Table 1Transition record

restaurant host/restaurant hostesstowaiter/waitress

A restaurant host/restaurant hostess already meets 42% of what the waiter/waitress role asks for. The move turns on 15 required skills not yet in the profile.

From restaurant host/restaurant hostess

42%

Overlap1

To waiter/waitress

15 Skills carried over

15 Required, not held

66.3 Difficulty2

Career overlap Partial match

42%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

66.3/ 100

Easy adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change Hard

1 Share of the waiter/waitress role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the restaurant host/restaurant hostess profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Why

Why this move works

A waiter/waitress role treats 14 of its required skills as things a restaurant host/restaurant hostess already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

advise guests on menus for special events
arrange tables
assist VIP guests
assist clients with special needs
assist customers
check dining room cleanliness

What stands in the way is 15 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 15 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 restaurant host/restaurant hostess background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held welcome restaurant guests assisting and caring
already held present menus communication, collaboration and creativity
already held check dining room cleanliness information skills
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

All 15 carried skills, including the 14 the waiter/waitress role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 28 missing skills fall into 9 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier

01 assisting and caring 7 required, 4 supplementary

required, not held prepare the restaurant for service required
required, not held prepare alcoholic beverages required
required, not held prepare hot drinks required
required, not held serve beverages required
required, not held serve food in table service required
required, not held serve wines required
required, not held supervise food quality 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

02 management skills 2 required

required, not held maintain personal hygiene standards required
required, not held process payments required

03 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 4 supplementary

required, not held identify customer's 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

04 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held alcoholic beverage products required

optional, not held sparkling wines optional

05 handling and moving 1 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held attend to detail regarding food and beverages required

optional, not held use food cutting tools optional

06 information skills 1 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held measure customer feedback required

optional, not held maintain incident reporting records optional

3 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

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.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 15 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held advise guests on menus for special events skill
already held arrange tables skill
already held assist VIP guests skill
already held assist clients with special needs skill
already held assist customers skill
already held check dining room cleanliness skill
already held clean surfaces skill
already held comply with food safety and hygiene skill
already held maintain customer service skill
already held maintain relationship with customers skill
already held present menus skill
already held take food and beverage orders from customers skill
already held welcome restaurant guests skill
already held work in a hospitality team skill
already held process reservations skill

The 3 learning areas not shown above

Skill to acquire Tier

07 services 1 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held food and beverages on the menu required

optional, not held local area tourism industry optional

08 health and welfare 1 required

required, not held dietary regimes required

09 business, administration and law 1 supplementary

optional, not held laws regulating serving alcoholic drinks optional

13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

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

5 held skills the waiter/waitress role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role accommodate special seating skill
not needed by the target role assist guest departure skill
not needed by the target role devise special promotions skill
not needed by the target role handle customer complaints skill
not needed by the target role seat customers according to the waiting list skill

6 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier

required, not held food and beverages on the menu required
required, not held alcoholic beverage products required
required, not held 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

Index

Other moves recorded from restaurant host/restaurant hostess

Full index of moves from restaurant host/restaurant hostess

Note

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.