Kitchen Hands support the day-to-day operation of the kitchen. This involves assisting in food preparation, maintaining orderliness of food supplies and equipment, sanitation control and kitchen equipment maintenance. During slower times, they maintain the kitchen, whereas they jump in to assist in food production when the kitchen is particularly busy. A Kitchen Hand works under the supervision of higher-level kitchen staff, and they can work in a number of different types of restaurant facilities, from fast food, to fine dining, to catering environments. The market for Food Preparation Workers in general is expected to grow 6 percent through , according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which is about as fast as average.