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Bartenders

Mix and serve drinks to patrons, directly or through waitstaff.

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Degrees

Bartending + Bartender

Abilities

Problem Sensitivity

The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.

Oral Expression

The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.

Speech Recognition

The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.

The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).

Oral Comprehension

The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.

Category Flexibility

The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.

The ability to remember information such as words, numbers, pictures, and procedures.

The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.

The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.

Selective Attention

The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.

Static Strength

The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects.

The ability to shift back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information (such as speech, sounds, touch, or other sources).

Written Comprehension

The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.

Fluency of Ideas

The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).

The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without 'giving out' or fatiguing.

Arm-Hand Steadiness

The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.

Deductive Reasoning

The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.

Inductive Reasoning

The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).

Information Ordering

The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).

Manual Dexterity

The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.

Extent Flexibility

The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs.

Auditory Attention

The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds.

Speed of Closure

The ability to quickly make sense of, combine, and organize information into meaningful patterns.

Gross Body Coordination

The ability to coordinate the movement of your arms, legs, and torso together when the whole body is in motion.

Multilimb Coordination

The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion.

Written Expression

The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.

The ability to see details at a distance.

The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.

Finger Dexterity

The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.

Flexibility of Closure

The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material.

Number Facility

The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly.

The ability to exert yourself physically over long periods of time without getting winded or out of breath.

Perceptual Speed

The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object.

Depth Perception

The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object.

Mathematical Reasoning

The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem.

Speed of Limb Movement

The ability to quickly move the arms and legs.

Visual Color Discrimination

The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness.

Control Precision

The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.

Dynamic Strength

The ability to exert muscle force repeatedly or continuously over time. This involves muscular endurance and resistance to muscle fatigue.

Response Orientation

The ability to choose quickly between two or more movements in response to two or more different signals (lights, sounds, pictures). It includes the speed with which the correct response is started with the hand, foot, or other body part.

Spatial Orientation

The ability to know your location in relation to the environment or to know where other objects are in relation to you.

Hearing Sensitivity

The ability to detect or tell the differences between sounds that vary in pitch and loudness.

Wrist-Finger Speed

The ability to make fast, simple, repeated movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists.

Dynamic Flexibility

The ability to quickly and repeatedly bend, stretch, twist, or reach out with your body, arms, and/or legs.

The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears.

The ability to see under low light conditions.

Explosive Strength

The ability to use short bursts of muscle force to propel oneself (as in jumping or sprinting), or to throw an object.

Gross Body Equilibrium

The ability to keep or regain your body balance or stay upright when in an unstable position.

Peripheral Vision

The ability to see objects or movement of objects to one's side when the eyes are looking ahead.

The ability to time your movements or the movement of a piece of equipment in anticipation of changes in the speed and/or direction of a moving object or scene.

Sound Localization

The ability to tell the direction from which a sound originated.

Interests

Enterprising occupations frequently involve starting up and carrying out projects. These occupations can involve leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes they require risk taking and often deal with business.

First Interest High-Point

Primary-Rank Descriptiveness

Social occupations frequently involve working with, communicating with, and teaching people. These occupations often involve helping or providing service to others.

Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others.

Second Interest High-Point

Secondary-Cutoff/Rank Descriptiveness

Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow.

Artistic occupations frequently involve working with forms, designs and patterns. They often require self-expression and the work can be done without following a clear set of rules.

Investigative occupations frequently involve working with ideas, and require an extensive amount of thinking. These occupations can involve searching for facts and figuring out problems mentally.

Third Interest High-Point

Tertiary-Cutoff/Rank Descriptiveness

Knowledge

Customer and Personal Service

Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.

Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.

Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.

Education and Training

Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.

Sales and Marketing

Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.

English Language

Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.

Food Production

Knowledge of techniques and equipment for planting, growing, and harvesting food products (both plant and animal) for consumption, including storage/handling techniques.

Administration and Management

Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.

Sociology and Anthropology

Knowledge of group behavior and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures and their history and origins.

Computers and Electronics

Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.

Production and Processing

Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.

Law and Government

Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.

Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.

Personnel and Human Resources

Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.

Public Safety and Security

Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.

Philosophy and Theology

Knowledge of different philosophical systems and religions. This includes their basic principles, values, ethics, ways of thinking, customs, practices, and their impact on human culture.

Economics and Accounting

Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking and the analysis and reporting of financial data.

Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods.

Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life.

Therapy and Counseling

Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counseling and guidance.

Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.

Communications and Media

Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.

History and Archeology

Knowledge of historical events and their causes, indicators, and effects on civilizations and cultures.

Foreign Language

Knowledge of the structure and content of a foreign (non-English) language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition and grammar, and pronunciation.

Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits.

Medicine and Dentistry

Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.

Knowledge of the theory and techniques required to compose, produce, and perform works of music, dance, visual arts, drama, and sculpture.

Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.

Telecommunications

Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.

Engineering and Technology

Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.

Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub- atomic structures and processes.

Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.

Building and Construction

Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads.

Wages

District of Columbia

Guam	$14,360.00

Iowa	$14,900.00

Ohio	$13,860.00

Utah	$16,570.00

Related Careers

Receive and disburse money in establishments other than financial institutions. Usually involves use of electronic scanners, cash registers, or related equipment. Often involved in processing credit or debit card transactions and validating checks.

Combined Food Preparation & Serving Workers, Including Fast Food

Perform duties which combine both food preparation and food service.

Counter & Rental Clerks

Receive orders for repairs, rentals, and services. May describe available options, compute cost, and accept payment.

Flight Attendants

Provide personal services to ensure the safety and comfort of airline passengers during flight. Greet passengers, verify tickets, explain use of safety equipment, and serve food or beverages.

Food Preparation Workers

Perform a variety of food preparation duties other than cooking, such as preparing cold foods and shellfish, slicing meat, and brewing coffee or tea.

Locker Room, Coatroom, & Dressing Room Attendants

Provide personal items to patrons or customers in locker rooms, dressing rooms, or coatrooms.

Transportation Attendants, Except Flight Attendants & Baggage Porters

Provide services to ensure the safety and comfort of passengers aboard ships, buses, trains, or within the station or terminal. Perform duties, such as greeting passengers, explaining the use of safety equipment, serving meals or beverages, or answering questions related to travel.

Waiters & Waitresses

Take orders and serve food and beverages to patrons at tables in dining establishment.

Skills

Reading Comprehension

Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.

Critical Thinking

Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.

Talking to others to convey information effectively.

Social Perceptiveness

Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.

Active Learning

Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.

Learning Strategies

Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.

Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.

Active Listening

Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.

Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.

Service Orientation

Actively looking for ways to help people.

Teaching others how to do something.

Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.

Using mathematics to solve problems.

Judgment and Decision Making

Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.

Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.

Time Management

Managing one's own time and the time of others.

Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.

Systems Evaluation

Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.

Management of Personnel Resources

Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.

Troubleshooting

Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.

Equipment Selection

Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job.

Complex Problem Solving

Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.

Equipment Maintenance

Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed.

Management of Material Resources

Obtaining and seeing to the appropriate use of equipment, facilities, and materials needed to do certain work.

Quality Control Analysis

Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.

Management of Financial Resources

Determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures.

Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools.

Systems Analysis

Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.

Operation and Control

Controlling operations of equipment or systems.

Installing equipment, machines, wiring, or programs to meet specifications.

Operations Analysis

Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design.

Operation Monitoring

Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.

Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.

Technology Design

Generating or adapting equipment and technology to serve user needs.

Writing computer programs for various purposes.

Tasks

Collect money for drinks served.

Check identification of customers to verify age requirements for purchase of alcohol.

Balance cash receipts.

Attempt to limit problems and liability related to customers' excessive drinking by taking steps such as persuading customers to stop drinking, or ordering taxis or other transportation for intoxicated patrons.

Clean glasses, utensils, and bar equipment.

Take beverage orders from serving staff or directly from patrons.

Serve wine, and bottled or draft beer.

Clean bars, work areas, and tables.

Mix ingredients, such as liquor, soda, water, sugar, and bitters, to prepare cocktails and other drinks.

Serve snacks or food items to customers seated at the bar.

Order or requisition liquors and supplies.

Plan, organize, and control the operations of a cocktail lounge or bar.

Ask customers who become loud and obnoxious to leave, or physically remove them.

Slice and pit fruit for garnishing drinks.

Supervise the work of bar staff and other bartenders.

Arrange bottles and glasses to make attractive displays.

Plan bar menus.

Prepare appetizers such as pickles, cheese, and cold meats.

Create drink recipes.

Tools

Alcohol analysers

Bar code reader equipment

Barcode scanners

Linear imaging scanners

Long range charged coupled device CCD barcode scanners

Point of service scanners

Carbonated beverage dispenser

Draught foam control devices

Electronic beer line maintenance equipment

Keg-tapping equipment

Refrigerated liquid recirculation systems

Soda dispensers

Cocktail shakers or accessories

3-piece cocktail shakers

4-piece cocktail shakers

Muddlers/mixing sticks

Pour spouts/pourers

Spirit measures

Commercial use blenders

Mojito machines

Commercial use cutlery

Commercial use dishwashers

Upright glass washers

Commercial use graters

Commercial use juicers

Professional juicers

Commercial use mixers

Commercial use strainers

2-prong strainers

4-prong strainers

Hawthorn strainers

Julep strainers

Strainers/cocktail strainers

Desktop computers

Domestic mist or trigger sprayers

Martini misters

Ice shaver machines or accessories

Magnetic card readers

Credit card readers

Non carbonated beverage dispenser

Beverage machines

Notebook computers

Point of sale POS receipt printers

Point of sale POS printers

Point of sale POS terminal

Point of service workstations

Point of service/sale POS terminals and interfaces

Frozen drink machines

Touch screen monitors

Technology

Data base user interface and query software

AZZ CardFile software

Internet browser software

Web browser software

Point of sale POS software

Compris software

ICVERIFY software

Intuit QuickBooks Point of Sale

MICROS Systems HSI Profits Series

NCR Advanced Checkout Solution

NCR NeighborhoodPOS

Point of sales POS software

The General Store software

Career Activities

Performing for or Working Directly with the Public

assist patrons to make wine selection

collect payment

provide customer service

serve food or beverages

Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events

check ID to ensure minimum age requirement is met

recognize customer intoxication

understand government alcoholic beverage service regulations

understand government health, hotel or food service regulations

Handling and Moving Objects

mix drinks or flavors for mixed drinks

prepare appetizers, salads, or cold dishes

wash dishes, glassware, or related utensils

Performing General Physical Activities

clean rooms or work areas

Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge

use knowledge of food handling rules

use oral or written communication techniques

Monitoring and Controlling Resources

order or purchase supplies, materials, or equipment

purchase food or beverages

requisition stock, materials, supplies or equipment

Controlling Machines and Processes

use cash registers

Processing Information

calculate monetary exchange

Career Context

Contact With Others

Spend Time Standing

Indoors, Environmentally Controlled

Face-to-Face Discussions

Freedom to Make Decisions

Deal With External Customers

Spend Time Walking and Running

Physical Proximity

Work With Work Group or Team

Frequency of Decision Making

Structured versus Unstructured Work

Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls

Importance of Being Exact or Accurate

Deal With Unpleasant or Angry People

Importance of Repeating Same Tasks

Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable

Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions

Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results

Frequency of Conflict Situations

Coordinate or Lead Others

Responsible for Others' Health and Safety

Spend Time Keeping or Regaining Balance

Exposed to Contaminants

Public Speaking

Spend Time Bending or Twisting the Body

Extremely Bright or Inadequate Lighting

Exposed to Minor Burns, Cuts, Bites, or Stings

Level of Competition

Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets

Responsibility for Outcomes and Results

Exposed to Disease or Infections

Cramped Work Space, Awkward Positions

Letters and Memos

Consequence of Error

Pace Determined by Speed of Equipment