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Hospitality Industry Occupational Job Dictionary ... - SafeWork SA

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DRINK SERVICE STAFF<br />

HUMAN FACTORS<br />

Reaches: Reaching between chest to waist height.<br />

Heights: Predominantly at mid-thigh level for dinner tables.<br />

Controls and displays: None specific.<br />

Force exertion/lift: Twenty litre water bottles maximum, otherwise 5kg for pushing/pulling trolleys<br />

or carrying a crate of four wine bottles.<br />

Endurance required: Between three to seven-hour shifts.<br />

Static muscle loading: Nil.<br />

Work/rest patterns: Thirty-minute break for longer shifts of five hours.<br />

Frequency of handling: Frequent to constant depending on the task at hand.<br />

Grasping requirement: Variety of grasps such as hook for holding the crate of wine bottles, cylindrical<br />

for trolley manoeuvring, prehensile for cutlery, palmar strainful grasp for bottle<br />

opening etc.<br />

Size of article: Variable – ie, cutlery, wine glasses, coffee cups etc.<br />

Tools: Bottle openers and pens.<br />

Protective clothing: Standard uniform.<br />

OCCUPATIONAL JOB DICTIONARY - HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY - HOTELS AND MOTELS 85

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