How to become a Food Preparation Helper
Official title: Food Preparation Helpers
Food preparation assistants prepare simple or pre-prepared food and drinks, help cooks prepare and handle ingredients, and clean kitchens and wash dishes.
Main tasks
- Prepare simple or pre-prepared food and drinks such as sandwiches, burgers, pizza, chips, salads and coffee
- Wash, cut, measure and combine food for cooking
- Operate cooking equipment such as grills, microwave ovens and deep fryers
- Clean kitchens, food preparation areas and service areas
- Wash dishes and utensils and put them away neatly
Ways in
- Technical college: Technician certificate: Food preparation. National technician skill test (技術士技能檢定) run by the Workforce Development Agency, trade 218 食物製備. Tested at a single level (單一級). Peernovo links this trade to the occupation.
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Average pay: NT$406,000 a year
- Demand for Other elementary occupations jobs is projected at about 801,000 in 2024 and about 801,000 in 2030. (+0%)
- Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
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Questions people ask
How do I become a Food Preparation Helper?
Ways in include: Technician certificate: Food preparation.
How much does a Food Preparation Helper earn in Taiwan?
Average pay is NT$406,000 a year (Ministry of Labor, Department of Statistics).
Is a Food Preparation Helper a growing career in Taiwan?
Demand for this job family is projected to change 0% from 2024 to 2030 (National Development Council).
Will AI change the work of a Food Preparation Helper?
Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- Ministry of Labor, Department of Statistics: Occupational Wage Survey (職類別薪資調查) (2025 survey (July 2025 monthly, 2024 annual), released 2026-05-29), Open Government Data License, version 1.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
- National Development Council: Final manpower demand projections by occupation (職業別最終人力需求推估) (2025 to 2030 (base 2024), 13 job families), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
- 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