CompGeo Salary Survey Benchmark Job Summary and Competencies

Bartenders

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CompGeo Occupation Group: Travel/Entrtnmt/Lodging/Restaurant
Job Family: Food Service
Benchmark Title: Bartenders
 
Summary Job Description Tasks
Mix and serve drinks to patrons, directly or through waitstaff. 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.
 
Ask customers who become loud and obnoxious to leave, or physically remove them.
 
Slice and pit fruit for garnishing drinks.
 
Arrange bottles and glasses to make attractive displays.
 
Plan, organize, and control the operations of a cocktail lounge or bar.
 
Supervise the work of bar staff and other bartenders.
 
Plan bar menus.
 
Prepare appetizers such as pickles, cheese, and cold meats.
 
Create drink recipes.
 
Stock bar with beer, wine, liquor, and related supplies such as ice, glassware, napkins, or straws.
 
 
CompGeo Occupation Group: Travel/Entrtnmt/Lodging/Restaurant
Job Family: Food Service
Benchmark Title: Bartenders
 
Important Knowledge Competencies Competency Description
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
English Language Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
 
Psychology 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.
 
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.
 
Food Production Knowledge of techniques and equipment for planting, growing, and harvesting food products (both plant and animal) for consumption, including storage/handling techniques.
 
Law and Government Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
 
 
CompGeo Occupation Group: Travel/Entrtnmt/Lodging/Restaurant
Job Family: Food Service
Benchmark Title: Bartenders
 
Important Skill Competencies Competency Description
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.
 
Service Orientation Actively looking for ways to help people.
 
Speaking Talking to others to convey information effectively.
 
Social Perceptiveness Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
 
Critical Thinking Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
 
Monitoring Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
 
Coordination Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
 
Active Learning Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
 
Persuasion Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
 
Negotiation Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
 
Instructing Teaching others how to do something.
 
Complex Problem Solving Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
 
Judgment and Decision Making Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
 
Reading Comprehension Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
 
Time Management Managing one's own time and the time of others.
 
 
CompGeo Occupation Group: Travel/Entrtnmt/Lodging/Restaurant
Job Family: Food Service
Benchmark Title: Bartenders
 
Important Ability Competencies Competency Description
Oral Expression The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
 
Oral Comprehension The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
 
Speech Recognition The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
 
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).
 
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.
 
Trunk Strength 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.
 
Near Vision The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
 
Speech Clarity The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
 
Deductive Reasoning The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
 
Category Flexibility The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
 
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.
 
Inductive Reasoning The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
 
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.
 
Written Comprehension The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
 
Memorization The ability to remember information such as words, numbers, pictures, and procedures.
 
Selective Attention The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
 
Time Sharing The ability to shift back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information (such as speech, sounds, touch, or other sources).
 
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.
 
Written Expression The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
 
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.
 
Gross Body Coordination The ability to coordinate the movement of your arms, legs, and torso together when the whole body is in motion.
 
 
CompGeo Occupation Group: Travel/Entrtnmt/Lodging/Restaurant
Job Family: Food Service
Benchmark Title: Bartenders
 
Tools/Technology Example Product Category
AZZ CardFile software Data base user interface and query software
 
Compris software Point of sale POS software
 
ICVERIFY software Point of sale POS software
 
Intuit QuickBooks Point of Sale Point of sale POS software
 
MICROS Systems HSI Profits Series Point of sale POS software
 
NCR Advanced Checkout Solution Point of sale POS software
 
NCR NeighborhoodPOS Point of sale POS software
 
Point of sale POS software Point of sale POS software
 
The General Store software Point of sale POS software
 
Web browser software Internet browser software
 
2-prong strainers Commercial use strainers
 
3-piece cocktail shakers Cocktail shakers or accessories
 
4-piece cocktail shakers Cocktail shakers or accessories
 
4-prong strainers Commercial use strainers
 
Bar spoons Cocktail shakers or accessories
 
Barcode scanners Bar code reader equipment
 
Beverage machines Non carbonated beverage dispenser
 
Blenders Commercial use blenders
 
Breathalyzers Alcohol analysers
 
Cash registers Cash registers
 
Cocktail shakers Cocktail shakers or accessories
 
Cocktail strainers Commercial use strainers
 
Credit card readers Magnetic card readers
 
Desktop computers Desktop computers
 
Draught foam control devices Carbonated beverage dispenser
 
Drink mixers Commercial use mixers
 
Electronic beer line maintenance equipment Carbonated beverage dispenser
 
Frozen drink machines Slush machines
 
Fruit knives Commercial use cutlery
 
Glass rimmers Cocktail shakers or accessories
 
Glass washers Commercial use dishwashers
 
Hawthorn strainers Commercial use strainers
 
Ice chippers Ice shaver machines or accessories
 
Ice crushers Ice shaver machines or accessories
 
Ice flakers Ice shaver machines or accessories
 
Jiggers Cocktail shakers or accessories
 
Julep strainers Commercial use strainers
 
Keg-tapping equipment Carbonated beverage dispenser
 
Lime slicers Commercial use cutlery
 
Lime squeezers Commercial use juicers
 
Linear imaging scanners Bar code reader equipment
 
Long range charged coupled device CCD barcode scanners Bar code reader equipment
 
Martini misters Domestic mist or trigger sprayers
 
Mixing glasses Cocktail shakers or accessories
 
Mojito machines Commercial use blenders
 
Muddlers/mixing sticks Cocktail shakers or accessories
 
Notebook computers Notebook computers
 
Olive stuffers Commercial use cutlery
 
Point of sale POS printers Point of sale POS receipt printers
 
Point of sale POS terminals Point of sale POS terminal
 
Point of service scanners Bar code reader equipment
 
Point of service workstations Point of sale POS terminal
 
Pour spouts Cocktail shakers or accessories
 
Professional juicers Commercial use juicers
 
Refrigerated liquid recirculation systems Carbonated beverage dispenser
 
Soda dispensers Carbonated beverage dispenser
 
Spirit measures Cocktail shakers or accessories
 
Touch screen monitors Touch screen monitors
 
Upright glass washers Commercial use dishwashers
 
Zesters Commercial use graters
 
 
CompGeo Occupation Group: Travel/Entrtnmt/Lodging/Restaurant
Job Family: Food Service
Benchmark Title: Bartenders
 
Prerequisite Qualification Category Education and Experience Level
On-the-Job Training Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month
 
Required Level of Education High School Diploma (or GED or High School Equivalence Certificate)
 
Related Work Experience Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years
 
Required Level of Education Some College Courses
 
On-Site or In-Plant Training Up to and including 1 month
 
 
CompGeo Occupation Group: Travel/Entrtnmt/Lodging/Restaurant
Job Family: Food Service
Benchmark Title: Bartenders
 
Alternate Job Title(s)
Bar Attendant
Bar Captain
Bar Manager
Bar Tender
Barkeep
Barkeeper
Barmaid
Barman
Bartender
Bartender Extra
Bartender Server
Drink Mixer
Mixologist
Server
Taproom Attendant
Waitress
 
CompGeo Occupation Group: Travel/Entrtnmt/Lodging/Restaurant
Job Family: Food Service
Benchmark Title: Bartenders
 
 
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