food service supervisor

Additional Skills

• Address customers’ complaints or concerns
• Train staff in job duties, sanitation and safety procedures
• Prepare budget and cost estimates
• Establish methods to meet work schedules
• Hire food service staff

Work Setting

• Restaurant

Workers Supervised

• Kitchen and food service helpers
• Food service counter attendants and food preparers
• Food and beverage servers
• Cook (general)

Specific Skills

• Supervise and co-ordinate activities of staff who prepare and portion food
• Prepare food order summaries for chef
• Prepare and submit reports
• Maintain records of stock, repairs, sales and wastage
• Establish work schedules
• Estimate and order ingredients and supplies
• Ensure food service and quality control
• Must have knowledge of the establishment’s culinary genres

Work Site Environment

• Noisy

Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities

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

Ability to Supervise

• 3-4 people

Personal Suitability

• Effective interpersonal skills
• Flexibility
• Team player
• Excellent oral communication
• Client focus