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Waiters and Waitresses: where your skills can take you

Take orders and serve food and beverages to patrons at tables in dining establishment.

Usual study level (from US data): Cert II–III (TAFE, often Fee-Free; apprenticeship/traineeship routes count) · RSA (Responsible Service of Alcohol) — needed to serve alcohol in most venues

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Three moves that use what a waiters and waitresse already knows

Ranked by how much of the job's skills and knowledge carries over. Each one says what the move usually costs in study.

Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop

Usual study level (from US data): Cert II–III (TAFE, often Fee-Free; apprenticeship/traineeship routes count)

🧰 Your current job already uses looking after customers and clients, reading people, working in step with other people and bringing people around to an idea.

🎓 No more study. Your current level of study is usually enough. The most common level in the US is high school or less (71%).

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Welcome patrons, seat them at tables or in lounge, and help ensure quality of facilities and service.

Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers

Usual study level (from US data): Cert II–III (TAFE, often Fee-Free; apprenticeship/traineeship routes count)

🧰 Your current job already uses looking after customers and clients, reading people, working in step with other people and sound judgement.

🎓 No more study. Your current level of study is usually enough. The most common level in the US is high school or less (96%).

🔎 Find courses for this job on training.gov.au ↗

Facilitate food service. Clean tables; remove dirty dishes; replace soiled table linens; set tables; replenish supply of clean linens, silverware, glassware, and dishes; supply service bar with food; and serve items such as water, condiments, and coffee to patrons.

Locker Room, Coatroom, and Dressing Room Attendants

Usual study level (from US data): Cert II–III (TAFE, often Fee-Free; apprenticeship/traineeship routes count)

🧰 Your current job already uses looking after customers and clients, reading people, working in step with other people and keeping an eye on how work is going.

🎓 No more study. Your current level of study is usually enough. The most common level in the US is high school or less (87%).

🔎 Find courses for this job on training.gov.au ↗

Provide personal items to patrons or customers in locker rooms, dressing rooms, or coatrooms.

These are the three closest moves. The full list holds 24. Answer four quick questions — how much more study, which field, what you want more of, where you live — and the list fits you. Subscribers can plan any move.

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What this list is. A starting point, not advice. Australian pay is shown where a job maps cleanly. Check any course or registration with the body that runs it.

Data sources and licences

O*NET 30.3 — This service incorporates information from the O*NET 30.3 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. JobMatcha has modified all or some of this information. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications.

ABS ANZSCO 2022 Australian Update — Australian occupation tags are derived from the Australian Bureau of Statistics ANZSCO 2022 Australian Update correspondence tables (ABS, © Commonwealth of Australia, licensed under CC BY 4.0), bridged to U.S. occupations via U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics SOC crosswalks (public domain). Only high-confidence (>= 0.8) one-to-one chains are shown; other mappings are withheld as 'Australian data unavailable'.

Australian pay and shortage lines: Jobs and Skills Australia.

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