Dietary aide, serving vs line runner

The differences between dietary aides, serving and line runners can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a line runner has an average salary of $31,162, which is higher than the $27,660 average annual salary of a dietary aide, serving.

The top three skills for a dietary aide, serving include meal service, culinary and meal preparation. The most important skills for a line runner are sops, assembly line, and pallets.

Dietary aide, serving vs line runner overview

	Dietary Aide, Serving	Line Runner
Yearly salary	$27,660	$31,162
Hourly rate	$13.30	$14.98
Growth rate	9%	9%
Number of jobs	45,822	59,526
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 52%	High School Diploma, 52%
Average age	42	42
Years of experience	-	-

Dietary aide, serving vs line runner salary

Dietary aides, serving and line runners have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Dietary Aide, Serving	Line Runner
Average salary	$27,660	$31,162
Salary range	Between $22,000 And $34,000	Between $25,000 And $38,000
Highest paying City	Lake Oswego, OR	-
Highest paying state	Washington	-
Best paying company	Erickson Senior Living	-
Best paying industry	Retail	-

Differences between dietary aide, serving and line runner education

There are a few differences between a dietary aide, serving and a line runner in terms of educational background:

	Dietary Aide, Serving	Line Runner
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 52%	High School Diploma, 52%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

Dietary aide, serving vs line runner demographics

Here are the differences between dietary aides, serving' and line runners' demographics:

	Dietary Aide, Serving	Line Runner
Average age	42	42
Gender ratio	Male, 24.4% Female, 75.6%	Male, 61.4% Female, 38.6%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 4.6% Unknown, 4.9% Hispanic or Latino, 14.1% Asian, 7.5% White, 68.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.8%	Black or African American, 6.4% Unknown, 4.6% Hispanic or Latino, 16.8% Asian, 7.9% White, 63.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%
LGBT Percentage	7%	7%

Differences between dietary aide, serving and line runner duties and responsibilities

Dietary aide, serving example responsibilities.

clean oven, stoves, freezer, fridge etc.
Follow guidelines concerning HIPPA and patient privacy rights.
Operate fryers, grills, and ovens to create lunch and dinner for students.
Check restaurant on daily basis to ensure cleanliness, high quality food and food presentation.
Serve only foods that can be eaten (especially for ones with allergies and diabetics).
Well educate on specific diets, allergies, and procedures to go about dealing with them.

Line runner example responsibilities.

Set up and operate an extrusion machine in accordance with establish procedures and guidelines and customer requirements.
Lift raw materials, finish products, and pack items, manually or using hoists.

Dietary aide, serving vs line runner skills

Common dietary aide, serving skills

Meal Service, 24%
Culinary, 20%
Meal Preparation, 16%
Fine Dining, 3%
Food Handling, 3%
Patients, 3%

Common line runner skills

Sops, 23%
Assembly Line, 22%
Pallets, 21%
Line Equipment, 12%
Food Preparation, 5%
Quality Checks, 4%

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