62020 Food service supervisors

What this occupation covers

Food service supervisors supervise, direct and coordinate the activities of workers who prepare, portion and serve food. They are employed by hospitals and other health care establishments and by cafeterias, catering companies and other food service establishments.

Official main duties

The NOC profile lists 10 main duties for this code.

• Supervise, coordinate and schedule the activities of staff who prepare, portion and serve food
• Estimate and order ingredients and supplies required for meal preparation
• Prepare food order summaries for chef according to requests from dieticians, patients in hospitals or other customers
• Establish work schedules and procedures
• Maintain records of stock, repairs, sales and wastage
• Train staff in job duties, and sanitation and safety procedures
• Supervise and check assembly of regular and special diet trays and delivery of food trolleys to hospital patients
• Ensure that food and service meet quality control standards
• May participate in the selection of food service staff and assist in the development of policies, procedures and budgets
• May plan cafeteria menus and determine related food and labour costs.

Do not copy these lines into your reference letter. The letter has to describe what you actually did, in your employer’s words. DUTYPROOF flags wording lifted from the NOC as something to review, and an officer reading a letter that mirrors the NOC reads it the same way.

What DUTYPROOF screens for

This is DUTYPROOF’s screening threshold, not IRCC’s decision. For this NOC, screening requires at least 2 of its 10 official duties to be evidenced in your own words, plus the required letter elements. IRCC asks that you performed the actions in the occupation’s lead statement and a substantial number of its main duties — so treat the duty coverage as the number that matters, not the badge.

Codes this one is confused with

The NOC profile names these itself. Choosing the wrong code of a look-alike pair is the most common way genuine work experience fails to establish eligibility.

• 65200 Food and beverage servers
• 64300 Maîtres d'hôtel and hosts/hostesses
• 72024 Supervisors, motor transport and other ground transit operators
• 60030 Restaurant and food service managers

Excluded from this code

• Banquet captain (See 65200 Food and beverage servers)
• Maîtres d'hôtel and hosts/hostesses (See 64300 Maîtres d'hôtel and hosts/hostesses)
• Mobile canteen service supervisor (See 72024 Supervisors, motor transport and other ground transit operators)
• Restaurant and food service managers (See 60030 Restaurant and food service managers)

Job titles filed under this code

A title on this list does not by itself put your experience in this code — the duties in your letter decide that.

cafeteria supervisor · canteen supervisor · catering supervisor · food assembly supervisor · food concession supervisor · food service supervisor · hospital food service supervisor · kitchen manager · railway dining car food service supervisor · shift manager - fast food restaurant · swing manager - fast food restaurant · unit supervisor - food services

Employment requirements

• Completion of secondary school is usually required.
• Completion of a community college program in food service administration, hotel and restaurant management or related discipline or Several years of experience in food preparation or service are required.