Food Preparation Workers
SOC Code: 35-2021
Food Preparation Workerss clean and sanitize work areas, equipment, utensils, dishes, or silverware. This career typically requires moderate-term on-the-job training (months to 1 year). With an AI-proof score of 82.0/100, this role has high resilience to automation. Key skills include Active Listening, Service Orientation, Time Management.
AI-Proof Score: 82.0 — Very High
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Median Salary
$34,220
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Job Growth
-3.4%
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Training Time
Moderate-term on-the-job training (months to 1 year)
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Job Zone
Zone 2 / 5
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Training Cost
~$5,000
Key Skills
- •Active Listening
- •Service Orientation
- •Time Management
- •Speaking
- •Coordination
- •Critical Thinking
- •Social Perceptiveness
- •Reading Comprehension
- •Monitoring
- •Judgment and Decision Making
Common Tasks
- ✓Clean and sanitize work areas, equipment, utensils, dishes, or silverware.
- ✓Assist cooks and kitchen staff with various tasks as needed, and provide cooks with needed items.
- ✓Take and record temperature of food and food storage areas, such as refrigerators and freezers.
- ✓Carry food supplies, equipment, and utensils to and from storage and work areas.
- ✓Remove trash and clean kitchen garbage containers.
Training & Resources
Why AI-Proof?
- ✅Requires hands-on physical presence and dexterity
- ✅Demands human empathy, judgment, and trust
- ✅Operates in unpredictable, variable environments
- ✅Social and regulatory barriers to full automation