Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

waiter/waitresstoclub host/club hostess

A waiter/waitress already meets 40% of what the club host/club hostess role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.

From waiter/waitress
40%
Overlap1
To club host/club hostess
12 Skills carried over
7 Required, not held
55.5 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

40%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

55.5/ 100

1 Share of the club host/club hostess role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the waiter/waitress 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 club host/club hostess role treats 4 of its required skills as things a waiter/waitress already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • assist VIP guests
  • assist customers
  • maintain customer service
  • maintain relationship with customers

What stands in the way is 7 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 12 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A club host/club hostess role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a waiter/waitress background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held prepare alcoholic beverages assisting and caring
  • already held assist VIP guests assisting and caring
  • already held alcoholic beverage products engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held arrange tables 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 4 the club host/club hostess role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 16 missing skills fall into 5 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 5 required, 6 supplementary
  • required, not held enforce regulations of selling alcoholic beverages to minors required
  • required, not held assist guest departure required
  • required, not held deal with aggressive behaviour required
  • required, not held greet guests required
  • required, not held monitor guest access required
  • optional, not held assist at check-in optional
  • optional, not held check tickets at venue entry optional
  • optional, not held prepare mixed beverages optional
  • optional, not held tend to guests with special needs optional
  • optional, not held accommodate special seating optional
  • optional, not held control crowd optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required
  • required, not held handle customer complaints required
03 handling and moving 1 required
  • required, not held handle veterinary emergencies required
04 management skills 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held devise special promotions optional
  • optional, not held handle cash flow optional
05 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held beverage products optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a club host/club hostess 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 12 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held assist VIP guests skill
  • already held assist customers skill
  • already held maintain customer service skill
  • already held maintain relationship with customers skill
  • already held advise guests on menus for special events skill
  • already held alcoholic beverage products knowledge
  • already held arrange tables skill
  • already held clean surfaces skill
  • already held prepare alcoholic beverages skill
  • already held process reservations skill
  • already held serve beverages skill
  • already held take food and beverage orders from customers skill
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held assist at check-in optional
  • optional, not held beverage products optional
  • optional, not held check tickets at venue entry optional
  • optional, not held prepare mixed beverages optional
  • optional, not held tend to guests with special needs optional
  • optional, not held accommodate special seating optional
  • optional, not held control crowd optional
  • optional, not held devise special promotions optional
  • optional, not held handle cash flow optional
31 held skills the club host/club hostess role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role apply foreign languages in hospitality skill
  • not needed by the target role assist clients with special needs skill
  • not needed by the target role attend to detail regarding food and beverages skill
  • not needed by the target role check dining room cleanliness skill
  • not needed by the target role comply with food safety and hygiene skill
  • not needed by the target role decant wines skill
  • not needed by the target role detect drug abuse skill
  • not needed by the target role dietary regimes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role educate customers on coffee varieties skill
  • not needed by the target role educate customers on tea varieties skill
  • not needed by the target role food and beverages on the menu knowledge
  • not needed by the target role identify customer's needs skill
  • not needed by the target role laws regulating serving alcoholic drinks knowledge
  • not needed by the target role local area tourism industry knowledge
  • not needed by the target role maintain incident reporting records skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain personal hygiene standards skill
  • not needed by the target role measure customer feedback skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare flambeed dishes skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare hot drinks skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare service trolleys skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare the restaurant for service skill
  • not needed by the target role present menus skill
  • not needed by the target role process payments skill
  • not needed by the target role recommend wines skill
  • not needed by the target role serve food in table service skill
  • not needed by the target role serve wines skill
  • not needed by the target role sparkling wines knowledge
  • not needed by the target role supervise food quality skill
  • not needed by the target role use food cutting tools skill
  • not needed by the target role welcome restaurant guests skill
  • not needed by the target role work in a hospitality team skill
1 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
  • optional, not held beverage products optional
Index

Other moves recorded from waiter/waitress

Full index of moves from waiter/waitress

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.