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Job Description

Directly supervise and coordinate activities of workers engaged in preparing and serving food.

Job Details

• The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 35-1012.00
• The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 34,700.00
• The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 16.00
• Currently, there are 908,550 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers”.

Also Known As…

• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers
• Restaurant Manager
• Kitchen Manager
• Food Service Supervisor
• Food Service Manager
• Food Service Director
• Executive Chef
• Dietary Supervisor
• Dietary Manager
• Cafeteria Manager
• Assistant Manager
• Waiter/Waitress, Captain
• Tea Room Manager
• Supervisor, Diet, Kitchen
• Supervisor of Food and Nutrition Services
• Supervisor
• Store Manager
• Steward/Stewardess
• Sous Chef
• Snack Bar Manager
• Shift Supervisor
• Shift Manager
• Shift Leader
• School Lunch Manager
• Room Service Supervisor
• Restaurant Supervisor
• Restaurant Shift Supervisor
• Railroad Dining Car Steward/Stewardess
• Lunchroom Supervisor
• Lunchroom Manager
• Lunchroom Food Service Supervisor
• Luncheonette Manager
• Lunch Counter Manager
• Kosher Dietary Service Supervisor
• Kosher Dietary Service Manager
• Kitchen Work Supervisor
• Kitchen Supervisor
• Kitchen Steward/Stewardess
• Hotel or Motel Food Service Supervisor
• Headwaiter/Headwaitress
• Head Waitress
• Head Waiter/Waitress
• Head Waiter
• Head Silverman
• Head Cook
• Head Banquet Waiter/Waitress
• Fountain Supervisor
• Fountain Manager
• Food Supervisor
• Food Service Worker
• Food Production Supervisor
• Food Production Manager
• Food Expeditor
• Food Concession Manager
• Food Beverage Supervisor
• Food and Beverage Supervisor
• Food and Beverage Manager
• Floor Supervisor
• Flight Kitchen Manager
• First Cook
• Fast Food Supervisor
• Fast Food Services Manager
• Fast Food Restaurant Manager
• Executive Sous Chef
• Director of Food and Nutrition Services
• Director of Food and Beverage
• Dining Room Supervisor
• Dining Room Manager
• Dining Room Captain
• Diet Supervisor
• Department Manager
• Dairy Bar Manager
• Culinary Specialist
• Crew Leader
• Crew Chief
• Counter Supervisor
• Cook Supervisor
• Cook Manager
• Commissary Production Supervisor
• Cocktail Lounge Manager
• Child Nutrition Manager
• Chief Cargo Vessel Steward/Stewardess
• Chef
• Catering Supervisor
• Caterer
• Captain
• Canteen Manager
• Cafeteria Supervisor
• Bartender Manager
• Bar Manager
• Banquet Supervisor
• Banquet Steward/Stewardess
• Banquet Captain

Tasks for “Soda Fountain Manager”

• Perform food preparation and serving duties, such as carving meat, preparing flambe dishes, or serving wine and liquor.
• Forecast staff, equipment, and supply requirements, based on a master menu.
• Perform personnel actions, such as hiring and firing staff, providing employee orientation and training, and conducting supervisory activities, such as creating work schedules or organizing employee time sheets.
• Inspect supplies, equipment, and work areas to ensure efficient service and conformance to standards.
• Control inventories of food, equipment, smallware, and liquor, and report shortages to designated personnel.
• Perform various financial activities, such as cash handling, deposit preparation, and payroll.
• Resolve customer complaints regarding food service.
• Recommend measures for improving work procedures and worker performance to increase service quality and enhance job safety.
• Analyze operational problems, such as theft and wastage, and establish procedures to alleviate these problems.
• Purchase or requisition supplies and equipment needed to ensure quality and timely delivery of services.
• Present bills and accept payments.
• Specify food portions and courses, production and time sequences, and workstation and equipment arrangements.
• Assign duties, responsibilities, and work stations to employees in accordance with work requirements.
• Assess nutritional needs of patients, plan special menus, supervise the assembly of regular and special diet trays, and oversee the delivery of food trolleys to hospital patients.
• Estimate ingredients and supplies required to prepare a recipe.
• Supervise and participate in kitchen and dining area cleaning activities.
• Observe and evaluate workers and work procedures to ensure quality standards and service, and complete disciplinary write-ups.
• Record production, operational, and personnel data on specified forms.
• Compile and balance cash receipts at the end of the day or shift.
• Develop equipment maintenance schedules and arrange for repairs.
• Develop departmental objectives, budgets, policies, procedures, and strategies.
• Evaluate new products for usefulness and suitability.
• Schedule parties and take reservations.
• Train workers in food preparation, and in service, sanitation, and safety procedures.
• Greet and seat guests, and present menus and wine lists.
• Conduct meetings and collaborate with other personnel for menu planning, serving arrangements, and related details.

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