Food Preparation Workers

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

What a food preparation worker does

Become a food preparation worker

If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good food preparation worker

  • Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
  • Looking for ways to help people.

Discover what you could earn in Washington

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Food Preparation Worker job outlook

  • There are 17,032 workers in this occupation in Washington.
  • There are 2,849 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.

Growth rate by year

Education needed

Some of these occupations may require a high school diploma or GED certificate.

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