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Hospitality and food
Waiters serve food and drinks to customers in restaurants and cafes, take orders and handle payments.
You could prepare for this job by doing a college course to get some of the skills you'll need. Courses include:
Volunteering
You could volunteer in a cafe run by a local community organisation or a charity like the Royal Voluntary Service. This will help you to develop your skills before you apply for paid work.
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In this role you could:
You could specialise in fine dining and silver service waiting at formal events like weddings and banquets. With experience you may be able to progress to head waiter or restaurant supervisor. You may also be able to go into related areas of work like restaurant and kitchen management or stock purchasing.
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Not only will your organisation (or the Government) pay for all of your training, but you’ll be paid to do it. That means you could actually get paid to get your degree and have no debt!
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As an apprentice, the minimum you’ll earn is £6.20 an hour, but we’ve seen apprentices earn a starting salary of up to £30,000 a year! You could also get other employee benefits like gym memberships, paid holiday, and sick pay.
Employers think apprentices are 15% more employable than those with other qualifications. In fact, many large employers train their graduates and apprentices together!
There’s only so much you can learn when you just do a qualification. As an apprentice, you’ll also get to learn on the job – whether that’s designing amazing graphics, chopping vegetables, or building engines!
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