Food assembler, kitchen vs catering assistant

The differences between food assemblers, kitchen and catering assistants can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a catering assistant has an average salary of $32,101, which is higher than the $26,661 average annual salary of a food assembler, kitchen.

The top three skills for a food assembler, kitchen include food preparation, and . The most important skills for a catering assistant are patients, food service, and customer service.

Food assembler, kitchen vs catering assistant overview

	Food Assembler, Kitchen	Catering Assistant
Yearly salary	$26,661	$32,101
Hourly rate	$12.82	$15.43
Growth rate	2%	2%
Number of jobs	82,011	10,042
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 68%	Bachelor's Degree, 45%
Average age	37	37
Years of experience	-	-

Food assembler, kitchen vs catering assistant salary

Food assemblers, kitchen and catering assistants have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Food Assembler, Kitchen	Catering Assistant
Average salary	$26,661	$32,101
Salary range	Between $11,000 And $64,000	Between $26,000 And $38,000
Highest paying City	Everett, MA	Washington, DC
Highest paying state	Alaska	Hawaii
Best paying company	Nomura Securities	Massachusetts General Hospital
Best paying industry	Hospitality	Manufacturing

Differences between food assembler, kitchen and catering assistant education

There are a few differences between a food assembler, kitchen and a catering assistant in terms of educational background:

	Food Assembler, Kitchen	Catering Assistant
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 68%	Bachelor's Degree, 45%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

Food assembler, kitchen vs catering assistant demographics

Here are the differences between food assemblers, kitchen' and catering assistants' demographics:

	Food Assembler, Kitchen	Catering Assistant
Average age	37	37
Gender ratio	Male, 60.5% Female, 39.5%	Male, 32.2% Female, 67.8%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 11.4% Unknown, 5.2% Hispanic or Latino, 21.6% Asian, 7.0% White, 53.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.1%	Black or African American, 12.3% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 18.0% Asian, 7.2% White, 56.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.0%
LGBT Percentage	6%	6%

Differences between food assembler, kitchen and catering assistant duties and responsibilities

Food assembler, kitchen example responsibilities.

Present an enjoyable and positive atmosphere while preparing an outstanding product, manage inventory, and maintain cleanliness
Provide patients with information about modify diets and forward complex nutritional questions to diet technician and/or register dietitian.
Responsibilitiescreat for products such as smoothies fruit shakes and frozen yogurt.

Catering assistant example responsibilities.

Manage and prioritize restaurant reservations.
Monitor patients who cannot receive anything by mouth (NPO) or on liquid diets.
Assist dieticians with monitoring of patients who are NPO, on liquid diets or need to have intake record.
Run POS for student payments, including meal cards and cash.
Comply with regulator agency standards, including federal, state and JCAHO.
Adhere to HIPAA guidelines while processing menu orders with the patient information.

Food assembler, kitchen vs catering assistant skills

Common food assembler, kitchen skills

Food Preparation, 100%

Common catering assistant skills

Patients, 25%
Food Service, 21%
Customer Service, 12%
Food Safety, 7%
Food Delivery, 6%
Beverage Service, 4%

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