Description
Mix and serve drinks to patrons, directly or through waitstaff.
Interests
- Realistic
- Conventional
- Enterprising
Work Values
- Relationships
- Independence
- Support
Work Styles
- Dependability
- Self-Control
- Integrity
- Attention to Detail
- Cooperation
Tasks
- Clean glasses, utensils, and bar equipment.
- Collect money for drinks served.
- Balance cash receipts.
- Check identification of customers to verify age requirements for purchase of alcohol.
- Clean bars, work areas, and tables.
Work Activities
- Performing for or Working Directly with the Public
- Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
- Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information
- Getting Information
- Training and Teaching Others
Detailed Work Activities
- Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests.
- Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
- Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity.
- Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
- Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others.
- Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
- Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
- Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.
- Monitoring and controlling resources and overseeing the spending of money.
- Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
Technology Skills
- Electronic mail software
- Point of sale POS software
- Internet browser software
- Data base user interface and query software
- Web page creation and editing software
Abilities
- Oral Expression
- Oral Comprehension
- Information Ordering
- Near Vision
- Speech Recognition
Skills
- Active Listening
- Service Orientation
- Social Perceptiveness
- Coordination
- Critical Thinking
Knowledge
- Customer and Personal Service
- English Language
- Education and Training
- Sales and Marketing
- Administration and Management
Most Common Education Level
The “Most Common Education Level” refers to the level of education held by the majority of workers in a given occupation. For example, if the highest percentage of workers in a role have an Associate’s Degree, that suggests this is the typical educational requirement. Knowing this helps you plan how many years of education you may need to pursue that career.
Certificates
Certificate name
Certified In Alcohol ServiceCertifying Organization
Global Foodservice Institute
Type
Core
Certificate name
Certified Beer JudgeCertifying Organization
Beer Judge Certification Program
Type
Specialty
Certificate name
ServSafe AlcoholCertifying Organization
National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation
Type
Core
Income Percentile
The income percentiles show how earnings are distributed within a profession. The 10th percentile means that 10% of workers earned less than that amount. The median (50th percentile) indicates that half of workers earned more, and half earned less. The 90th percentile reflects what the top 10% of earners in the field make.
Income Percentile | Annual Income |
---|---|
Low (10%) | $27,391 |
Median (50%) | $31,921 |
High (90%) | $39,652 |
Income by Experience
This table shows how income typically grows with experience—from entry level (0–2 years), to mid-level (3–5 years), to senior level (6–8 years), to expert level (8+ years).
Experience | Income |
---|---|
Entry Level | $32,701 |
Mid Level | $39,388 |
Senior Level | $42,781 |
Expert Level | $39,654 |
Employability
There are currently 734,300 jobs in this career path. Over the next 10 years, that number is expected to increase to 798,900 positions, reflecting a projected growth of 9%.
The Projected Job Growth figure refers to the expected increase or decrease in employment within a specific career field over a certain period of time.
Projected Job Growth of 9%
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