Assess your own kitchen and dishwashing space for areas of improvement. Try reorganizing cleaning tools, researching better dishwashing detergent, or implementing a better dishwashing process. These are practices you can bring to your career later on!

Overhaul your dishwashing station at home.

Find restaurants near you that are looking for help and apply in person. You'll probably be bussing tables or cleaning at first, but you'll get a look into what working in this industry is like. 

Apply for a restaurant job.

Dishwashers

Clean dishes, kitchen, food preparation equipment, or utensils.

Work involves designing, building, or repairing of equipment, materials, or structures, engaging in physical activity, or working outdoors. Realistic occupations are often associated with engineering, mechanics and electronics, construction, woodworking, transportation, machine operation, agriculture, animal services, physical or manual labor, athletics, or protective services.

Realistic

Work involves following procedures and regulations to organize information or data, typically in a business setting. Conventional occupations are often associated with office work, accounting, mathematics/statistics, information technology, finance, or human resources.

Conventional

Work involves helping, teaching, advising, assisting, or providing service to others. Social occupations are often associated with social, health care, personal service, teaching/education, or religious activities.

Social

Work involves managing, negotiating, marketing, or selling, typically in a business setting, or leading or advising people in political and legal situations. Enterprising occupations are often associated with business initiatives, sales, marketing/advertising, finance, management/administration, professional advising, public speaking, politics, or law.

Enterprising

Work involves creating original visual artwork, performances, written works, food, or music for a variety of media, or applying artistic principles to the design of various objects and materials. Artistic occupations are often associated with visual arts, applied arts and design, performing arts, music, creative writing, media, or culinary art.

Artistic

Work involves studying and researching non-living objects, living organisms, disease or other forms of impairment, or human behavior. Investigative occupations are often associated with physical, life, medical, or social sciences, and can be found in the fields of humanities, mathematics/statistics, information technology, or health care service.

Investigative

Job Zone One: Little or No Preparation Needed

Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations

Other Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers

Wash dishes, glassware, flatware, pots, or pans, using dishwashers or by hand.

Place clean dishes, utensils, or cooking equipment in storage areas.

Sort and remove trash, placing it in designated pickup areas.

Maintain kitchen work areas, equipment, or utensils in clean and orderly condition.

Stock supplies, such as food or utensils, in serving stations, cupboards, refrigerators, or salad bars.

Transfer supplies or equipment between storage and work areas, by hand or using hand trucks.

Clean or prepare various foods for cooking or serving.

Dishwashers

Overview

Career

What Dishwashers Do

Other Job Titles Dishwashers May Have

Tasks & Responsibilities May Include

Dishwashers

Overview

Career

What Dishwashers Do

Other Job Titles Dishwashers May Have

Tasks & Responsibilities May Include

Education

Level of Education Attained by Dishwashers

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