Occupation Atlasbed and breakfast operator
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/2171a849-4065-411c-8390-835b7782ed8b
bed and breakfast operator
Bed and breakfast operators manage the daily operations of a bed and breakfast establishment. They ensure the guests' needs are met.
Compare with another occupationCompare with hospitality establishment receptionist
Job Zone
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed
Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
ECSEnterprising · Conventional · Social — the three strongest interests, in order
- E Enterprising6.21
- C Conventional5.22
- S Social4.31
- R Realistic2.69
- A Artistic1.43
- I Investigative1.10
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Lodging Managers (11-9081.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, a broader O*NET occupation that includes this one, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (20)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- assist at check-in
- customer service
- food hygiene rules
- forecast occupancy demand
- greet guests
- guarantee customer satisfaction
- handle customer complaints
- handle financial transactions
- hotel operations
- identify customer's needs
- maintain customer records
- maintain customer service
- manage budgets
- manage hospitality revenue
- manage the customer experience
- measure customer feedback
- monitor financial accounts
- process booking
- process reservations
- support local tourism
Optional (27)
- clean household linens
- deal with arrivals in accommodation
- design customer experiences
- develop strategies for accessibility
- ecotourism
- ensure cleanliness of food preparation area
- ensure price competitiveness
- food waste monitoring systems
- handle chemical cleaning agents
- handle guest luggage
- handle linen in stock
- local area tourism industry
- maintain linen operation
- maintain reception area
- manage guest support services
- manage inventory
- manage staff
- notify customers on special offers
- oversee guest laundry service
- promote virtual reality travelling experiences
- property management software
- self-service technologies in tourism
- service rooms
- take room service orders
- tend to guests with special needs
- use e-tourism platforms
- use resource-efficient technologies in hospitality
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 20 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
hospitality establishment receptionist
8 shared · 12 more of its ownassist at check-in, process booking, maintain customer records, greet guests
ESCO · Compare
travel agent
8 shared · 30 more of its ownprocess booking, support local tourism, maintain customer records, measure customer feedback
ESCO · Compare
rooms division manager
7 shared · 14 more of its ownforecast occupancy demand, manage hospitality revenue, monitor financial accounts, assist at check-in
ESCO · Compare
night auditor
6 shared · 5 more of its ownprocess reservations, assist at check-in, maintain customer records, greet guests
ESCO · Compare
accommodation manager
6 shared · 14 more of its ownmanage hospitality revenue, monitor financial accounts, assist at check-in, handle financial transactions
ESCO · Compare
travel consultant
6 shared · 20 more of its ownprocess booking, maintain customer records, handle customer complaints, guarantee customer satisfaction
ESCO · Compare
travel agency manager
6 shared · 30 more of its ownmonitor financial accounts, support local tourism, measure customer feedback, handle customer complaints
ESCO · Compare
hotel concierge
5 shared · 4 more of its ownassist at check-in, greet guests, handle customer complaints, maintain customer service
ESCO · Compare
Use this in your own job architecture
BlissPoint Organization Viewer can link a role directly to this occupation and suggest these skills as that role's starting requirements.
This page includes information from the O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license; O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. ESCO occupations and skills are from the European Commission's ESCO classification, and the occupation crosswalk is the official ESCO–O*NET mapping by the ESCO Secretariat with USDOL/ETA. This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission. BlissPoint Analytics has modified all or some of this information: skill, task and descriptor ratings are rounded to one decimal, and ESCO occupations show Job Zone and interests copied from a crosswalked O*NET occupation. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications.