- Industry: Government; Labor
- Number of terms: 77176
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- Company Profile:
A professional who serves beverages to patrons seated at tables in bar or cocktail lounge.
* Computes bill and accepts payment.
* May take orders for and serve light meals and hors d'oeuvres.
* May request identification from customers when legal age is questioned.
* When working in establishment serving only beer and wine, is designated Waiter/Waitress, Tavern.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who serves passengers in railroad dining car. Respnsibilities include:
* Presents menu to patrons, makes suggestions, and answers questions regarding food and service.
* Takes order from patron and presents it to railroad cook.
* Serves food to passenger.
* Computes cost of meal.
* Accepts money from patron and returns change.
* Removes dishes from table and carries them to kitchen.
* Places clean linen, silverware, and glassware on table according to rules of etiquette.
* Washes glassware and silverware.
* May prepare salads, appetizers, and cold dishes.
* May receive and store linen supplies.
* May prepare and serve mixed drinks.
* May be designated according to specialty as Bar Attendant; Pantry Attendant.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who serves meals to patrons according to established rules of etiquette, working in formal setting. Respnsibilities include:
* Presents menu to diner, suggesting dinner courses, appropriate wines, and answering questions regarding food preparation.
* Writes order on check or memorizes it.
* Relays order to kitchen and serves courses from kitchen and service bars.
* Garnishes and decorates dishes preparatory to serving.
* Serves patrons from chafing dish at table.
* Observes diners to respond to any additional requests and to determine when meal has been completed.
* Totals bill and accepts payment or refers patron to cashier II.
* May carve meats, bone fish and fowl, and prepare flaming dishes and desserts at patron's table.
* May be designated Waiter/Waitress, Banquet when serving at banquets.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who serves food to patrons at counters and tables of coffeeshops, lunchrooms, and other dining establishments where food service is informal. Respnsibilities include:
* Presents menu, answers questions, and makes suggestions regarding food and service.
* Writes order on check or memorizes it.
* Relays order to kitchen and serves courses from kitchen and service bars.
* Observes guests to respond to additional requests and to determine when meal has been completed.
* Totals bill and accepts payment or refers patron to cashier II.
* May ladle soup, toss salads, portion pies and desserts, brew coffee, and perform other services as determined by establishment's size and practices.
* May clear and reset counters or tables at conclusion of each course.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who serves food to patrons at counters and tables of coffeeshops, lunchrooms, and other dining establishments where food service is informal. Respnsibilities include:
* Presents menu, answers questions, and makes suggestions regarding food and service.
* Writes order on check or memorizes it.
* Relays order to kitchen and serves courses from kitchen and service bars.
* Observes guests to respond to additional requests and to determine when meal has been completed.
* Totals bill and accepts payment or refers patron to cashier II.
* May ladle soup, toss salads, portion pies and desserts, brew coffee, and perform other services as determined by establishment's size and practices.
* May clear and reset counters or tables at conclusion of each course.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who serves meals to guests in their rooms.
* Carries silverware, linen, and food on tray or uses cart.
* Sets up table and serves food from cart.
* Removes equipment from rooms.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who serves customers at take out counter of restaurant or lunchroom. Respnsibilities include:
* Writes items ordered on order tickets, totals orders, passes orders to cook, and gives ticket stubs to customers to identify filled orders.
* Wraps menu items, such as sandwiches, hot entrees, and desserts.
* Fills containers with requested beverages, such as coffee, tea, or carbonated drink.
* Receives payment for orders and makes change.
* May prepare fountain drinks, such as sodas and milkshakes.
* May record orders and compute bill simultaneously, using cash register.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who serves sandwiches, salads, beverages, desserts, candies, and tobacco to employees in industrial establishment.
* May collect money for purchases.
* May order items to replace stocks.
* May serve hot dishes, such as soups.
* May serve employees from mobile canteen.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who cleans and prepares shellfish for serving to customers. Respnsibilities include:
* Washes shellfish in water.
* Inserts blunt-edge knife between halves to open bivalves and cuts out inedible parts.
* Returns oysters and clams to half shell and arranges them on ice filled dishes or places them in cold storage.
* Removes shells from shrimp and meat from crab and lobster shells, and arranges meat in special glasses for serving as cocktails.
* Mixes meat with other ingredients and arranges mixture on plates for salads.
* Serves customers at bar.
* May place silverware, napkins, potato chips, and condiments on bar.
* May mix ketchup, horseradish, lemon juice, and other ingredients to make cocktail sauces.
* May prepare only oysters for use as food and be designated Oyster Preparer.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who serves or assists diners to serve themselves at buffet or smorgasbord table.
* Replenishes supplies of food and tableware.
* May carry trays of food to individual tables for diners.
Industry:Professional careers
