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Job Outlook:
None
Education: None
Salary
High: $35,350.00
Average: $28,130.00
Hourly
Average: $13.53

What they do:

Prepare or serve specialty coffee or other beverages. Serve food such as baked goods or sandwiches to patrons.

On the job, you would:

  • Receive and process customer payments.
  • Prepare or serve hot or cold beverages, such as coffee, espresso drinks, blended coffees, or teas.
  • Take customer orders and convey them to other employees for preparation.

Personality

A3 Your Strengths Importance

Characteristics of this Career

83% Cooperation  -  Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
77% Dependability  -  Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
76% Self-Control  -  Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.
75% Stress Tolerance  -  Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations.
72% Integrity  -  Job requires being honest and ethical.
70% Concern for Others  -  Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job.
68% Independence  -  Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done.
66% Social Orientation  -  Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job.
60% Adaptability/Flexibility  -  Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.
58% Attention to Detail  -  Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
57% Initiative  -  Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
53% Leadership  -  Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction.
52% Achievement/Effort  -  Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Strengths

61% Realistic  -  Work involves designing, building, or repairing of equipment, materials, or structures, engaging in physical activity, or working outdoors. Realistic occupations are often associated with engineering, mechanics and electronics, construction, woodworking, transportation, machine operation, agriculture, animal services, physical or manual labor, athletics, or protective services.
61% Enterprising  -  Work involves managing, negotiating, marketing, or selling, typically in a business setting, or leading or advising people in political and legal situations. Enterprising occupations are often associated with business initiatives, sales, marketing/advertising, finance, management/administration, professional advising, public speaking, politics, or law.
61% Conventional  -  Work involves following procedures and regulations to organize information or data, typically in a business setting. Conventional occupations are often associated with office work, accounting, mathematics/statistics, information technology, finance, or human resources.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Values of the Work Environment

56% Relationships  -  Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service.

Aptitude

A3 Your Strengths Importance

Abilities | Cognitive, Physical, Personality

69% Oral Comprehension  -  The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
66% Oral Expression  -  The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
63% Speech Clarity  -  The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
60% Speech Recognition  -  The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
56% Near Vision  -  The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
53% Arm-Hand Steadiness  -  The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
53% Information Ordering  -  The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
53% Problem Sensitivity  -  The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.
53% Finger Dexterity  -  The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
53% Time Sharing  -  The ability to shift back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information (such as speech, sounds, touch, or other sources).

Job Details

Responsibilities
Serve food or beverages.
Prepare hot or cold beverages.
Clean food service areas.
Clean tableware.
Clean food service areas.
Assess equipment functioning.
Present food or beverage information or menus to customers.
Store supplies or goods in kitchens or storage areas.
Order materials, supplies, or equipment.
Present food or beverage information or menus to customers.
Process customer bills or payments.
Serve food or beverages.
Stock serving stations or dining areas with food or supplies.
Communicate dining or order details to kitchen personnel.
Take customer orders.
Remove trash.
Measure ingredients.
Package food or supplies.
Package food or supplies.
Write advertising or promotional material.
Train food preparation or food service personnel.
Serve food or beverages.
Cook foods.
Set up merchandise displays.
Cut cooked or raw foods.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Attributes & Percentage of Time Spent

96% Spend Time Standing  -  How much does this job require standing?
92% Contact With Others  -  How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it?
89% Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls  -  How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls?
84% Deal With External Customers  -  How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job?
82% Face-to-Face Discussions  -  How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job?
78% Work With Work Group or Team  -  How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job?
78% Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions  -  How much does this job require making repetitive motions?
76% Freedom to Make Decisions  -  How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer?
75% Physical Proximity  -  To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people?
73% Indoors, Environmentally Controlled  -  How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions?
72% Deal With Unpleasant or Angry People  -  How frequently does the worker have to deal with unpleasant, angry, or discourteous individuals as part of the job requirements?
67% Importance of Being Exact or Accurate  -  How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job?
61% Structured versus Unstructured Work  -  To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals?
60% Telephone  -  How often do you have telephone conversations in this job?
60% Frequency of Decision Making  -  How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization?
59% Exposed to Minor Burns, Cuts, Bites, or Stings  -  How often does this job require exposure to minor burns, cuts, bites, or stings?
59% Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable  -  How often does this job require working exposed to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable?
56% Coordinate or Lead Others  -  How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job?
55% Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results  -  What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer?
54% Frequency of Conflict Situations  -  How often are there conflict situations the employee has to face in this job?
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Tasks & Values

84% Performing for or Working Directly with the Public  -  Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests.
79% Controlling Machines and Processes  -  Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles).
76% Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships  -  Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
73% Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates  -  Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
69% Handling and Moving Objects  -  Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
64% Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events  -  Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
62% Performing General Physical Activities  -  Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling materials.
61% Training and Teaching Others  -  Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others.
60% Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings  -  Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
60% Getting Information  -  Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
59% Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People  -  Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.
59% Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work  -  Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
58% Selling or Influencing Others  -  Convincing others to buy merchandise/goods or to otherwise change their minds or actions.
56% Making Decisions and Solving Problems  -  Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
54% Communicating with People Outside the Organization  -  Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.
51% Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others  -  Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others.

Getting Started

Education:
57%
Less than a High School Diploma
29%
High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED)

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