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Overview
The work combines greeting guests, taking food and beverage orders, preparing sandwiches or reheated items, serving products and keeping surfaces clean.
In job descriptions, look for counter service, order preparation, food safety, stock monitoring, kitchen supplies, upselling, hospitality teamwork and customer contact during high-volume meal periods.
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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
The work is usually close to the counter, kitchen pass or drive-through flow. Crew members switch between guest contact, order preparation, reheating, sandwich assembly, cleaning and restocking so service stays quick and safe.
Skills and specializations
Useful depth is practical: food hygiene, personal hygiene, order accuracy, stock monitoring, customer service and calm teamwork under queues. Some roles add coffee, tea, product advice or light sales tasks.
Salary context
Salary context depends on shift pattern, service pace, weekend or evening work, cash handling, food preparation responsibility and whether the role includes opening, closing, stock control or training newer crew members.
Career paths
Experience can lead toward shift leader, trainer, kitchen coordinator, counter supervisor, stock responsibility or broader hospitality service roles where food safety and guest handling remain central.
Good to know
Check whether vacancies name the station, menu type, ordering system, cleaning duties, stock routines and expected rush periods. Clear adverts separate quick service restaurant work from general kitchen porter or full table service roles.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context, not official labour-market statistics or role-specific pay data.
Where might this occupation occur?
This occupation may occur in several kinds of economic activity. Here are some examples and other occupations that may be found in the same areas.
Restaurant activities
This is one example. Another occupation in this activity is kitchen porter.
Explore this activityThese examples offer an overview but do not show every economic activity where the occupation may occur.
About this information
The selection is based on how occupations are connected to economic activities in ESCO and NACE. Only a few examples are shown to make the information easier to use. The occupations were selected because they are close in occupation area and important skills. The examples are not a ranking. They do not show where most people work, where demand is highest, or which occupation is best suited to a particular person.
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O*NET relationships
See occupations connected to this ESCO occupation in the official O*NET–ESCO mapping. The relationship type comes from the source and is not a ranking or recommendation.
O*NET relationships: 3
Cooks, Short Order
35-2015.00
Close relationship
The occupations are closely related, but the official mapping does not treat them as exact equivalents.
Open in O*NETCooks, Fast Food
35-2011.00
Close relationship
The occupations are closely related, but the official mapping does not treat them as exact equivalents.
Open in O*NETFast Food and Counter Workers
35-3023.00
Exact relationship
The official mapping treats the O*NET and ESCO occupations as closely equivalent.
Open in O*NETSource and method
These relationships come from the official European Commission O*NET–ESCO crosswalk.
Relationship direction: O*NET occupation to ESCO occupation.
Several O*NET occupations can point to the same ESCO occupation, and one O*NET occupation can point to several ESCO occupations.
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NACE Rev. 2.1
Economic activities linked to this occupation.
56.11Restaurant activities
Alternative labels
Occupation group
Fast food preparers (9411)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/96a0d8d3-d4a6-473d-80d6-b5dbadde940a |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 9411.2 |
| ISCO group | 9411 |
| Concept type | Occupation |