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O*NET detailed work activityClean food preparation areas, facilities, or equipment
Stays humanHands-on work
10 jobs17 tasks
This is physical, in-person work with real objects, tools, equipment and places that change from day to day. AI can't do it for you.
Part of Clean tools, equipment, facilities, or work areas, under the O*NET work activity group Performing General Physical Activities. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 0 AI-assist, 17 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Clean food preparation equipment, work areas, and counters or tables.
- Maintain sanitation, health, and safety standards in work areas.
- Clean food preparation areas, cooking surfaces, and utensils.
- Inspect and clean food preparation areas, such as equipment, work surfaces, and serving areas, to ensure safe and sanitary food-handling practices.
- Clean and sanitize work areas, equipment, utensils, dishes, or silverware.
- Perform cleaning duties, such as sweeping and mopping floors, vacuuming carpet, tidying up server station, taking out trash, or checking and cleaning bathroom.
- Perform general cleaning activities in kitchen and dining areas.
- Maintain kitchen work areas, equipment, or utensils in clean and orderly condition.
- Clean and inspect galley equipment, kitchen appliances, and work areas to ensure cleanliness and functional operation.
- Sweep or scrub floors.
- Supervise and participate in kitchen and dining area cleaning activities.
- Vacuum dining area and sweep and mop kitchen floor.
- Perform cleaning duties, such as sweeping, mopping, and washing dishes, to keep equipment and facilities sanitary.
- Scrub and polish counters, steam tables, and other equipment, and clean glasses, dishes, and fountain equipment.
- Clean garbage cans with water or steam.