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Bar Staff

Bar staff prepare, mix and serve alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks and beverages at bars in public houses, hotels, clubs and other establishments.

Wages

New workers
AVERAGE
Experienced
£2,156
£7,983
£17,699

New workers start around £2,156. Normal pay is £7,983 per year.
Highly experienced workers can earn up to £17,699.

Available jobs

In the past year there were 389,225 vacancies for this type of job

7.40%

Projected job growth over the next 8 years

Related courses

People work towards these careers by taking these courses at college and uni.

What they do most days?

  • Receives payment for drinks.

  • Takes customer orders and mixes and serves drinks.

  • Washes used glassware and cleans and tidies bar area.

  • Assists in keeping bar properly stocked.

Hard Skills

Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Restaurant Operation

  • Cash Handling

  • Bartending

  • Food Safety And Sanitation

  • General Mathematics

  • Upselling

  • Cash Register

  • Inventory Management

  • Recipes

  • Product Knowledge

Soft Skills

Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Customer Service

  • Cleanliness

  • Sales

  • Communication

  • Time Management

  • Detail Oriented

  • Willingness To Learn

  • Professionalism

  • Multitasking

  • Management

How do I get a job like this?

People in these types of job started their career paths after studying courses like the ones below.