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Waiters and waitresses > Waiter
Hospitality and food
Waiters serve food and drinks to customers in restaurants and cafes, take orders and handle payments.
You could prepare for this job by doing a college course to get some of the skills you'll need. Courses include:
Volunteering
You could volunteer in a cafe run by a local community organisation or a charity like the Royal Voluntary Service. This will help you to develop your skills before you apply for paid work.
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In this role you could:
You could specialise in fine dining and silver service waiting at formal events like weddings and banquets. With experience you may be able to progress to head waiter or restaurant supervisor. You may also be able to go into related areas of work like restaurant and kitchen management or stock purchasing.
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Meat process workers produce meat products for the food manufacturing, catering and food retail industries.
Butchers prepare and sell meat and poultry, and make meat products like sausages, burgers and pies.
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