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Hospitality supervisor

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1From this job to a course

The qualifications matched to this job

City & Guilds Level 3 NVQ Diploma in Hospitality Supervision and Leadership City & Guilds Limited · Level 3 · covers 4 of 9 standards

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The units you would start with

Supervise Food Service City & Guilds Level 3 NVQ Diploma in Hospitality Supervision and Leadership
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2What this role really is

Supervising staff and activities within hospitality businesses including bars, cafes, conference centres, restaurants and hotels.

What you'd own
  • Ensure staff are equipped with necessary skills and knowledge
  • Inspect drinking and preparation areas for comfort and compliance
  • Enforce adherence to drink service procedures and appearance standards
  • Lead staff in identifying and addressing customer needs
  • Ensure compliance with legal and organizational standards
  • Collaborate with other departments for effective service delivery
  • Monitor service quality and address problems promptly
  • Control costs and utilize resources efficiently
  • Review procedures based on customer needs
  • Gather and process feedback for continuous improvement
  • Ensure staff have necessary skills, knowledge, and resources.
  • Inspect and maintain food service and preparation areas.
  • Ensure compliance with food service procedures and organizational standards.
  • Lead staff in identifying and meeting customer needs.
  • Ensure legal compliance and organizational policies in food service.
  • Liaise with other departments for effective service delivery.
  • Monitor service quality and address problems promptly.
  • Control costs and optimize resource use.

3The pathway

The pathway

Getting in, in the UK

Ways in

  • Apprenticeship: Hospitality supervisor (Level 3) — Skills England standard ST0230

4Pay and demand

Pay & demand

Typical pay £26,019 a year Source: ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025 (provisional), under the Open Government Licence v3.0

The figure is the median for full-time employees in the ONS occupation this job title codes to (Bar and catering supervisors), from the April 2025 survey, about six months old when published, as ASHE always is. It is that occupation's middle, not this role's. Half earn more.

Where it leads

Roles this leads to

This role's record doesn't name a next step yet. That's a gap in the record, not a dead end: the qualifications above still open the same doors, and Hospitality supervisor is on the same map as every other role here.

How you would learn this

One to one, on the work you already do

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A lesson from Supervise Food Service, worked against Hospitality supervisor.

Supervise Food Service Level 3

Applied to your work in Hospitality supervisor

This unit aims to provide learners with the skills and knowledge to supervise food service activities effectively. Learners will understand how to plan food service operations to meet customer needs and how to supervise food service staff to ensure quality and efficiency. Upon completion, learners will be able to allocate tasks, monitor activities, and address issues professionally.

How the thinking builds
  1. 1 Remember
  2. 2 Understand
  3. 3 Apply
  4. 4 Analyse
  5. 5 Evaluate
  6. 6 Create
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5Where to go from here

Other roles at Level 4

Same depth of qualification, different job. Useful if the work appeals but this particular role does not.

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This role profile is © 2026 Growth Engineering Technologies Ltd. Built from UK occupational standards and regulated qualification data, and written for Zavmo.

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