Food and Beverage Servers
Job description
These individuals take food and beverage orders from customers and serve them. They are employed in
- Restaurants
- Tourist accommodation establishments
- Bars
- Banquet rooms
- Tourist places and event organization companies
- Golf clubs
- Cruises
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
- Odours
- Uncontrolled ambient temperature
- Noise
- Fire, steam, hot surfaces
Main tasks
- Greet customers, describe the menu, and make suggestions.
- Recommend wines to match the food ordered.
- Answer questions about food and beverages.
- Take orders and pass them on to the kitchen and bar staff.
- Serve the food and beverages ordered.
- Prepare and serve the house specialties.
- Maintain an inventory of wines and wine glasses and order as needed.
- Perform sensory evaluation of wines.
- Present the bill to customers and collect the amounts due.
- Participate in setting up and closing down the establishment.
Hourly wage
The hourly wage is calculated by averaging wages from 2022 to 2024.- Minimum
- $16.10
- Median
- $20.00
- Maximum
- $35.00
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
21,000
All of Québec
na
Gender distribution
All of Québec
Not available.
- 73% Female
- 27% Male
Not available.
- 73% Female
- 27% 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
$24,600
All of Québec
Other characteristics
All of Québec
- Non traditional for men
- None
All of Québec
- Non traditional for men
- None
Sectors of activity
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 7294% of jobs
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NAICS 713% of jobs
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NAICS 621, 622, 6231% of jobs
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NAICS 44, 450% of jobs
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NAICS 610% of jobs
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Others2% of jobs
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 7294% of jobs
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NAICS 713% of jobs
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NAICS 621, 622, 6231% of jobs
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NAICS 44, 450% of jobs
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NAICS 610% of jobs
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Others2% of jobs
Training and requirements
Formation
Most training programs are offered in French only.
Secondary
DVS in service de la restauration
Code : 5293
Placement rate: 73.7%
20% of graduates pursue further studies
AVS in sommellerie
Code : 5314
Placement rate: 90.5%
4.4% of graduates pursue further studies
Sometimes required
- Experience as a busser or counter clerk may be an asset.
- Experience as a waiter may be required.
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Data collection
- Active listening
- Oral expression
- Service oriented
- Social perception
- Coordination
- Result evaluation
Abilities
- Oral comprehension
- Verbal skills
- Speech clarity
- Speech recognition
- Time sharing
- Near vision
- Selective attention
- Endurance
- Core strength
- Deductive reasoning
- Awareness of issues
- Hand-arm stability
Knowledge and attributes
- Capacity to work under pressure
- Sense of responsibility
- Knowledge of customer and personalized services
- Capacity to work in a team
- Sense of initiative
- Vitality
- Friendliness
- Sense of observation
- Spoken bilingualism (French and English)
- Timeliness
Interests
- Work in sales or client service
- Work in hotels, restaurants, and tourism
- Work manually
- Assist and advise
Personality profiles (RIASEC)
- Social
- People with this profile prefer to be in contact with others, in particular to entertain, help or teach them.
- Enterprising
- People with this profile prefer having responsibilities, influencing others and responding to challenges.
- Realistic
- People with this profile prefer carrying out concrete tasks and being physically involved in what they do.
Official name of the NOC 65200
Food and beverage servers
Job titles
- Food and Beverage Servers
- Sommeliers
- Food and beverage server
- Restaurant waiter/waitress - formal service
- Dining room captain
- Assistant waiter/waitress - food and beverage services
- Buffet waiter/waitress
- Steward - food and beverage services
- Room service waiter/waitress
- Dining room steward
- Server - food and beverage services
- Captain waiter/waitress - formal service
- Captain waiter/waitress
- Dining car steward
- Club car attendant
- Wine server
- Headwaiter/headwaitress - food and beverage services
- Waiter/waitress - drive-in restaurant
- Mess waiter/waitress
- Hotel waiter/waitress - formal service
- Banquet server
- Banquet captain
- Lounge waiter/waitress
- Beer server
- Camp waiter/waitress
- Commissary waiter/waitress
- Cocktail waiter/waitress
- Formal service waiter/waitress
- Bar service waiter/waitress
- Caterer waiter/waitress
- Dining car waiter/waitress
- Chief wine steward
Skill type
Sales and service
Last update: January 29, 2026
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