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Food Preparation Workers

Skills & Knowledge

 

Most Important Skills for Food Preparation Workers


 

Most Important Knowledge Areas for Food Preparation Workers



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Describe Your Skills


People who have worked in this career typically perform the following tasks. These statements can help a prospective employer understand what you can do, on a resume or during an interview.

  • Judging the qualities of things, services, or people.
  • Communicating with supervisors, co-workers, or people that work under you.
  • Handling and moving objects.
  • Creating and maintaining interpersonal relationships.
  • Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to find or fix problems.
  • Evaluating information to determine compliance with standards.
  • Estimating sizes, distances, or amounts.
  • Collecting information from different sources.

 

Careers that Use Similar Skills


The following careers use skills, knowledge, and abilities that are similar to those used for Food Preparation Workers.

 

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View more careers in the Restaurants and Food and Beverage Services pathway

 

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