Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a head waiter/head waitress can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a head waiter/head waitress already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Head waiters/waitresses manage the food and beverage service in a hospitality outlet or unit. They are responsible for the customer's experience. Head waiters/waitresses coordinate all actions involving customers such as welcoming guests, ordering, delivering the food and beverages and supervise financial transactions.

Service and sales workers 45 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: venue director, 49%

venue director 49% covered restaurant manager 47% covered quick service restaurant team… 46% covered hotel concierge 46% covered barista 42% covered head waiter/head waitress You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from head waiter/head waitress. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a head waiter/head waitress already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

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head waiter/head waitress is filed under Service and sales workers, ISCO major group 5. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a head waiter/head waitress already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.