Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a restaurant manager can go next

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

Restaurant managers are in charge of managing food and beverage operations in the kitchen and other food and beverage outlets or units in a hospitality establishment.

Also known as beverage supervisor, restaurant food and beverage manager, food and drinks manager, cafe manager, food and beverages manager, food & beverage supervisor, bar manager, F & B manager, catering manager.

Managers 54 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: venue director, 82%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
head waiter/head waitress 52% covered head chef 48% covered venue director 82% covered pastry chef 39% covered shop supervisor 39% covered restaurant manager You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from restaurant manager, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a restaurant manager already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A restaurant manager needs 36 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • ensure portion control assisting and caring
  • hazard analysis and critical control points information and communication technologies (icts)
  • manage restaurant service management skills
  • prepare tableware assisting and caring
  • set prices of menu items information skills
  • arrange special events management skills
  • manage stock rotation management skills
  • supervise the work of staff on different shifts management skills
  • devise special promotions management skills
  • ensure maintenance of kitchen equipment handling and moving
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a restaurant manager does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Restaurant manager is filed under Managers, ISCO major group 1. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a restaurant manager’s work. 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.