminal (Point of sale POS computer terminals)
- Soft serve machines (Soft-serve ice cream machines)
- Commercial use food warmers (Steam tables)
Technologies Include:
- Point of sale POS software
- Plexis Software Plexis POS
- RestaurantPlus PRO
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Additional Resources
Information about job opportunities may be obtained from local employers and local offices of the Virginia Employment Commission.
A guide to careers in restaurants, a list of 2- and 4-year colleges that have food service programs, and information on scholarships to those programs is available from:
National Restaurant Association
1200 17th St. NW.
Washington, DC 20036-3097
http://www.restaurant.org
For general information on hospitality careers, contact:
International Council on Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Education
3205 Skipwith Rd.
Richmond, VA 23294-4442
http://www.chrie.org
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Knowledge
% | Subject | Description |
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83.50 | Customer and Personal Service | Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. |
56.25 | Food Production | Knowledge of techniques and equipment for planting, growing, and harvesting food products (both plant and animal) for consumption, including storage/handling techniques. |
56.25 | English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. |
51.00 | Sales and Marketing | Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems. |
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Skills
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
50.00 | Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. |
50.00 | Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. |
50.00 | Service Orientation | Actively looking for ways to help people. |
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Abilities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
62.50 | Trunk Strength | The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without "giving out" or fatiguing. |
53.00 | Manual Dexterity | The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects. |
53.00 | Stamina | The ability to exert yourself physically over long periods of time without getting winded or out of breath. |
53.00 | Arm-Hand Steadiness | The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position. |
50.00 | Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
50.00 | Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
50.00 | Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
50.00 | Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). |
50.00 | Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
50.00 | Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
50.00 | Extent Flexibility | The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs. |
50.00 | Static Strength | The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects. |
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Work Activities
% | Subject | Description |
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73.25 | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates | Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. |
71.50 | Performing for or Working Directly with the Public | Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests. |
68.25 | Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships | Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. |
59.75 | Getting Information | Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
58.50 | Assisting and Caring for Others | Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients. |
57.25 | Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events | Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. |
56.75 | Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others | Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others. |
54.25 | Developing and Building Teams | Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members. |
53.25 | Scheduling Work and Activities | Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others. |
53.25 | Training and Teaching Others | Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others. |
52.25 | Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others | Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks. |
51.00 | Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work | Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. |
51.00 | Working with Computers | Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information. |
50.75 | Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People | Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people. |
50.75 | Making Decisions and Solving Problems | Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
49.75 | Thinking Creatively | Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions. |
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Work Styles
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
88.25 | Self-Control | Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. |
85.00 | Cooperation | Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. |
83.75 | Dependability | Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. |
83.50 | Social Orientation | Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job. |
81.25 | Integrity | Job requires being honest and ethical. |
80.25 | Stress Tolerance | Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. |
78.25 | Adaptability/Flexibility | Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. |
77.75 | Attention to Detail | Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. |
76.00 | Initiative | Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. |
71.25 | Concern for Others | Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. |
70.25 | Achievement/Effort | Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. |
62.25 | Persistence | Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. |
51.00 | Independence | Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done. |
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Work Values
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
72.17 | Relationships | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service. |
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Work Context
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
97.20 | Spend Time Walking and Running | How much does this job require walking and running? |
96.80 | Spend Time Standing | How much does this job require standing? |
95.20 | Contact With Others | How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it? |
92.40 | Work With Work Group or Team | How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? |
90.40 | Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls | How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls? |
89.20 | Face-to-Face Discussions | How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? |
88.40 | Physical Proximity | To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people? |
83.00 | Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions | How much does this job require making repetitive motions? |
78.80 | Deal With External Customers | How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job? |
77.60 | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? |
76.00 | Indoors, Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions? |
72.40 | Spend Time Bending or Twisting the Body | How much does this job require bending or twisting your body? |
72.00 | Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results | What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer? |
71.40 | Telephone | How often do you have telephone conversations in this job? |
71.40 | Deal With Unpleasant or Angry People | How frequently does the worker have to deal with unpleasant, angry, or discourteous individuals as part of the job requirements? |
69.20 | Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets | How much does this job require wearing common protective or safety equipment such as safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hard hats or life jackets? |
68.20 | Responsible for Others' Health and Safety | How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job? |
65.60 | Frequency of Decision Making | How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization? |
62.80 | Structured versus Unstructured Work | To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals? |
62.40 | Freedom to Make Decisions | How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? |
59.20 | Frequency of Conflict Situations | How often are there conflict situations the employee has to face in this job? |
57.40 | Time Pressure | How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? |
56.60 | Level of Competition | To what extent does this job require the worker to compete or to be aware of competitive pressures? |
55.80 | Responsibility for Outcomes and Results | How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers? |
55.60 | Coordinate or Lead Others | How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job? |
54.60 | Spend Time Keeping or Regaining Balance | How much does this job require keeping or regaining your balance? |
54.20 | Exposed to Minor Burns, Cuts, Bites, or Stings | How often does this job require exposure to minor burns, cuts, bites, or stings? |
54.20 | Public Speaking | How often do you have to perform public speaking in this job? |
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Job Zone One: Little or No Preparation Needed
- Overall Experience
- Little or no previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, a person can become a waiter or waitress even if he/she has never worked before.
- Job Training
- Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few days to a few months of training. Usually, an experienced worker could show you how to do the job.
- Examples
- These occupations involve following instructions and helping others. Examples include food preparation workers, dishwashers, floor sanders and finishers, landscaping and groundskeeping workers, logging equipment operators, and baristas.
- Education
- Some of these occupations may require a high school diploma or GED certificate.
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Earnings Benefits*
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
---|---|---|---|
United States | $20,680.00 | $29,120.00 | $33,860.00 |
Virginia | $22,880.00 | $27,590.00 | $30,650.00 |
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
Bay Consortium | $24,993.01 | $31,070.90 | $34,472.00 |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | $23,927.95 | $26,705.06 | $30,087.36 |
Central VA/Region2000 | $23,914.36 | $25,303.44 | $29,076.64 |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | $23,916.45 | $27,701.15 | $30,656.99 |
Hampton Roads | $23,914.36 | $26,875.43 | $29,715.26 |
New River/Mt. Rogers | $24,431.74 | $28,834.15 | $35,392.83 |
Northern Virginia and Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Piedmont Workforce | $24,000.07 | $28,970.03 | $32,874.93 |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | $23,988.57 | $31,263.22 | $33,626.43 |
West Piedmont | $23,960.35 | $24,500.72 | $27,719.96 |
Western Virginia | $23,914.36 | $24,426.51 | $27,954.09 |
* Earnings Calculations:
Regional Earnings:
Entry = Annual mean of the lower 1/3 wage distribution;
Experienced = Annual mean of the upper 2/3 wage distribution.
National and State Earnings:
Entry = Annual 10th percentile wage;
Experienced = Annual 75th percentile wage.
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Employment Projections
Current | Projected | % Change | |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 355,200 | 415,100 | +16.9% |
Virginia | 7,609 | 9,620 | +26.4% |
Region | Current* | Projected | % Change |
Bay Consortium | 453 | 590 | +30.2% |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | 679 | 876 | +29.0% |
Central VA/Region2000 | 163 | 200 | +22.7% |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | 711 | 866 | +21.8% |
Hampton Roads | 1,155 | 1,449 | +25.5% |
New River/Mt. Rogers | 415 | 469 | +13.0% |
Northern Virginia and Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Piedmont Workforce | 300 | 383 | +27.7% |
Shenandoah Valley | 479 | 596 | +24.4% |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | 153 | 175 | +14.4% |
Western Virginia | 289 | 331 | +14.5% |
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Proficiency Ratings
These proficiencies are scored on a scale from 1 to 5 with 1 being not
important to the job and 5 being extremely important to the job.
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Titles
- Banquet Set Up Person
- Bar Attendant
- Bar Back
- Barback
- Barmaid
- Bartender
- Bartender Helper
- Beverage Server
- Buffet Attendant
- Bus Boy
- Bus Girl
- Bus Person
- Busboy
- Busser
- Cafe Helper
- Cafeteria Aide
- Cafeteria Assistant
- Cafeteria Attendant
- Cafeteria Helper
- Cafeteria Table Attendant
- Cafeteria Worker
- Carry Out Clerk
- Club Attendant
- Coffee Attendant
- Coffee Bar Attendant
- Cook
- Counter Supply Worker
- Dietary Aid
- Dietary Aide
- Dining Room Attendant
- Dining Room Busser
- Dining Room Helper
- Dining Room Tables Set Up Attendant
- Dishwasher
- Dumb Waiter Operator
- Floorperson
- Food Expeditor
- Food Service Attendant
- Hostess
- Iceman
- Kitchen Aide
- Kitchen Help Handyman
- Kitchen Helper
- Line Server
- Lunchroom Aide
- Lunchroom Attendant
- Lunchroom Worker
- Nutrition Aide
- Restaurant Worker
- Server
- Silver Steward
- Silver Wrapper
- Tray Setter
- Wait Staff
- Waitress
- Water Attendant
- Water Carrier
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