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0-5 years of experience
Prep many recipes throughout the day.
- Assisted customers with needs such as, slicing meats and cheeses, make sandwiches and provide knowledge of items in the chef case.
- Participated in kitchen cleaning.
- Cleaned and set up chef case with prepared foods.
- Cooked rotisserie chickens as well as salmon fillets and turkey breast and chicken wings.
- Assisted customers with sliced cheeses, meats, case salads and sandwiches made to order.
- Broke down the rotisserie oven for cleaning at designated time.
- Shared the responsibility of cleaning the kitchen before the store closed
0-5 years of experience
Prepare a variety of foods according to customers’ orders or supervisors’ instructions, following approved procedures.
- Inform supervisors when supplies are getting low or equipment is not working properly.
- Assist cooks and kitchen staff with various tasks as needed, and provide cooks with needed items.
- Use manual and/or electric appliances to clean, peel, slice, and trim foods.
- Clean work areas, equipment, utensils, dishes, and silverware all too sanitary standards.
0-5 years of experience
Perform multiple tasks as needed throughout each shift to assist the staff.
- Ensure customers standards are met and exceeded.
- Used problem solving techniques to guarantee customer satisfaction.
- Catered to customers with a high degree of quality customer service.
- Maintain cleanliness of restaurant, clean bathrooms, scrub floors.
0-5 years of experience
Clean and organize eating, service and kitchen areas.
- Perform serving, cleaning, or stocking duties in cafeteria to facilitate customer service.
- Wash dishes using dishwasher.
- Delivered exceptional service by greeting and serving customers in a timely, friendly manner.
10+ years of experience
Responsible for ordering daily food and supplies for restaurant from warehouse
- Responsible for bi-weekly orders of food and supplies from outside vendors
- Responsible for daily and monthly inventory of supplies for restaurant
- Stocked and rotated food daily
- Cleaned and sanitized kitchen area
- Supervised dish washers
0-5 years of experience
- Assisted workers engaged in preparing foods for the restaurant.
- Washed, peeled, cut and seeded vegetables and fruits.
- Carried pans, kettles and trays of food to and from work stations, stove and refrigerators.
- Cleaned work areas, equipment and utensils and operated industrial dish washing machine.
0-5 years of experience
- Unload supply truck; Stocked items when received
- Washing dishes, pans, pots, glasses, and other items for cooks and servers
- Cleaned and maintained area around Dishwasher machine
0-5 years of experience
Clean and organize dishes at a fast pace
- Ability to multitask and follow instructions
- Listen out for chiefs when they need dishes clean
- Prop food and stock the refrigerator
- Take trash out and scrub floor
0-5 years of experience
Utilized a commercial dishwasher for the sanitation of dinnerware.
- Followed requirements for washing pots and pans.
- Counted dinnerware to replenish trays and bins.
- Janitorial duties including sweeping and mopping.
0-5 years of experience
Clean, wash and store pots, pans and dishes
- Empty trash and recycle bins.
- Operate trash compactor and dishwasher
- Receive and store food supplies
- Clean, per approved sanitation and safety guidelines, all dishes, glasses, utensils, pots and pans and related food preparation/serving items and equipment.
- Operate dish washer per approved guidelines.
- Check all items for cleanliness.
- Store cleaned, dried items and equipment in proper places.
- Maintain all cleaning/washing equipment at proper temperature and in proper
- Assist in some food and tray preparation, as needed.
0-5 years of experience
Cleaned, washed, and stored pots, pans, and dishes
- Empty trash and recycle bins
- Operate trash compactor and dishwasher
- Stock Supplies such as utensils in serving station and cupboards
0-5 years of experience
Maintained restaurant lobby and bathrooms
- Washed dishes and restocked at fast pace
- Prepped food for the chef (Cutting, Cleaning, Battering, etc.)
- Prepared dinner meals and desserts
Dishwasher Duties and Responsibilities
Cleanliness is vital to a restaurant, and Dishwashers play an important part in keeping things sparkling. Customers do not want to eat from dirty plates or use silverware with food remnants. Cooks and other food preparers cannot fulfill orders if they do not have clean pots, pans and utensils at their disposal. From our analysis of job postings, Dishwashers should expect to perform the following cleaning and organizing tasks on a regular basis:
Operate dishwashing machines Dishwashers scrape large particles away and then load plates, silverware, glasses and the like into a dishwasher. They set the proper time for sanitizing them in accordance with company guidelines. Dishwashers also keep the machine itself running smoothly by checking for clogs and cleaning out excess food scraps.
Unload dishwashing machines Dishwashers remove clean, dry items from the machine and move them to designated spaces so that cooks and wait staff can conveniently reach for them as needed. Dishwashers also may be responsible for ensuring self-serve stations are sufficiently stocked with plates, silverware, cups and trays for customer use.
Clean items by hand When items needing cleaning are too large or fragile, Dishwashers may wash them by hand. They also may be given a schedule of when they need to clean ovens, soda dispensers, refrigerators and other appliances.
Monitor equipment and inventory Dishwashers keep tabs on how machinery is performing and the stock of cleaning supplies. They tell a designated manager when inventory is low or if items coming out of the dishwasher aren’t as clean as they should be.
Odd jobs Dishwashers may be called upon as needed to wash and empty trash cans, operate the trash compactor, wipe off countertops, sweep the kitchen and perform other tasks related to cleanliness. Some may work directly with food, such as unloading and stocking deliveries, chopping and peeling vegetables or assembling orders.
Dishwasher Skills
Great Dishwashers take pride in their work. They view their efforts as important to the overall objective of providing diners with a quality experience. To that end, they should act professionally by being on time, talking courteously and wearing a uniform or other appropriate clothing. Candidates for dishwashing jobs can further impress employers by highlighting these qualities:
- Working well with others to gets tasks done
- Exhibiting a positive attitude to promote a pleasant work environment
- Following directions to get work done quickly, safely and correctly
- Caring about safety in order to limit on-the-job injuries, maintain a pest-free environment and serve customers acceptable food
Dishwasher Education and Training
Becoming a Dishwasher does not involve formal training. Employment in the occupation is fairly evenly split between those who have earned a high school diploma (or equivalent) and those who have not. Dishwashers should be prepared to receive on-the-job training when hired.
Dishwasher Salary
The median hourly wage for Dishwashers is $10.00, according to the BLS. Dishwashers in the 10th percentile earn about $8.30 an hour, and the highest paid make around $12.40 per hour. Dishwashers in the District of Columbia, Nevada/Washington (tie) and Hawaii make the highest median hourly wages in the U.S. – $11.54, $11.36 and $10.99, respectively.
Dishwasher Resources
Want to learn more about becoming a Dishwasher? Check out these two resources:
Dishwasher: One Man’s Quest to Wash Dishes in All Fifty States by Pete Jordan – If you truly want to know about a profession, ask someone who does it for a living. In this personal account, “Dishwasher Pete” takes readers along on the adventure as he washes dishes throughout the United States
National Restaurant Association – This established trade organization is a go-to place for everything restaurant related. Check out its career section (which, incidentally, notes that half of all American adults have worked in the restaurant industry) for the latest on job outlooks, education and professional development.