Occupation information for Waiters and Waitresses District Of Columbia

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Typical education needed for entry: No formal educational credential

Typical work experience needed for a job in this occupation: No work experience

Typical on-the-job training once you have a job in this occupation: Less than 1 month on-the-job training

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• Take orders from patrons for food or beverages.
• Check with customers to ensure that they are enjoying their meals, and take action to correct any problems.
• Check patrons' identification to ensure that they meet minimum age requirements for consumption of alcoholic beverages.
• Collect payments from customers.
• Write patrons' food orders on order slips, memorize orders, or enter orders into computers for transmittal to kitchen staff.
• Prepare checks that itemize and total meal costs and sales taxes.
• Present menus to patrons and answer questions about menu items, making recommendations upon request.
• Remove dishes and glasses from tables or counters, and take them to kitchen for cleaning.
• Serve food or beverages to patrons, and prepare or serve specialty dishes at tables as required.
• Clean tables or counters after patrons have finished dining.

Tools:

• Bar code reader equipment
• Cash registers
• Commercial use cutlery
• Magnetic stripe readers and encoders
• Point of sale POS terminal

Technology:

• Instant messaging software
• Point of sale POS software
• Web page creation and editing software

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