Overview & Salary

Overview

Prepare or serve specialty coffee or other beverages. Serve food such as baked goods or sandwiches to patrons.

On the job, you would:

  • Receive and process customer payments.
  • Prepare or serve hot or cold beverages, such as coffee, espresso drinks, blended coffees, or teas.
  • Take customer orders and convey them to other employees for preparation.

Education

  • no high school diploma/GED
  • high school diploma/GED

Salary

Annual 10th percentile $22,190
Annual median $29,540
Annual 90th percentile $36,880

Knowledge & Skills

Knowledge

Business

  • customer service
  • sales and marketing

Arts and Humanities

  • English language

Skills

Basic Skills

  • listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
  • talking to others

Social

  • looking for ways to help people
  • understanding people's reactions

Personality & Abilities

Personality

Realistic

People interested in this work like activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions.

  • Cooperation
  • Dependability
  • Self Control
  • Stress Tolerance
  • Integrity
  • Concern for Others

Abilities

Verbal

  • listen and understand what people say
  • communicate by speaking

Hand and Finger Use

  • keep your arm or hand steady
  • put together small parts with your fingers

Attention

  • do two or more things at the same time
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