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O*NET detailed work activityServe food or beverages
Stays humanHands-on work
12 jobs23 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 Provide food or beverage services, 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, 23 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Portion, arrange, and garnish food, and serve food to waiters or patrons.
- Serve wine, and bottled or draft beer.
- Serve ice water, coffee, rolls, or butter to patrons.
- Serve customers in eating places that specialize in fast service and inexpensive carry-out food.
- Serve prepared foods, such as muffins, biscotti, or bagels.
- Serve snacks or food items to customers seated at the bar.
- Serve food or beverages to patrons, and prepare or serve specialty dishes at tables as required.
- Prepare or serve menu items, such as sandwiches or salads.
- Serve food, beverages, or desserts to customers in such settings as take-out counters of restaurants or lunchrooms, business or industrial establishments, hotel rooms, and cars.
- Apportion and serve food to facility residents, employees, or patrons.
- Serve food to customers when waiters or waitresses need assistance.
- Serve orders to customers at windows, counters, or tables.
- Serve meals, distribute commissary items, and dispense prescribed medication to prisoners.
- Prepare and serve beverages, such as coffee or fountain drinks.
- Deliver orders to kitchens, and pick up and serve food when it is ready.
- Prepare and serve a variety of beverages, such as coffee, tea, and soft drinks.
- Package take-out foods or serve food to customers.
- Bring wine selections to tables with appropriate glasses, and pour the wines for customers.
- Serve meals and snacks to employing families and their guests.
Tasks where it is part of the work
- Prepare or serve hot or cold beverages, such as coffee, espresso drinks, blended coffees, or teas.
- Perform serving, cleaning, or stocking duties in establishments, such as cafeterias or dining rooms, to facilitate customer service.
- Complete orders from steam tables, placing food on plates and serving customers at tables or counters.
- Prepare and serve cold drinks, frozen milk drinks, or desserts, using drink-dispensing, milkshake, or frozen-custard machines.