Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers

• Wipe tables or seats with dampened cloths or replace dirty tablecloths.
• Set tables with clean linens, condiments, or other supplies.
• Locate items requested by customers.
• Carry food, dishes, trays, or silverware from kitchens or supply departments to serving counters.
• Perform serving, cleaning, or stocking duties in establishments, such as cafeterias or dining rooms, to facilitate customer service.
• 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.
• Serve food to customers when waiters or waitresses need assistance.
• Serve ice water, coffee, rolls, or butter to patrons.
• Maintain adequate supplies of items such as clean linens, silverware, glassware, dishes, or trays.
• Fill beverage or ice dispensers.
• Clean and polish counters, shelves, walls, furniture, or equipment in food service areas or other areas of restaurants and mop or vacuum floors.
• Stock cabinets or serving areas with condiments and refill condiment containers.

Source: O*NET OnLine information for Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers.

• Service Orientation - Actively looking for ways to help people.
• Coordination - Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
• Social Perceptiveness - Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
• Monitoring - Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
• 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.
• Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.

Source: O*NET OnLine information for Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers.