Restaurant specialist
Restaurant manager or restaurant specialist is a job title and a professional training in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. This hospitality profession is also widely known as the " waiter ". This name is out of date, especially because the areas of responsibility have continuously expanded.
Job description and activities
“Restaurant experts serve and look after guests, work in the restaurant, at the buffet and at the bar. They greet and advise guests, serve drinks and meals, they create the bill and collect. The planning and organization of events, conferences and festivities is another focus of this [...] profession. ”Furthermore, restaurant specialists organize service processes independently and present and serve dishes, taking into account different types of serving. They often also prepare food and drinks directly at the guest's table.
Many confuse the terms waiter, hospitality specialist, restaurant specialist / woman, hotel specialist woman / man and restaurant clerk / man.
A waiter is the actual job title of a specialist in or for the hospitality industry. The specialist training lasts 1 year. A waiter, on the other hand, is usually only trained. The restaurant specialist is a three-year apprenticeship, just like the hotel specialist.
education
Germany
In the three-year dual training , sound basic knowledge of nutrition in general and in particular is imparted, as well as detailed knowledge of food , its origin and preparation. In addition, is beverage customer one of the main components of training. This includes, for example, the cultivation areas for tea , the harvest of the same in theory and of course the various products that ultimately reach the market, as well as the extensive range of wine including the common grape varieties, flavors, quality designations and types of wine. After several years of training, further training is possible, for example to become a sommelier .
Austria
In Austria, restaurant specialists complete a three-year apprenticeship in the dual training system at the relevant vocational schools and commercial training companies. According to the law, completing nine years of compulsory schooling is sufficient as a school requirement. Most successful applicants, however, have completed a secondary school and / or polytechnic school. The training content is based on the areas of activity described in the job description. The training ends with the final apprenticeship examination , which consists of a written and an oral part.
Passing the exam also replaces the apprenticeship qualification as a gastronomy specialist . The apprenticeship period is shortened for related professions such as system catering specialist or cook . Many institutions offer further training courses e.g. B. to the banquet manager. For access to higher qualifications at colleges, technical colleges and universities, you usually need the vocational matura (vocational maturity examination), which consists of the final apprenticeship examination and four other exams.
Switzerland
Restoration specialist EFZ
In Switzerland, the apprenticeship as a restoration specialist is called EFZ. The training lasts three years.
The vocational school is attended one day a week or two intercantonal specialist courses of five weeks each have to be completed annually in a school hotel.
Restaurant employee EBA
For those interested who do not meet the (school) requirements for the restoration specialist EFZ, there is an apprenticeship as a restoration employee EBA . The training to become a restoration worker takes two years.
The vocational school is attended one day a week or two intercantonal specialist courses of five weeks each per year must be completed in a school hotel.
Career opportunities
In contrast to hotel professionals, restaurant professionals have a better chance of finding employment in upscale restaurants (star kitchens), as they have acquired more detailed knowledge of the service process (with carving, filleting, flambéing, etc.) during their training, whereas hotel professionals have broader knowledge of hotel activities.
In practice, 39.0% cooks, 33.7% hotel specialists, 16.9% restaurant specialists, 2.4% hotel clerks, 5% system catering specialists and 3% in other apprenticeships in catering. The number of restaurant professionals registered as subject to social security contributions in Germany rose from 186,753 in 1999 to 259,389 in 2011.
Web links
- Germany
- Training content restaurant specialist
- Restaurant manager in Berufenet the Federal Employment Agency Extensive professional information of the Federal Employment Agency
- Organization of training, legal framework IHK Frankfurt am Main
- Austria
- Career and industry information for apprentices and trainers from the Austrian Chamber of Commerce
- Switzerland
- Ordinance for Restoration Specialist EFZ
- Ordinance on restaurant employees EBA
- Restaurant worker EBA
- Restoration specialist EFZ
Individual evidence
- ↑ Apprenticeships DEHOGA Berlin ( Memento from May 23, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Training regulations for restaurant specialists ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF file; 100 kB) of the Austrian Ministry of Economics, valid since 2003
- ↑ Further education information from the Institute for Economic Research in Education (BIC) accessed on March 31, 2011
- ↑ Statistics for Baden-Württemberg 2005 ( Memento from March 12, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Employment figures for restaurant clerks in Germany ulmato applications and career choices, accessed on February 6, 2013
