Food Service Supervisors
Job description
These individuals coordinate the activities of the food services staff. They work in:
- Hospitals and other health care facilities
- Cafeterias
- Catering services
- Food service establishments
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
- Odours
Main tasks
- Supervise, coordinate, and schedule staff members who prepare, distribute, and serve food.
- Order the ingredients and supplies required to prepare meals as requested by the chef.
- Maintain records of inventory, sales, and losses.
- Train staff on tasks, hygiene, and safety standards.
- Supervise the preparation of trays and the delivery of carts to people.
- Ensure the quality of food and service in accordance with established standards.
- Participate, as required, in the selection of personnel and the development of policies, procedures, and budgets.
- Plan cafeteria menus and calculate food and labour costs as required.
Hourly wage
The hourly wage is calculated by averaging wages from 2022 to 2024.- Minimum
- $16.10
- Median
- $18.27
- Maximum
- $28.85
Job prospects for 2024-2028
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Job prospects for 2024-2028
Job prospects
All of Québec
Very good
All of Québec
Non available
Total jobs for 2023
All of Québec
20,000
All of Québec
na
Gender distribution
All of Québec
Not available.
- 45.4% Female
- 54.6% Male
Not available.
- 45.4% Female
- 54.6% Male
Job types
All of Québec
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Yearly wage on 2020
All of Québec
$54,400
All of Québec
Other characteristics
All of Québec
- None
All of Québec
- None
Sectors of activity
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 7233% of jobs
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NAICS 9113% of jobs
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NAICS 44, 457% of jobs
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NAICS 55, 565% of jobs
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NAICS 311, 3124% of jobs
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Others38% of jobs
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 7233% of jobs
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NAICS 9113% of jobs
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NAICS 44, 457% of jobs
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NAICS 55, 565% of jobs
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NAICS 311, 3124% of jobs
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Others38% of jobs
Training and requirements
Formation
Most training programs are offered in French only.
College
DCS in gestion d'un établissement de restauration
Code : 430B0
Placement rate: 71.8%
28.2% of graduates pursue further studies
Also required
- Experience in food preparation or service.
Sometimes required
- Knowledge of food hygiene standards recognized by the Bureau de normalisation du Québec (HACCP, SQF, etc.) may be required.
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Data collection
- Coordination
- Result evaluation
- Oral expression
- Active listening
- Service oriented
- Teaching
- Human resource management
- Reading comprehension
- Social perception
- Critical thought
- Persuasion
- Systems evaluation
- Financial resource management
- Time management
- Judgment and decision-making
- Solving complex problems
- Learning strategies
- Information processing
- System analysis
- Active learning
- Mathematics
- Negotiation
Abilities
- Oral comprehension
- Verbal skills
- Deductive reasoning
- Awareness of issues
- Speech clarity
- Speech recognition
- Written comprehension
- Information organization
- Time sharing
- Inductive reasoning
- Distance vision
- Near vision
- Selective attention
- Classification
- Basic numeracy
- Idea generation
- Mathematical reasoning
- Hand-arm stability
- Visualization
Knowledge and attributes
- Diplomacy
- Knowledge of administration and management
- Autonomy
- Sense of responsibility
- Knowledge of customer and personalized services
- Capacity to work in a team
- Knowledge of production and treatment
- Sense of initiative
- Assiduity and punctuality
- Spoken bilingualism (French and English)
Interests
- Direct, organize, and manage
- Work in hotels, restaurants, and tourism
Personality profiles (RIASEC)
- Enterprising
- People with this profile prefer having responsibilities, influencing others and responding to challenges.
- Social
- People with this profile prefer to be in contact with others, in particular to entertain, help or teach them.
- Conventional
- People with this profile prefer specific, well-defined tasks. They like to respect the order of things and follow established rules.
Official name of the NOC 62020
Food service supervisors
Job titles
- Shift manager - fast food restaurant
- Food assembly supervisor
- Cafeteria supervisor
- Unit supervisor - food services
- Kitchen manager
- Swing manager - fast food restaurant
- Catering supervisor
- Canteen supervisor
- Food concession supervisor
- Hospital food service supervisor
- Railway dining car food service supervisor
- Food service supervisor
Skill type
Sales and service
Last update: January 29, 2026
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