| Important Core Job Duties (in order of importance) For the Top 5 most important - How can you build experience and skill doing these? This will help now, to begin preparing for this type of occupation. |
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| Importance (%) | Description |
| Importance: 100 (%) | Description: Inspect machines or equipment for hazards, operating efficiency, malfunctions, wear, or leaks. |
| Importance: 100 (%) | Description: Turn valves or move controls to admit, drain, separate, filter, clarify, mix, or transfer materials. |
| Importance: 100 (%) | Description: Examine samples to verify qualities such as clarity, cleanliness, consistency, dryness, or texture. |
| Importance: 100 (%) | Description: Communicate processing instructions to other workers. |
| Importance: 100 (%) | Description: Collect samples of materials or products for laboratory analysis. |
| Importance: 100 (%) | Description: Set up or adjust machine controls to regulate conditions such as material flow, temperature, or pressure. |
| Importance: 96 (%) | Description: Operate machines to process materials in compliance with applicable safety, energy, or environmental regulations. |
| Importance: 96 (%) | Description: Monitor material flow or instruments, such as temperature or pressure gauges, indicators, or meters, to ensure optimal processing conditions. |
| Importance: 96 (%) | Description: Start agitators, shakers, conveyors, pumps, or centrifuge machines. |
| Importance: 94 (%) | Description: Maintain logs of instrument readings, test results, or shift production for entry in computer databases. |
| Importance: 92 (%) | Description: Clean or sterilize tanks, screens, inflow pipes, production areas, or equipment, using hoses, brushes, scrapers, or chemical solutions. |
| Importance: 91 (%) | Description: Test samples to determine viscosity, acidity, specific gravity, or degree of concentration, using test equipment such as viscometers, pH meters, or hydrometers. |
| Importance: 90 (%) | Description: Turn valves to pump sterilizing solutions or rinse water through pipes or equipment or to spray vats with atomizers. |
| Importance: 85 (%) | Description: Dump, pour, or load specified amounts of refined or unrefined materials into equipment or containers for further processing or storage. |
| Importance: 84 (%) | Description: Install, maintain, or repair hoses, pumps, filters, or screens to maintain processing equipment, using hand tools. |
| Importance: 81 (%) | Description: Remove clogs, defects, or impurities from machines, tanks, conveyors, screens, or other processing equipment. |
| Importance: 77 (%) | Description: Connect pipes between vats and processing equipment. |
| Importance: 77 (%) | Description: Measure or weigh materials to be refined, mixed, transferred, stored, or otherwise processed. |
| Importance: 71 (%) | Description: Assemble fittings, valves, bowls, plates, disks, impeller shafts, or other parts to prepare equipment for operation. |
Hospitality and Restaurant Management Careers and Jobs
Select, Find and Prepare for Hospitality and Restaurant Management Careers and Jobs - all on one page
For business-minded people who want to manage hotels, restaurants, or hospitality operations. Use the tools below to see which hospitality and restaurant management roles fit your background and goals.
This major covers the business/operations side of hotels and restaurants, distinct from culinary arts which focuses on cooking. Use the tools below to explore Hospitality and Restaurant Management-related job titles sorted by growth rate, salary, or required education. You can start with entry points like Front Desk Associate, or look ahead to advanced roles such as General Manager or Restaurant Regional Manager. Along the way, you will see specific certifications, such as Certified Hospitality Administrator (CHA), that can help you move up the career ladder.
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This page will take you through 4 steps to (1) Select from Hospitality and Restaurant Management careers/jobs, (2) Find Hospitality and Restaurant Management job listings, (3) Prepare for Hospitality and Restaurant Management careers, and (4) Provide Hospitality and Restaurant Management career-specific resources.
Step 1: Select a Career/Job: This page starts with 4 ways for you to identify and select from listings of Hospitality and Restaurant Management careers/jobs:
A) Fastest Growing Hospitality and Restaurant Management Careers - 2023 to 2033 (est.)
These listings are based on job growth estimates and helps you to identify the fastest growing and evolving Hospitality and Restaurant Management careers. Some careers may not initially seem related to Hospitality and Restaurant Management, so relevant Hospitality and Restaurant Management jobs are listed alongside each listing. This can also help us to identify which careers (bottom of the listing) may have negative growth - perhaps due to automation or planned obsolescence.
B) Median Annual Salary U.S. Hospitality and Restaurant Management Careers
These listings are sorted (descending) by median annual salary in the U.S. This may help us to identify our ideal career. We may not qualify at this time for the desired career, but this listing and the results provided can help us to explore job details, as well as learn how to appropriately prepare for the career.
C) Hospitality and Restaurant Management Career Ladders (Educational Requirements)
These listings will help us to identify Hospitality and Restaurant Management careers sorted by educational requirements (with the most difficult to obtain listed first). This may help us to identify career ladders (as we scroll down the list), and help us to get jobs that we qualify for now.
D) Select From a Listing of 379 Hospitality and Restaurant Management Jobs.
The list may be quite long. There are two ways you might like to use this list:
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Once you have identified a job title of interest, simply click on it.
Step 2: Find a Job: After you have selected a career/job title above, you will see a form asking for your location. You will see several radio selection choices to utilize the job search site of your choice.
Step 3: Prepare For a Career: In this section you will gain access to detailed information to help you prepare for the chosen career. Information may include (not every career choice includes all of the elements below - updates occur quarterly):
Core Duties: Lists the primary worker-related tasks performed in this occupation
Supplemental Duties: Lists additional tasks that are performed but are secondary to the core duties
Work Activities: Summarizes the broad types of behaviors and actions related to this career
Specific Work Activities: Provides more granular day-to-day activities tied to the work performed
Essential Skills: Provides foundational skills that are core to performing this specific occupation
Transferable Skills: Provides career-portable skills that can be applied across multiple occupations and industries
Day-in-the-Life Summaries: Provides a snapshot of the key activities performed on a typical workday in this career
Knowledge Required: Provides the requirements regarding the acquisition of facts and principles
Software Skills: Lists software tools commonly used in this occupation, organized by category and priority
Preparation Required: Provides a summary of the required experience and education
Education Required: Detailed breakdown of the education required
Training and Experience Required: Detailed breakdown of the training and Training and Experience Required
Local Salary Information: Provides national and local salary ranges
Certifications: Provides appropriate government and private-sector certifications and/or credentials that may be required
Professional Associations: Provides professional associations that are related to the career selected
Job Listings: Provides links to active current job listings for the selected career, along with multiple similar job titles to explore. All information appears on this page without navigating away.
Related Careers to Consider: Lists up to 20 careers that might be of interest to you (related to your initial choice - what they do, what they know, and what they're called), ranked by best fit.
** If you clicked on a link from section D (as described in Step 1 above), you will see one or more links to an occupation that is usually a bit more general than your initial job selection - the link(s) is directly related to the specific job you identified through your prior selections.
*NOTE: It is possible that there may not be a career path identified for the specific job you selected in Step 1. If this is the case, scroll up the page and click on a different career/job.
Step 4: Career-Specific Resources (detailed and constantly updated): Continue to scroll down the page and you will find tabs that provide detailed (updated) links specific to the career you selected. This information includes:
Videos: Provides a listing of video links related to this career. A great way to get a quick overview of the occupation.
Resumes: Sources for resume materials and techniques. This can help to get you started.
Job Description: Sources that provide job descriptions, which are vital to resume and interview preparation.
Interviews: Provides links that can help you to prepare for and successfully complete the job interview. Can also assist with coffee chats.
Step by Step: Provides links to resources that can help to organize the career search process.
LinkedIn: One of the best professional social media sites that provides links, opportunities, and networking specifically for careers and career development.
Step 1 of 4: Select a Career/Job
85 Hospitality and Restaurant Management careers are listed below (sorted by Percentage Change in Total Job Openings - 2023 to 2033 est.). Hospitality and Restaurant Management-related jobs specific to each career are also provided. This shows which careers are emerging and growing the fastest. Please Scroll and Select below:
| Occupations | U.S. Job Openings 2023-2033 (% change) | Hospitality and Restaurant Management-Related Jobs |
89 Hospitality and Restaurant Management careers are listed below (sorted by U.S. National Median Salary). Hospitality and Restaurant Management-related jobs specific to each occupation are also provided. Please Scroll and Select below::
| Occupations | National Median Salary | Hospitality and Restaurant Management-Related Jobs |
91 Hospitality and Restaurant Management careers are listed (sorted by Education/Preparation Requirements - descending) to provide career ladders. Hospitality and Restaurant Management-related jobs specific to each career are also provided.
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Education/Preparation Categories: 5 = Usually requires graduate school (e.g., Master's degree, Ph.D., M.D., or J.D.) 4 = Usually requires a four-year Bachelor's degree 3 = Usually requires vocational training, related on-the-job experience, or Associate's degree 2 = Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, but not always Please Scroll and Select below: |
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| Occupations | Education/Preparation | Hospitality and Restaurant Management-Related Jobs |
Scroll through the picklist (below). There are 379 specific Hospitality and Restaurant Management job titles listed. Select those that may be of interest - you will get active job listing links, along with detailed resources to help you prepare for a career related to that job.
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Step 2 of 4: Find a Job
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Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders.
Step 3 of 4: Prepare For a Career
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Description: Set up, operate, or tend continuous flow or vat-type equipment; filter presses; shaker screens; centrifuges; condenser tubes; precipitating, fermenting, or evaporating tanks; scrubbing towers; or batch stills. These machines extract, sort, or separate liquids, gases, or solids from other materials to recover a refined product. Includes dairy processing equipment operators.
Please click on a section below to expand and see detailed occupational information related to "Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders":
U.S. Total Employment (2023):
49,600U.S. Total Employment (2033 est.):
52,100
Employment Change (2023-2033 est.):
2,500 (5%) Average Annual Job Openings (2023-2033 est.):
5,300
Core Duties
Supplemental Duties
| Important Supplemental Job Duties (in order of importance)
For the Top 5 most important - How can you build experience and skill doing these? This will help now, to begin preparing for this type of occupation. |
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| Importance (%) | Description |
| Importance: 37 (%) | Description: Remove full containers from discharge outlets and replace them with empty containers. |
Work Activities
| Important General Work Activities (in order of importance)
For the Top 5 most important - How can you build experience and skill doing these? This will help now, to begin preparing for this type of occupation. |
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| Importance (%) | Description |
| Importance: 79 (%) | Description: Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings: Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. |
| Importance: 79 (%) | Description: Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events: Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. |
| Importance: 79 (%) | Description: Getting Information: Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
| Importance: 78 (%) | Description: Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates: Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. |
| Importance: 77 (%) | Description: Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials: Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects. |
| Importance: 73 (%) | Description: Controlling Machines and Processes: Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles). |
| Importance: 72 (%) | Description: Making Decisions and Solving Problems: Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
| Importance: 72 (%) | Description: Handling and Moving Objects: Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things. |
| Importance: 70 (%) | Description: Performing General Physical Activities: Performing general physical activities includes doing activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling materials. |
| Importance: 69 (%) | Description: Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards: Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards. |
| Importance: 66 (%) | Description: Processing Information: Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data. |
| Importance: 64 (%) | Description: Working with Computers: Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information. |
| Importance: 63 (%) | Description: Documenting/Recording Information: Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form. |
| Importance: 62 (%) | Description: Training and Teaching Others: Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others. |
| Importance: 61 (%) | Description: Analyzing Data or Information: Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts. |
Specific Work Activities
| Important Specific Work Activities
How can you begin to build experience and skill doing these? This will help now, to begin preparing for this type of occupation. Specific Work Activities appear below: |
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| Adjust equipment controls to regulate flow of production materials or products. | |
| Adjust equipment controls to regulate flow of water, cleaning solutions, or other liquids. | |
| Adjust temperature controls of ovens or other heating equipment. | |
| Assemble machine tools, parts, or fixtures. | |
| Assess compliance with environmental laws. | |
| Clean production equipment. | |
| Clean work areas. | |
| Clear equipment jams. | |
| Collect samples of materials or products for testing. | |
| Connect supply lines to production equipment or tools. | |
| Exchange information with colleagues. | |
| Inspect production equipment. | |
| Install mechanical components in production equipment. | |
| Load materials into production equipment. | |
| Maintain production or processing equipment. | |
| Maintain safety. | |
| Measure ingredients or substances to be used in production processes. | |
| Monitor instruments to ensure proper production conditions. | |
| Operate mixing equipment. | |
| Operate pumping systems or equipment. | |
| Position containers to receive materials or workpieces. | |
| Record operational or production data. | |
| Repair production equipment or tools. | |
| Test chemical or physical characteristics of materials or products. | |
Knowledge Required
| Knowledge Required (in order of importance)
For the Top 5 most important - How can you build experience and skill doing these? This will help now, to begin preparing for this type of occupation. |
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| Importance (%) | Description |
| Importance: 82 (%) | Description: Production and Processing: Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods. |
| Importance: 70 (%) | Description: English Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, and rules of composition and grammar. |
| Importance: 69 (%) | Description: Food Production: Knowledge of techniques and equipment for planting, growing, and harvesting food products (both plant and animal) for consumption, including storage/handling techniques. |
| Importance: 69 (%) | Description: Education and Training: Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects. |
| Importance: 67 (%) | Description: Mechanical: Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance. |
| Importance: 64 (%) | Description: Mathematics: Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. |
| Importance: 62 (%) | Description: Chemistry: Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods. |
Essential Skills
| Essential Skills (in order of importance)
These are the foundational skills most central to success in this occupation. For the Top 5 most important, how can you begin building experience and confidence using these skills now? |
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| Importance (%) | Description |
| Importance: 52 (%) | Description: Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. |
| Importance: 52 (%) | Description: Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
Transferable Skills
| Transferable Skills (in order of importance)
These are skills that can transfer across occupations and industries. For the Top 5 most important, how can you strengthen these skills now so they support both this career and future career flexibility? |
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| Importance (%) | Description |
| Importance: 62 (%) | Description: Operations Monitoring: Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. |
| Importance: 52 (%) | Description: Operation and Control: Controlling operations of equipment or systems. |
| Importance: 52 (%) | Description: Quality Control Analysis: Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance. |
Day-in-the-Life Summaries
| Day-in-the-Life Summaries These summaries show the main types of activities you are likely to perform on a regular basis in this occupation. How can you imagine your typical workday — using these examples to see if this type of work fits you? |
| Activity: Adjust equipment to ensure adequate performance. |
| Activity: Assemble equipment or components. |
| Activity: Assess compliance with environmental standards or regulations. |
| Activity: Clean tools, equipment, facilities, or work areas. |
| Activity: Collect samples of products or materials. |
| Activity: Communicate with others about operational plans or activities. |
| Activity: Connect components or supply lines to equipment or tools. |
| Activity: Inspect commercial, industrial, or production systems or equipment. |
| Activity: Load products, materials, or equipment for transportation or further processing. |
| Activity: Maintain operational records. |
| Activity: Maintain safety or security. |
| Activity: Maintain tools or equipment. |
| Activity: Measure physical characteristics of materials, products, or equipment. |
| Activity: Monitor equipment operation. |
| Activity: Operate industrial processing or production equipment. |
| Activity: Operate pumping systems or equipment. |
| Activity: Position tools or equipment. |
| Activity: Repair tools or equipment. |
| Activity: Set up equipment. |
| Activity: Test characteristics of materials or products. |
Software Skills
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Software Skills These are examples of software tools commonly used in this occupation, organized from most to least important for your career preparation. How can you start learning or practicing the highest-priority tools so that you feel confident using them on the job? |
| High-Priority Tech Skills |
| Office suite software: |
| Microsoft Office software |
| Emerging Tech Skills |
| Electronic mail software: |
| Microsoft Outlook |
| Enterprise resource planning ERP software: |
| SAP software |
| Presentation software: |
| Microsoft PowerPoint |
| Spreadsheet software: |
| Microsoft Excel |
| Word processing software: |
| Microsoft Word |
| General Software Tools |
| Electronic mail software: |
| Email software |
Preparation Required
| Preparation Required - How much preparation is needed to obtain this type of job? |
| Job Zone 1-2: Very Little to Some Preparation Needed |
| Some occupations may need little or no previous experience; others require several months to a year of experience. For example, landscaping and groundskeeping workers might require very little training or previous experience, while agricultural equipment operators can benefit from on-the job training. |
| Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, though some occupations may not. |
| Ranges from a few days to one year of on-the-job training. |
| These occupations involve following instructions and often involve using your knowledge and skills to help others. Examples include dishwashers, landscaping and groundskeeping workers, counter and rental clerks, dental laboratory technicians, and security guards. |
Training and Experience Required
| Training and Experience Required - by frequency of training and work experience attainment This section shows you how often different types of training and work experience are required for this occupation. How can you start gaining the kinds of experience and training that are most common for this type of work? |
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| Frequency of Attainment (%) | Level of Training and Work Experience |
| Frequency of Attainment: 47.2 (%) | Level of Training and Work Experience: None |
| Frequency of Attainment: 16.6 (%) | Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year |
| Frequency of Attainment: 12.1 (%) | Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years |
| Frequency of Attainment: 8.3 (%) | Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months |
| Frequency of Attainment: 8.3 (%) | Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years |
| Frequency of Attainment: 7.6 (%) | Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months |
Local Salary Information
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Job Listings
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Related Careers to Consider
Step 4 of 4: Career-Specific Resources
This section contains detailed external resources appropriate to "Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders". Explore these resources to start learning more. Links are constantly updated, so bookmark this page.
Videos
Here is a listing of videos related to this career. A great way to get a quick overview of the occupation.
Resumes
Here are resources that allow you to see example resumes for this occupation. It may be helpful to see examples from others who have this type of experience.
Job Description
Here are resources that provide job descriptions, which are vital for resume and interview preparation.
Interviews
There are many great resources that can help guide you through the interview process. These links provide help in preparing and performing an effective interview, specific to this occupation.
Step-by-Step
Here are links to help guide you, step-by-step, to become a(n): Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
LinkedIn®
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