Crew trainer vs lead crew member

The differences between crew trainers and lead crew members can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a crew trainer has an average salary of $53,128, which is higher than the $32,857 average annual salary of a lead crew member.

The top three skills for a crew trainer include drive-thru, role model and safety standards. The most important skills for a lead crew member are drive-thru, customer service, and customer orders.

Crew trainer vs lead crew member overview

	Crew Trainer	Lead Crew Member
Yearly salary	$53,128	$32,857
Hourly rate	$25.54	$15.80
Growth rate	14%	14%
Number of jobs	101,338	152,202
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 44%	Bachelor's Degree, 36%
Average age	23	23
Years of experience	-	-

What does a crew trainer do?

A crew trainer is responsible for training new staff with the overall tasks to ensure the success of daily operations. Crew trainers' duties include serving customers efficiently, assisting customers with their needs and special requests, facilitating the distribution of tasks, monitoring staff performance, managing orders, and adhering to the sanitation standards and safety procedures. A crew trainer must have excellent time-management and leadership skills, as well as the ability to multi-task to perform various tasks with accuracy and efficiency.

What does a lead crew member do?

A lead crew member is responsible for supervising crew members during their tasks, ensuring that they provide the highest customer service to ensure customer satisfaction that would boost the business' reputation, generate revenues, and increase profitability. Lead crew members assist the team on food handling procedures for safe consumption, as well as reiterating the sanitary and hygienic standards during operations. A lead crew member must have excellent time-management and the ability to multitask, especially on serving customers on high volume days while performing administrative and clerical tasks as needed.

Crew trainer vs lead crew member salary

Crew trainers and lead crew members have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Crew Trainer	Lead Crew Member
Average salary	$53,128	$32,857
Salary range	Between $43,000 And $64,000	Between $25,000 And $43,000
Highest paying City	Roseville, CA	-
Highest paying state	Massachusetts	-
Best paying company	Union Pacific	-
Best paying industry	-	-

Differences between crew trainer and lead crew member education

There are a few differences between a crew trainer and a lead crew member in terms of educational background:

	Crew Trainer	Lead Crew Member
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 44%	Bachelor's Degree, 36%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

Crew trainer vs lead crew member demographics

Here are the differences between crew trainers' and lead crew members' demographics:

	Crew Trainer	Lead Crew Member
Average age	23	23
Gender ratio	Male, 42.2% Female, 57.8%	Male, 51.6% Female, 48.4%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.6% Unknown, 6.9% Hispanic or Latino, 18.6% Asian, 6.5% White, 57.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.8%	Black or African American, 9.6% Unknown, 6.9% Hispanic or Latino, 18.6% Asian, 6.5% White, 57.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.8%
LGBT Percentage	8%	8%

Differences between crew trainer and lead crew member duties and responsibilities

Crew trainer example responsibilities.

Manage food preparation, maintain cleanliness and punctuality while effectively support customers in daily transactions with suggestive selling methods.
Utilize customer service skills while displaying creativity with culinary art to ensure a positive atmosphere for all guests and co-workers.
Provide genuine customer service to all guests, daily use of computerize POS terminal, adhere to training guidelines of company.
Communicate clearly and positively with coworkers and management, master point-of-service (POS) computer system for automate order taking.
Maintain waste and HACCP logs.
Clean open vat stoves and pressure cook stoves.

Lead crew member example responsibilities.

Manage food preparation, maintain cleanliness and punctuality while effectively support customers in daily transactions with suggestive selling methods.
Demonstrate exceptional leadership and customer service skills while gaining solid understanding of retail operations and thorough knowledge of product line.
Maintain all database and POS systems to ensure they are up-to date.
Operate and maintain cooking equipment such as grills, deep fryers and griddles.
Maintain all databases, and POS systems, ensuring that they are up- to-date.
Used steamers and grills to prepare meals, as well as fryers and ovens.

Crew trainer vs lead crew member skills

Common crew trainer skills

Drive-Thru, 15%
Role Model, 10%
Safety Standards, 10%
Customer Orders, 7%
Customer Service, 7%
Customer Complaints, 6%

Common lead crew member skills

Drive-Thru, 13%
Customer Service, 10%
Customer Orders, 8%
Customer Satisfaction, 6%
Customer Complaints, 6%
Food Quality, 6%

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