Club host/club hostess to waiter/waitress
A club host/club hostess already meets 33% of what the waiter/waitress role asks for. The move turns on 18 required skills not yet in the profile.
73.3/ 100
1 How much of what a waiter/waitress is expected to do is already part of a club host/club hostess’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the waiter/waitress role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A waiter/waitress role treats 11 of its required skills as things a club host/club hostess already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- advise guests on menus for special events
- alcoholic beverage products
- arrange tables
- assist VIP guests
- assist customers
- clean surfaces
What stands in the way is 18 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 12 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A waiter/waitress role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a club host/club hostess background worth leading with.
- already held prepare alcoholic beverages assisting and caring
- already held alcoholic beverage products engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held arrange tables assisting and caring
- already held assist VIP guests assisting and caring
- already held advise guests on menus for special events communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held take food and beverage orders from customers communication, collaboration and creativity
All 12 carried skills, including the 11 the waiter/waitress role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 31 missing skills fall into 9 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn prepare the restaurant for service required
- still to learn prepare hot drinks required
- still to learn serve food in table service required
- still to learn serve wines required
- still to learn supervise food quality required
- still to learn welcome restaurant guests required
- still to learn comply with food safety and hygiene required
- optional, not held prepare service trolleys optional
- optional, not held decant wines optional
- optional, not held prepare flambeed dishes optional
- optional, not held detect drug abuse optional
- still to learn identify customer's needs required
- still to learn present menus required
- still to learn work in a hospitality team required
- still to learn assist clients with special needs required
- optional, not held educate customers on coffee varieties optional
- optional, not held educate customers on tea varieties optional
- optional, not held recommend wines optional
- optional, not held apply foreign languages in hospitality optional
- still to learn check dining room cleanliness required
- still to learn measure customer feedback required
- optional, not held maintain incident reporting records optional
- still to learn maintain personal hygiene standards required
- still to learn process payments required
- still to learn attend to detail regarding food and beverages required
- optional, not held use food cutting tools optional
- still to learn food and beverages on the menu required
- optional, not held local area tourism industry optional
3 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a waiter/waitress role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 food and beverages on the menu study this
- 02 prepare the restaurant for service practise this
- 03 attend to detail regarding food and beverages practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 12 skills that carry over
- already held advise guests on menus for special events skill
- already held alcoholic beverage products knowledge
- already held arrange tables skill
- already held assist VIP guests skill
- already held assist customers skill
- already held clean surfaces skill
- already held maintain customer service skill
- already held maintain relationship with customers skill
- already held prepare alcoholic beverages skill
- already held serve beverages skill
- already held take food and beverage orders from customers skill
- already held process reservations skill
The 3 learning areas not shown above
- still to learn dietary regimes required
- optional, not held laws regulating serving alcoholic drinks optional
- optional, not held sparkling wines optional
13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held laws regulating serving alcoholic drinks optional
- optional, not held prepare service trolleys optional
- optional, not held decant wines optional
- optional, not held educate customers on coffee varieties optional
- optional, not held educate customers on tea varieties optional
- optional, not held local area tourism industry optional
- optional, not held prepare flambeed dishes optional
- optional, not held recommend wines optional
- optional, not held sparkling wines optional
- optional, not held use food cutting tools optional
- optional, not held apply foreign languages in hospitality optional
- optional, not held detect drug abuse optional
- optional, not held maintain incident reporting records optional
16 held skills the waiter/waitress role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role accommodate special seating skill
- not needed by the target role assist at check-in skill
- not needed by the target role assist guest departure skill
- not needed by the target role beverage products knowledge
- not needed by the target role check tickets at venue entry skill
- not needed by the target role control crowd skill
- not needed by the target role deal with aggressive behaviour skill
- not needed by the target role devise special promotions skill
- not needed by the target role enforce regulations of selling alcoholic beverages to minors skill
- not needed by the target role greet guests skill
- not needed by the target role handle cash flow skill
- not needed by the target role handle customer complaints skill
- not needed by the target role handle veterinary emergencies skill
- not needed by the target role monitor guest access skill
- not needed by the target role prepare mixed beverages skill
- not needed by the target role tend to guests with special needs skill
5 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn food and beverages on the menu required
- still to learn dietary regimes required
- optional, not held laws regulating serving alcoholic drinks optional
- optional, not held local area tourism industry optional
- optional, not held sparkling wines optional
Common questions about this move
Can a club host/club hostess become a waiter/waitress?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A club host/club hostess already covers 33% of what a waiter/waitress is expected to do: 12 skills carry over, 11 of which the waiter/waitress role treats as required.
What skills does a club host/club hostess need to become a waiter/waitress?
18 required skills are missing, plus 13 optional ones. They fall into 9 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by assisting and caring. The single most important is food and beverages on the menu.
How hard is the move from club host/club hostess to waiter/waitress?
Its learning distance is 73.3 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.