First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers
Dietary Supervisor,
Food Service Supervisor,
Kitchen Manager,
Restaurant Manager
What they do: Directly supervise and coordinate activities of workers engaged in preparing and serving food.
- DemandHigh
- state Avg. Salary $$$$$$36,500Download Career Flyer
What do they typically do on the job?
- 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.
Personality
Interests
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Abilities
Whether you have received formal training or not, these types of abilities are helpful in this career.
Verbal
Communicate by speaking
Listen and understand what people say
Ideas and Logic
Notice when problems happen
Use rules to solve problems
Attention
Do two or more things at the same time
Pay attention to something without being distracted
Skills
People who want to pursue this career have skills in these areas.
Basic Skills
Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements
Talking to others
Social
Changing what is done based on other people's actions
Teaching people how to do something
Resource Management
Selecting and managing the best workers for a job
Managing your time and the time of other people
Does this sound like something you'd like to do?
1. Do some research
- Identify how your interests, values, and strengths match this occupation
- Talk to someone who works in this field or spend a day job shadowing
- Use the colleges and training directory to explore programs related to this career
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- Talk to your college and career counselor or school admissions staff
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Data for NSI career cards comes from the following: Idaho Department of Labor, US Bureau of Labor Statistics, O*NET, MyNextMove, and Career OneStop