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SSOC 2024 unit

Transport & Logistics Verified · 21 Mar 2024

51312

Waiter

Waiter provides guests with food and drinks as requested in restaurant, bar, hotel or other hospitality outlets. He/she prepares tables, serves food or beverages and takes payments. He/she presents guests with the menu, takes orders, answers questions on meal items and makes food recommendations when requested. He/she may take reservations over phone and/or perform cashiering duties.

SSOC hierarchy Crosswalks

Level

unit

Mapped ISCO

1

Source

SingStat

In this unit group: sibling units

unit-group 5131 Waiters unit 51311 Captain waiter/Waiter supervisor unit 51313 Sommelier

Official data

Official nameSingapore Standard Industrial Classification (SSOC 2024)
Issuing authorityDepartment of Statistics Singapore (SingStat / DOS)
Tax authorityInland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) (IRAS)
PurposeClassifies occupations in Singapore for labour statistics, workforce planning, and international reporting.
Active versionSSOC 2024 (21 Mar 2024)
Hierarchy levelUnit (final leaf, 5-digit)
Sourcehttps://www.singstat.gov.sg/standards/standards-and-classifications/ssic
Prior versionsSSIC 2020, SSIC 2015

Definition & tasks

Waiter provides guests with food and drinks as requested in restaurant, bar, hotel or other hospitality outlets. He/she prepares tables, serves food or beverages and takes payments. He/she presents guests with the menu, takes orders, answers questions on meal items and makes food recommendations when requested. He/she may take reservations over phone and/or perform cashiering duties.

Tasks

No tasks listed.

Examples

Under this unit

•Ÿ  Banquet server •Ÿ  Dining car attendant (railway) •Ÿ  Food services service crew •Ÿ  Mess steward

Elsewhere

No exclusion examples found.

Hierarchy context

5→51→513→5131→51312 Waiter

Major group

5 SERVICES AND SALES WORKERS

Sub-major

51 PERSONAL SERVICES WORKERS

Minor group

513 WAITERS AND BARTENDERS

Unit group

5131 Waiters

Correspondence tables

SSOC 2020

  • 51312 — Waiter

ISCO-08

Alphabetical index entries

Principal Title 51312 Waiter Alternative Title 51312 Banquet server Alternative Title 51312 Dining car attendant (railway) Alternative Title 51312 Dining salon steward (ship) Alternative Title 51312 Food services server Alternative Title 51312 Food services service crew

Data source: Department of Statistics Singapore (SingStat / DOS) (https://www.singstat.gov.sg/standards/standards-and-classifications/ssic). Official SSOC 2024 workbooks.

Last refresh: 21 Mar 2024. Version: SSOC 2024.

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