A professional who serves food from counters and steamtables to cafeteria patrons. Respnsibilities include:

• Serves salads, vegetables, meat, breads, and cocktails, ladles soups and sauces, portions desserts, and fills beverage cups and glasses as indicated by customer.
• Adds relishes and garnishes according to instructions from counter supervisor.
• Scrubs and polishes counters, steamtables, and other equipment.
• May replenish foods at serving stations.
• May brew coffee and tea.
• May carve meat.
• May accept payment for food, using cash register or adding machine to total check.
• May prepare and serve salads and be known as Salad Counter Attendant.
• May serve food to passenger from steamtable on railroad dining car and be known as Steamtable Attendant, Railroad.