Food Counter Attendant

Work setting

• Coffee shop
• Food service establishment

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Package take-out food
• Portion and wrap foods
• Prepare, heat and finish simple food items
• Serve customers at counters or buffet tables
• Stock refrigerators and salad bars
• Take customers' orders
• Use manual and electrical appliances to clean, peel, slice and trim foodstuffs

Supervision

• Food service counter attendants and food preparers

Additional information

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Physically demanding
• Standing for extended periods
• Work under pressure
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Walking
• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Tight deadlines

Personal suitability

• Client focus
• Reliability
• Team player
• Flexibility