About The Industry
Do you want to help other people enjoy their leisure time? Would you like to work in a hotel or in a restaurant? This industry includes careers in the management, marketing, and operations of restaurants and other food services, lodging, attractions, recreation events, and travel-related services. Careers in the hospitality & tourism industry involve providing people with food, lodging, and related services. Nearly all of the occupations in this industry typically require a high school diploma or less education, although specific designations vary and include, for example, a bachelor’s degree for recreation workers.
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Food Service Managers
Industries: Hospitality & Tourism
Plan, direct, or coordinate activities of an organization or department that serves food and beverages.
Gaming Managers
Industries: Hospitality & Tourism
Plan, direct, or coordinate gaming operations in a casino. May formulate house rules.
Lodging Managers
Industries: Hospitality & Tourism
Plan, direct, or coordinate activities of an organization or department that provides lodging and other accommodations.
Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials
Industries: Hospitality & Tourism
Officiate at competitive athletic or sporting events. Detect infractions of rules and decide penalties according to established regulations. Includes all sporting officials, referees, and competition judges.
Chefs and Head Cooks
Industries: Hospitality & Tourism
Direct and may participate in the preparation, seasoning, and cooking of salads, soups, fish, meats, vegetables, desserts, or other foods. May plan and price menu items, order supplies, and keep records and accounts.
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers
Industries: Hospitality & Tourism
Directly supervise and coordinate activities of workers engaged in preparing and serving food.
Cooks, Fast Food
Industries: Hospitality & Tourism
Prepare and cook food in a fast food restaurant with a limited menu. Duties of these cooks are limited to preparation of a few basic items and normally involve operating large-volume single-purpose cooking equipment.
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria
Industries: Hospitality & Tourism
Prepare and cook large quantities of food for institutions, such as schools, hospitals, or cafeterias.
Cooks, Private Household
Industries: Hospitality & Tourism
Prepare meals in private homes. Includes personal chefs.
Cooks, Restaurant
Industries: Hospitality & Tourism
Prepare, season, and cook dishes such as soups, meats, vegetables, or desserts in restaurants. May order supplies, keep records and accounts, price items on menu, or plan menu.
Cooks, Short Order
Industries: Hospitality & Tourism
Prepare and cook to order a variety of foods that require only a short preparation time. May take orders from customers and serve patrons at counters or tables.
Food Preparation Workers
Industries: Hospitality & Tourism
Perform a variety of food preparation duties other than cooking, such as preparing cold foods and shellfish, slicing meat, and brewing coffee or tea.
Bartenders
Industries: Hospitality & Tourism
Mix and serve drinks to patrons, directly or through waitstaff.
Combined Food Preparation and Serving Workers, Including Fast Food
Industries: Hospitality & Tourism
Perform duties which combine preparing and serving food and nonalcoholic beverages.
Counter Attendants, Cafeteria, Food Concession, and Coffee Shop
Industries: Hospitality & Tourism
Serve food to diners at counter or from a steam table.
Baristas
Industries: Hospitality & Tourism
Prepare or serve specialty coffee or other beverages. Serve food such as baked goods or sandwiches to patrons.
Waiters and Waitresses
Industries: Hospitality & Tourism
Take orders and serve food and beverages to patrons at tables in dining establishment.
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant
Industries: Hospitality & Tourism
Serve food to individuals outside of a restaurant environment, such as in hotel rooms, hospital rooms, residential care facilities, or cars.
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers
Industries: Hospitality & Tourism
Facilitate food service. Clean tables, remove dirty dishes, replace soiled table linens; set tables; replenish supply of clean linens, silverware, glassware, and dishes; supply service bar with food; and serve items such as water, condiments, and coffee to patrons.
Dishwashers
Industries: Hospitality & Tourism
Clean dishes, kitchen, food preparation equipment, or utensils.
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop
Industries: Hospitality & Tourism
Welcome patrons, seat them at tables or in lounge, and help ensure quality of facilities and service.
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers
Industries: Hospitality & Tourism
Directly supervise and coordinate work activities of cleaning personnel in hotels, hospitals, offices, and other establishments.
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners
Industries: Hospitality & Tourism
Keep buildings in clean and orderly condition. Perform heavy cleaning duties, such as cleaning floors, shampooing rugs, washing walls and glass, and removing rubbish. Duties may include tending furnace and boiler, performing routine maintenance activities, notifying management of need for repairs, and cleaning snow or debris from sidewalk.
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners
Industries: Hospitality & Tourism
Perform any combination of light cleaning duties to maintain private households or commercial establishments, such as hotels and hospitals, in a clean and orderly manner. Duties may include making beds, replenishing linens, cleaning rooms and halls, and vacuuming.
Gaming Supervisors
Industries: Hospitality & Tourism
Supervise and coordinate activities of workers in assigned gaming areas. Circulate among tables and observe operations. Ensure that stations and games are covered for each shift. May explain and interpret operating rules of house to patrons. May plan and organize activities and services for guests in hotels/casinos. May address service complaints.
Slot Supervisors
Industries: Hospitality & Tourism
Supervise and coordinate activities of slot department workers to provide service to patrons. Handle and settle complaints of players. Verify and pay off jackpots. Reset slot machines after payoffs. Make repairs or adjustments to slot machines or recommend removal of slot machines for repair. Report hazards and enforce safety rules.
Animal Trainers
Industries: Hospitality & Tourism
Train animals for riding, harness, security, performance, or obedience, or assisting persons with disabilities. Accustom animals to human voice and contact; and condition animals to respond to commands. Train animals according to prescribed standards for show or competition. May train animals to carry pack loads or work as part of pack team.
Gaming Dealers
Industries: Hospitality & Tourism
Operate table games. Stand or sit behind table and operate games of chance by dispensing the appropriate number of cards or blocks to players, or operating other gaming equipment. Distribute winnings or collect players' money or chips. May compare the house's hand against players' hands.
Gaming and Sports Book Writers and Runners
Industries: Hospitality & Tourism
Post information enabling patrons to wager on various races and sporting events. Assist in the operation of games such as keno and bingo. May operate random number generating equipment and announce the numbers for patrons. Receive, verify, and record patrons' wagers. Scan and process winning tickets presented by patrons and payout winnings for those wagers.
Motion Picture Projectionists
Industries: Hospitality & Tourism
Set up and operate motion picture projection and related sound reproduction equipment.
Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers
Industries: Hospitality & Tourism
Assist patrons at entertainment events by performing duties, such as collecting admission tickets and passes from patrons, assisting in finding seats, searching for lost articles, and locating such facilities as rest rooms and telephones.
Amusement and Recreation Attendants
Industries: Hospitality & Tourism
Perform variety of attending duties at amusement or recreation facility. May schedule use of recreation facilities, maintain and provide equipment to participants of sporting events or recreational pursuits, or operate amusement concessions and rides.
Baggage Porters and Bellhops
Industries: Hospitality & Tourism
Handle baggage for travelers at transportation terminals or for guests at hotels or similar establishments.
Concierges
Industries: Hospitality & Tourism
Assist patrons at hotel, apartment, or office building with personal services. May take messages, arrange or give advice on transportation, business services or entertainment, or monitor guest requests for housekeeping and maintenance.
Tour Guides and Escorts
Industries: Hospitality & Tourism
Escort individuals or groups on sightseeing tours or through places of interest, such as industrial establishments, public buildings, and art galleries.
Travel Guides
Industries: Hospitality & Tourism
Plan, organize, and conduct long distance travel, tours, and expeditions for individuals and groups.
Recreation Workers
Industries: Hospitality & Tourism
Conduct recreation activities with groups in public, private, or volunteer agencies or recreation facilities. Organize and promote activities, such as arts and crafts, sports, games, music, dramatics, social recreation, camping, and hobbies, taking into account the needs and interests of individual members.
Gaming Change Persons and Booth Cashiers
Industries: Hospitality & Tourism
Exchange coins, tokens, and chips for patrons' money. May issue payoffs and obtain customer's signature on receipt. May operate a booth in the slot machine area and furnish change persons with money bank at the start of the shift, or count and audit money in drawers.
Travel Agents
Industries: Hospitality & Tourism
Plan and sell transportation and accommodations for travel agency customers. Determine destination, modes of transportation, travel dates, costs, and accommodations required. May also describe, plan, and arrange itineraries and sell tour packages. May assist in resolving clients' travel problems.
Gaming Cage Workers
Industries: Hospitality & Tourism
In a gaming establishment, conduct financial transactions for patrons. May reconcile daily summaries of transactions to balance books. May accept patron's credit application and verify credit references to provide check-cashing authorization or to establish house credit accounts. May sell gambling chips, tokens, or tickets to patrons, or to other workers for resale to patrons. May convert gaming chips, tokens, or tickets to currency upon patron's request. May use a cash register or computer to record transaction.
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks
Industries: Hospitality & Tourism
Accommodate hotel, motel, and resort patrons by registering and assigning rooms to guests, issuing room keys or cards, transmitting and receiving messages, keeping records of occupied rooms and guests' accounts, making and confirming reservations, and presenting statements to and collecting payments from departing guests.
Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks
Industries: Hospitality & Tourism
Make and confirm reservations for transportation or lodging, or sell transportation tickets. May check baggage and direct passengers to designated concourse, pier, or track; deliver tickets, contact individuals and groups to inform them of package tours; or provide tourists with travel or transportation information.
Bakers
Industries: Hospitality & Tourism
Mix and bake ingredients to produce breads, rolls, cookies, cakes, pies, pastries, or other baked goods.