How to become a hawker or Stall holder
Official title: Hawker/Stall holder (prepared food/drinks)
Also called: Hawker (prepared food/drinks), Stall holder (prepared food/drinks), Street vendor (prepared food/drinks), Street vendor (prepared food/drinks)
Hawker/Stall holder (prepared food/drinks) prepares and sells, or sells previously prepared, hot or cold food and beverages ready for immediate consumption in streets and public places such as hawker centres and markets.
Main tasks
- Obtaining permission or a licence, where required, to sell food and drinks on the street or in a public place
- Obtaining food and drinks for sale
- Preparing on the spot, food and drinks for sale
- Displaying and selling food and drinks and accepting payment
Ways in
- Polytechnic or ITE: ITE course (Nitec or Higher Nitec). Related ITE courses: Higher Nitec in Applied Food Science. Peernovo matched these from course names; ITE does not publish which jobs each course leads to.; Polytechnic diploma. Related diplomas: Diploma in Food Science & Nutrition (Nanyang Polytechnic); Diploma in Food & Beverage Business (Nanyang Polytechnic). Peernovo matched these from course names; polytechnics do not publish which jobs each course leads to.
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
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How do I become a hawker or Stall holder?
Ways in include: ITE course (Nitec or Higher Nitec); Polytechnic diploma.
Will AI change the work of a hawker or Stall holder?
Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
Updated 4 October 2026