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Restaurant Manager

Veterans Stand Together · South Gate, CA

Cost
$5,240
Length
8 weeks
Working 6 months later
Not reported

Program names and program descriptions appear here in English, because that is the only language the federal and state records publish them in. Occupation titles are translated where O*NET publishes a Spanish name. Everything else on this page is translated.

What happened to people who took this

No outcomes reported for this program

About a third of California programs report nothing. That is a fact about the program's reporting, not evidence that it works or does not.

The job this trains for

This describes the jobs people do, not the classes this program teaches. It comes from the U.S. Department of Labor, which asks people already doing the work. The Department publishes it in English only, so the job names and the sentences below stay in English on this page.

Where California publishes a separate figure for Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County), it appears beneath the statewide one. Statewide stays the headline: people who train here do not necessarily work here.

Food Service Managers

Job ads may call this: Banquet Manager · Kitchen Manager · Catering Manager · Restaurant Manager

Some of what people in this job do. The Department rates how important each one is, and they appear in that order.

  • Monitor employee and patron activities to ensure liquor regulations are obeyed.
  • Greet guests, escort them to their seats, and present them with menus and wine lists.
  • Count money and make bank deposits.
  • Establish standards for personnel performance and customer service.
Show 4 more things this job involves
  • Keep records required by government agencies regarding sanitation or food subsidies.
  • Schedule staff hours and assign duties.
  • Investigate and resolve complaints regarding food quality, service, or accommodations.
  • Maintain food and equipment inventories, and keep inventory records.

What this pays in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County)

Each bar runs from the lowest-paid tenth to the highest-paid tenth. The darker middle is where half the people are, and the line is the median.

AreaThe lowest-paid tenth earn underHalf earn underThe highest-paid tenth earn over
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County)$47,618$79,152$127,863
Across California$48,490$79,573$129,476

The federal Bureau of Labor Statistics' 2026 figures for Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) beside the same figures for the whole state. A region can sit well below or above the statewide spread, and the statewide number is the one most often quoted — so where they differ, the local row is the one that describes the work near this program.

Typical pay in California
$79,573per yearLos Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD: $74,170
Projected openings
59,280Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD: 20,480
Projected change
+10.1%
Usually needs
High school diploma or equivalent

Getting in

Experience needed first
Under 5 years in a related job
Training after you are hired
Under a month

Employers usually expect some time in a related job as well as the training. Ask the provider what their graduates did before they were hired.

These are the federal government's answers for the occupation, not rules this provider sets. California publishes the same two answers for every one of these jobs.

Program details

This program provides in-person instruction only.

A program that prepares individuals to manage operations and facilities that provide lodging services to the traveling public. Includes instruction in hospitality industry principles supplies purchasing storage and control hotel facilities design and planning hospitality industry law personnel management and labor relations financial management marketing and sales promotion convention and event management front desk operations and applications to specific types of hotels and motel operations.

Someone else may be able to pay for this

This program was on California's Eligible Training Provider List when the state last reported it to the U.S. Department of Labor (2026-09-18). Programs on that list can be paid for through an Individual Training Account. Listings are renewed periodically and can lapse, so a program listed when the state last reported may not be listed today. Ask before you rely on it.

Ask before you enroll, not after

The order the rules set out starts at the center rather than at the school. Before a center can find somebody eligible for training services it has to gather enough to decide, at a minimum through an interview, evaluation or assessment and career planning. Referring a person to the provider they have chosen and setting up the account both come after that, and both are the center's to do — the account is a payment agreement with the training provider, and it is the provider that is paid through it. So the call belongs before enrolling and before paying. Anyone who has already done either should still ask, and ask what it means for them.

The place to ask is an America's Job Center of California

  • Southeast Los Angeles Americas` Job Center of CaliforniaComprehensive center

    Phone: 323-586-4700

    4354 Tweedy Blvd1st FloorSouth Gate, CA 90280about 0.3 miles away

    Hours: Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm

    Has a veterans' representative

  • Watts/Los Angeles Worksource CenterAffiliate site

    Phone: 323-249-7751

    2220 East 114 StLos Angeles, CA 90059about 2 miles away

    Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

    Has a veterans' representative

  • Willowbrook AJCC - Affiliate to Rancho Dominguez Comprehensive AJCCAffiliate site

    Phone: 310-762-1101

    11737 Wilmington AvenueWillowbrook LibraryLos Angeles, CA 90059about 2.4 miles away

    Hours: Monday - Friday 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

At a comprehensive center all the required partner programs can be reached; an affiliate site offers some of them. Distances are straight-line, so the drive is longer. Call before you travel: opening hours here are as the federal directory published them, and the state notes its own staff are not present at every location.

Find a center anywhere in California, and check what is on the list today:
CareerOneStop — American Job Center Finder (U.S. DOL) · California EDD — Office Locator · California EDD — Eligible Training Provider List

How this gets paid for, and what to ask

Whether a person can have a program paid for is decided by their local workforce development board and the America's Job Center staff who interview them — not by this site, and not by the training provider. California has 45 local workforce development areas and each sets its own policies, so the answer can differ between two people in neighboring counties. Nothing here is a promise of funding or a determination of eligibility.

The rules cited here, and the state and federal sites linked to, are published in English.

How this site gets its figures, and what they do not tell you