SSOC 2024 unit
Transport & Logistics Verified · 21 Mar 202452492
Food service counter attendant
Food service counter attendant serves customers at food counters and finishes preparation of simple food/drinks items in restaurants, cafes, hotels, fast food outlets, cafeterias, hospitals and other settings. He/she performs duties such as taking orders, communicating orders to kitchen, responding to customer enquiries, collecting payments and serving food and beverages. He/she may also be involved in stocktaking and raising inventory orders when needed.
Level
unit
Mapped ISCO
1
Source
SingStat
In this unit group: sibling units
Official data
| Official name | Singapore Standard Industrial Classification (SSOC 2024) |
| Issuing authority | Department of Statistics Singapore (SingStat / DOS) |
| Tax authority | Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) (IRAS) |
| Purpose | Classifies occupations in Singapore for labour statistics, workforce planning, and international reporting. |
| Active version | SSOC 2024 (21 Mar 2024) |
| Hierarchy level | Unit (final leaf, 5-digit) |
| Source | https://www.singstat.gov.sg/standards/standards-and-classifications/ssic |
| Prior versions | SSIC 2020, SSIC 2015 |
Definition & tasks
Food service counter attendant serves customers at food counters and finishes preparation of simple food/drinks items in restaurants, cafes, hotels, fast food outlets, cafeterias, hospitals and other settings. He/she performs duties such as taking orders, communicating orders to kitchen, responding to customer enquiries, collecting payments and serving food and beverages. He/she may also be involved in stocktaking and raising inventory orders when needed.
Tasks
No tasks listed.
Examples
Under this unit
• Bubble tea service crew • Cafeteria counter attendant • Fast food counter attendant • Refreshments salesman (cinema/theatre) • Salad bar counter attendant
Elsewhere
• Stall holder (prepared food/drinks), see 52120 • Fast food preparer, see 94103
Hierarchy context
Major group
5 SERVICES AND SALES WORKERSSub-major
52 SALES WORKERSUnit group
5249 Sales Workers Not Elsewhere ClassifiedCorrespondence tables
SSOC 2020
- 52492 — Food service counter attendant
ISCO-08
- 5246 — Food service counter attendants
Alphabetical index entries
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.