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62020 – Food service supervisors
Food service supervisors supervise, direct and coordinate the activities of workers who prepare, portion and serve food. They are employed by hospitals and other health care establishments and by cafeterias, catering companies and other food service establishments.
Profile
Index of titles Example job titles
- Cafeteria supervisor
- Canteen supervisor
- Catering supervisor
- Food assembly supervisor
- Food concession supervisor
- Food service supervisor
- Hospital food service supervisor
- Kitchen manager
- Railway dining car food service supervisor
- Shift manager - fast food restaurant
- Swing manager - fast food restaurant
- Unit supervisor - food services
- Cafeteria supervisor
- Canteen supervisor
- Catering supervisor
- Food service supervisor
Main duties
This group performs some or all of the following duties:
- Supervise, coordinate and schedule the activities of staff who prepare, portion and serve food
- Estimate and order ingredients and supplies required for meal preparation
- Prepare food order summaries for chef according to requests from dieticians, patients in hospitals or other customers
- Establish work schedules and procedures
- Maintain records of stock, repairs, sales and wastage
- Train staff in job duties, and sanitation and safety procedures
- Supervise and check assembly of regular and special diet trays and delivery of food trolleys to hospital patients
- Ensure that food and service meet quality control standards
- May participate in the selection of food service staff and assist in the development of policies, procedures and budgets
- May plan cafeteria menus and determine related food and labour costs.
Employment requirements
- Completion of a community college program in food service administration, hotel and restaurant management or related discipline or several years of experience in food preparation or service are required.
- Completion of secondary school is usually required.
Additional information
Exclusions
- Banquet captain (in 65200 Food and beverage servers)
- Maîtres d'hôtel and hosts/hostesses (64300)
- Restaurant and food service managers (60030)
- Mobile canteen service supervisor (in 72024 Supervisors, motor transport and other ground transit operators)
Breakdown summary
- Broad occupational category
- 6 – Sales and service occupations
- TEER
- 2 – Occupations usually require a college diploma or apprenticeship training of two or more years; or supervisory occupations
- Major group
- 62 – Retail sales and service supervisors and specialized occupations in sales and services
- Sub-major group
- 620 – Retail sales and service supervisors
- Minor group
- 6202 – Service supervisors
- Version
- NOC 2021 Version 1.0