First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers
- Bright Outlook
- Rapid Growth
- Numerous Job Openings
Directly supervise and coordinate activities of workers engaged in preparing and serving food.
What you’d do
- Resolve customer complaints regarding food service.
- Train workers in food preparation, and in service, sanitation, and safety procedures.
- Assign duties, responsibilities, and work stations to employees in accordance with work requirements.
- Present bills and accept payments.
- Perform various financial activities, such as cash handling, deposit preparation, and payroll.
- Supervise and participate in kitchen and dining area cleaning activities.
- Recommend measures for improving work procedures and worker performance to increase service quality and enhance job safety.
- Specify food portions and courses, production and time sequences, and workstation and equipment arrangements.
Skills that matter
- Management of Personnel Resources
- Coordination
- Monitoring
- Speaking
- Active Listening
- Instructing
How to get there
Little to some preparation: usually a high school diploma or GED, though some jobs do not need one
Also called
- Dietary Supervisor
- Food Service Supervisor
- Kitchen Manager
- Restaurant Manager
- Cafeteria Manager
- Dining Services Director
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