Hospital tray aide vs dietary aide, serving

The differences between hospital tray aides and dietary aides, serving can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a hospital tray aide has an average salary of $27,697, which is higher than the $27,660 average annual salary of a dietary aide, serving.

The top three skills for a hospital tray aide include food handling, food service and patients. The most important skills for a dietary aide, serving are meal service, culinary, and meal preparation.

Hospital tray aide vs dietary aide, serving overview

	Hospital Tray Aide	Dietary Aide, Serving
Yearly salary	$27,697	$27,660
Hourly rate	$13.32	$13.30
Growth rate	2%	9%
Number of jobs	42,187	45,822
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 53%	High School Diploma, 52%
Average age	37	42
Years of experience	-	-

Hospital tray aide vs dietary aide, serving salary

Hospital tray aides and dietary aides, serving have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Hospital Tray Aide	Dietary Aide, Serving
Average salary	$27,697	$27,660
Salary range	Between $22,000 And $33,000	Between $22,000 And $34,000
Highest paying City	-	Lake Oswego, OR
Highest paying state	-	Washington
Best paying company	-	Erickson Senior Living
Best paying industry	-	Retail

Differences between hospital tray aide and dietary aide, serving education

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

	Hospital Tray Aide	Dietary Aide, Serving
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 53%	High School Diploma, 52%
Most common major	General Studies	Business
Most common college	-	-

Hospital tray aide vs dietary aide, serving demographics

Here are the differences between hospital tray aides' and dietary aides, serving' demographics:

	Hospital Tray Aide	Dietary Aide, Serving
Average age	37	42
Gender ratio	Male, 26.4% Female, 73.6%	Male, 24.4% Female, 75.6%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 13.3% Unknown, 4.8% Hispanic or Latino, 17.2% Asian, 9.1% White, 54.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%	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%
LGBT Percentage	6%	7%

Differences between hospital tray aide and dietary aide, serving duties and responsibilities

Hospital tray aide example responsibilities.

Devise meal plans in line with patients' age, gender, diagnosis, cultural background and religious practices.
Take meal trays up to patients' rooms and ensure that they have everything they need to enjoy their meal.
Work collaboratively with WIC center nutritionist to conduct/obtain require nutritional measures for WIC participants.
Follow all proper laws and guide lines within the hospital, OSHA, HIPPA.

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.

Hospital tray aide vs dietary aide, serving skills

Common hospital tray aide skills

Food Handling, 32%
Food Service, 26%
Patients, 23%
Tray Line, 12%
Meal Orders, 4%
Food Carts, 2%

Common dietary aide, serving skills

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

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