Wait Staff Job Description
Wait staff
provides audit support as needed (show file audits), ensure that show files are in compliance with all company policy and procedures.
Wait Staff Duties & Responsibilities
To write an effective wait staff job description, begin by listing detailed duties, responsibilities and expectations. We have included wait staff job description templates that you can modify and use.
Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Duties include taking written food and beverage orders, serving food and beverages, making coffee and cappuccino, and assisting with the clearing of tables
Researching and responding to customer inquiries in a timely manner
Applying knowledge in a specific business area or technical field
Setting up, using and supporting business applications
Prepare food in accordance with sanitary regulations established procedures
Take soiled utensils, plates, to dishwashing area
Return all clean utensils, plates, to proper storage areas
Explains how menu items are prepared, describing ingredients and cooking menthods
Describes specials of the day to the members & guests
Follows-up with guest within 3 minutes to ensure satisfaction
Wait Staff Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Wait Staff
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: TIPS, RSA
Education for Wait Staff
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the wait staff job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as High School and Collage Degree in Education, General Education, Graduate, Medicine, Management, Health Professions, Engineering and Computing Sciences, Arts and Sciences, Design, Architecture
Skills for Wait Staff
Desired skills for wait staff include:
Dietary procedures
Was well as related Health Department regulations and guidelines pertaining to food service operations
Our menu offerings
Principles for dealing directly with the public
Drink recipes to enter into computer software
Approved sanitation methods
Adherence to all laws and legal obligations regarding the serving of alcohol
Closing and in between show procedures
Compliance with all local
Counterfeit bill detection procedures
Desired experience for wait staff includes:
Maintains organized workstation and completes all assigned side work duties
Accountable for all checks and all credit card & cash transactions
Follows established standards for greeting, cocktail service
Must have fine dining serving, banquet or hotel experience
Minimum 6 months experience in upscale fine dining restaurant / international hotel
Barista and Cocktail experience preferred
Wait Staff Examples
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Wait Staff Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is hiring for a wait staff. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for wait staff
- Ability to undertake general waiting duties of both food and beverage, including preparing and clearing tables and taking orders
- An understanding of customer service requirements in a busy hospitality and catering environment
- Relevant experience within the hospitality industry
- Interacts with Nursing in regards to patient nutrition needs or requirements unit food service needs
- Completes bussing, runner, meal platter, utility and catering duties as assigned
- Sets buffet tables with food, beverage and service items according to pre-established standards
- Cleans and packs dishes and utensils
- Returns un-served foods and beverages, serving equipment and utensils to the Commissary
- Checks to ensure that all display foods are merchandised attractively according to pre-established standards
- Serves food neatly and attractively according to pre-established standards
Qualifications for wait staff
- An ability to meet varying roster commitments, including out-of-hours, school holidays and weekends
- Experience in Long Term Care is preferred
- Flexibility to work all shifts and the right attitude are the most important aspects for success in this position
- Must be able to work weekends is a strong plus
- 2 - 5 years experience in a service role in a restaurant or catering environment preferred
- Candidate must be able to work on their feet for long periods of time and be able to walk up and down stairs as the work duties demand
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Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is looking for a wait staff. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for wait staff
- Serves plated dinners to guests and responds to requests for beverages, appetizers and other needs
- Cleans up venue after event ends and assists with inventory, food storage and other closeout tasks
- Performs routine wait staff duties , setting tables, serving customers, side work, post event breakdown and reset
- Assists in the coordinating of events under the direction of management
- Works effectively with staffing levels for events
- Assists with wait staff training
- May be assigned to other dining units
- May monitor and assist the evaluation of service staff and system
- May monitor and assist the evaluation of banquet room and equipment condition
- Performs cleaning and sanitation functions
Qualifications for wait staff
- Candidate must be able to lift up to 50 lbs unassisted
- Must meet any applicable state and local health requirements for food handlers
- Checks service equipment for proper operation and cleanliness
- Monitors presentation and portioning of food
- Checks and inventory for proper levels of supplies
- Must work flexible schedule to fit the needs of the customers and the operation
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Wait Staff Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is searching for experienced candidates for the position of wait staff. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for wait staff
- Review applicants and interview for hiring
- This is a working position with paperwork day
- Must be available for call in and weekends
- Join our 5 Star Team!
- Greet customers upon entrance
- Prepare dining tables by arranging condiments, kitchenware and decorations
- Help residents select dishes by answering questions about daily menu
- Take orders to the cook and notify them of any special requests or dietary needs
- Deliver food to the residents in a timely manner and attend to the needs of the residents throughout the dining process
- Set up and deliver meal trays to resident rooms
Qualifications for wait staff
- Must be able to communicate, both orally and in written form in English
- Must have a current and valid food handler’s permit within 14 days of hire
- Good customer service skills – friendly, helpful, and able to follow directions
- Ability to work and stay on task when unsupervised
- Will be working around different types of foods, lifting, standing, picking up, bending, and walking at any given time on shift
- Will be communicating with the public at all times
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Wait Staff Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is searching for experienced candidates for the position of wait staff. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for wait staff
- You can now chat or text-to-apply, in addition to our standard online apply
- You can now prerecord video introductions
- Must have or be willing to receive a Hepatitis A vaccine if working within St
- Gathering the appropriate materials before delivery
- The delivery of food via the use of carts and the catering van, banquet set-up and cleanup
- On-site inventory control, food preparation, serving, polishing silverware, sanitation, cleaning/maintenance of all equipment and accessories
- Catering wait staff will be required to arrive to work on time in the proper clean, neat uniform ready to work
- Schedules vary according to the events
- Work may include early mornings and/or late evening hours
- Providing quick, efficient and pleasant delivery of food, ensuring that exceptional customer service is being delivered
Qualifications for wait staff
- Will be working early mornings to some late nights
- Ability to speak and understand the English language in order to make self understood in fact to fact interaction with residents and staff
- Experience -Prior customer service and food handling experience desired
- Specialized Skills - must be able to work independently
- Assembles and serves meals in an accurate, attractive and timely manner according to prescribed diets while ensuring resident satisfaction and HACCP standards are met
- Portions food items for assigned dining room(s) as specified on menu/production records and delivers complete meals to assigned dining rooms
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Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is hiring for a wait staff. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for wait staff
- Ensuring safety and proper food handling of dishes, glassware and utensils
- Busing and cleaning of the dining areas and dish-washing at times
- Supervising All Wait Staff
- Must Be Available To Cover Call Off Shifts
- Delivering meals to residents
- Preparing meal trays
- Replenishing beverage station carts
- Replenishing condiments
- Serve residents and aid in cleaning and sanitation of kitchen all while following food service department policies and safety rules
- Completes cleaning tasks, sets tables, and clears tables
Qualifications for wait staff
- Pleasantly greets residents and serves meals in accordance with resident meal selections
- Fills ice, water pitchers and delivers to assigned units
- Properly documents food and food storage temperatures and implements correction for all non-conformances
- Proficient in greeting customers in a friendly, helpful manner as one of the first contacts in the dining room
- Willing to familiarize yourself with a menu that serves some of the best cooked comfort food in the USA!
- Must be energetic and reliable