Management, marketing and operations of restaurants and other food services, lodging, attractions, recreation events and travel related services.

Handle baggage for travelers at transportation terminals or for guests at hotels or similar establishments.

Baggage Porters and Bellhops

Assist patrons at hotel, apartment, or office building with personal services. May take messages; arrange or give advice on transportation, business services, or entertainment; or monitor guest requests for housekeeping and maintenance.

Concierges

Accommodate hotel, motel, and resort patrons by registering and assigning rooms to guests, issuing room keys or cards, transmitting and receiving messages, keeping records of occupied rooms and guests' accounts, making and confirming reservations, and presenting statements to and collecting payments from departing guests.

Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks

Directly supervise and coordinate work activities of cleaning personnel in hotels, hospitals, offices, and other establishments.

First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers

Housekeeping and Janitorial Managers

Keep buildings in clean and orderly condition. Perform heavy cleaning duties, such as cleaning floors, shampooing rugs, washing walls and glass, and removing rubbish. Duties may include tending furnace and boiler, performing routine maintenance activities, notifying management of need for repairs, and cleaning snow or debris from sidewalk.

Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners

Janitors and Cleaners

Plan, direct, or coordinate activities of an organization or department that provides lodging and other accommodations.

Lodging Managers

Perform any combination of light cleaning duties to maintain private households or commercial establishments, such as hotels and hospitals, in a clean and orderly manner. Duties may include making beds, replenishing linens, cleaning rooms and halls, and vacuuming.

Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners

Lodging

Perform a variety of attending duties at amusement or recreation facility. May schedule use of recreation facilities, maintain and provide equipment to participants of sporting events or recreational pursuits, or operate amusement concessions and rides.

Amusement and Recreation Attendants

Train animals for riding, harness, security, performance, or obedience, or for assisting persons with disabilities. Accustom animals to human voice and contact, and condition animals to respond to commands. Train animals according to prescribed standards for show or competition. May train animals to carry pack loads or work as part of pack team.

Animal Trainers

Athletes and Sports Competitors

Post information enabling patrons to wager on various races and sporting events. Assist in the operation of games such as keno and bingo. May operate random number-generating equipment and announce the numbers for patrons. Receive, verify, and record patrons' wagers. Scan and process winning tickets presented by patrons and pay out winnings for those wagers.

Gambling and Sports Book Writers and Runners

Gaming and Sports Book Writers and Runners

In a gambling establishment, conduct financial transactions for patrons. Accept patron's credit application and verify credit references to provide check-cashing authorization or to establish house credit accounts. May reconcile daily summaries of transactions to balance books. May sell gambling chips, tokens, or tickets to patrons, or to other workers for resale to patrons. May convert gambling chips, tokens, or tickets to currency upon patron's request. May use a cash register or computer to record transaction.

Gambling Cage Workers

Gaming Cage Workers

Exchange coins, tokens, and chips for patrons' money. May issue payoffs and obtain customer's signature on receipt. May operate a booth in the slot machine area and furnish change persons with money bank at the start of the shift, or count and audit money in drawers.

Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers

Gaming Change Persons and Booth Cashiers

Operate table games. Stand or sit behind table and operate games of chance by dispensing the appropriate number of cards or blocks to players, or operating other gambling equipment. Distribute winnings or collect players' money or chips. May compare the house's hand against players' hands.

Gambling Dealers

Gaming Dealers

Plan, direct, or coordinate gambling operations in a casino. May formulate house rules.

Gambling Managers

Gaming Managers

Set up and operate motion picture projection and related sound reproduction equipment.

Motion Picture Projectionists

Research, analyze, develop, and administer policies in the sports and recreation sector and implement these policies to improve the sport and recreation system and the health of the population. Work closely with partners, external organizations, and other stakeholders.

Recreation Workers

Recreation Policy Officers

Conduct recreation activities with groups in public, private, or volunteer agencies or recreation facilities. Organize and promote activities, such as arts and crafts, sports, games, music, dramatics, social recreation, camping, and hobbies, taking into account the needs and interests of individual members.

Officiate at competitive athletic or sporting events. Detect infractions of rules and decide penalties according to established regulations. Includes all sporting officials, referees, and competition judges.

Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials

Assist patrons at entertainment events by performing duties, such as collecting admission tickets and passes from patrons, assisting in finding seats, searching for lost articles, and helping patrons locate such facilities as restrooms and telephones.

Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers

Recreation, Amusements & Attractions

Prepare or serve specialty coffee or other beverages. Serve food such as baked goods or sandwiches to patrons.

Baristas

Mix and serve drinks to patrons, directly or through waitstaff.

Bartenders

Direct and may participate in the preparation, seasoning, and cooking of salads, soups, fish, meats, vegetables, desserts, or other foods. May plan and price menu items, order supplies, and keep records and accounts.

Chefs and Head Cooks

Prepare and cook food in a fast food restaurant with a limited menu. Duties of these cooks are limited to preparation of a few basic items and normally involve operating large-volume single-purpose cooking equipment.

Cooks, Fast Food

Prepare and cook large quantities of food for institutions, such as schools, hospitals, or cafeterias.

Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria

Prepare meals in private homes. Includes personal chefs.

Cooks, Private Household

Prepare, season, and cook dishes such as soups, meats, vegetables, or desserts in restaurants. May order supplies, keep records and accounts, price items on menu, or plan menu.

Cooks, Restaurant

Prepare and cook to order a variety of foods that require only a short preparation time. May take orders from customers and serve patrons at counters or tables.

Cooks, Short Order

Facilitate food service. Clean tables; remove dirty dishes; replace soiled table linens; set tables; replenish supply of clean linens, silverware, glassware, and dishes; supply service bar with food; and serve items such as water, condiments, and coffee to patrons.

Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers

Dining Room and Cafeteria Assistants

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

Dishwashers

Perform a variety of food preparation duties other than cooking, such as preparing cold foods and shellfish, slicing meat, and brewing coffee or tea.

Food Preparation Workers

Serve food to individuals outside of a restaurant environment, such as in hotel rooms, hospital rooms, residential care facilities, or cars.

Food Servers, Nonrestaurant

Plan, direct, or coordinate activities of an organization or department that serves food and beverages.

Food Service Managers

Welcome patrons, seat them at tables or in lounge, and help ensure quality of facilities and service.

Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop

Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop Hosts

Advise customers on appropriate food and beverage pairings, and recommend beverages to suit customer desires. Stock, order, and cellar wine and other beverages in order to serve the specific needs of the employer.

Waiters and Waitresses

Sommeliers

Take orders and serve food and beverages to patrons at tables in dining establishment.

Waiters

Restaurants and Food/Beverage Services

Make and confirm reservations for transportation or lodging, or sell transportation tickets. May check baggage and direct passengers to designated concourse, pier, or track; deliver tickets and contact individuals and groups to inform them of package tours; or provide tourists with travel or transportation information.

Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks

Escort individuals or groups on sightseeing tours or through places of interest, such as industrial establishments, public buildings, and art galleries.

Tour Guides and Escorts

Plan and sell transportation and accommodations for customers. Determine destination, modes of transportation, travel dates, costs, and accommodations required. May also describe, plan, and arrange itineraries and sell tour packages. May assist in resolving clients' travel problems.

Travel Agents

Plan, organize, and conduct long-distance travel, tours, and expeditions for individuals and groups.

Travel Guides

Travel & Tourism

This sector employs over 16 million people and is expected to add more than 1.5 million jobs over the next ten years.

Strong employment growth

There are over 50,000 hotels and motels in the United States.

Large infrastructure for lodging

Travelers in the United States logged more than 2.25 billion trips in 2018.

We love to travel

Approximately 80 million visitors from overseas traveled to the U.S. in 2018 to shop, sightsee, dine out, visit national parks and monuments, and enjoy amusement parks.

Travel & Tourism

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