Knowledge

• Customer and Personal Service: Knowledge of providing special services to customers based on their needs.
• Sales and Marketing: Knowledge of advertising and selling products and services.
• Law, Government, and Jurisprudence: Knowledge of laws, rules, court procedures, and the political process.
• Mathematics: Knowledge of the rules and uses of numbers. Areas of knowledge include arithmetic, algebra, geometry, and statistics.

Preparation

Very few employers require formal training or education for bartenders. Many bartenders learn their trade on the job. Training is available at some vocational and technical schools. These programs include instruction on state and local laws and regulations. Training also covers cocktail recipes, attire and conduct, and stocking a bar. Some of these schools help their graduates find jobs. Usually, bartenders must be at least 21 years of age.

Skills

• Look for ways to help people.
• Listen to others and ask questions.
• Add, subtract, multiply, and divide quickly and correctly.
• Remember information such as words, numbers, pictures, and procedures.
• Go back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information without becoming confused.
• Express ideas clearly when speaking.
• Be aware of others? reactions and understand the possible causes.
• Follow guidelines to arrange objects or actions in a certain order.
• Develop rules that group items in various ways.
• Concentrate and not be distracted while performing a task.

Interests

There are many different interest inventories available. The results they produce may differ from the interests described here.
• Have enterprising interests. They like work activities that involve starting up and carrying out projects, especially in business. They like to lead and persuade others, make decisions, and take risks for profit.
• Have social interests. They like work activities that assist others and promote learning and personal development. They like to communicate with others: to teach, give advice, help, or otherwise be of service to others.
• Have realistic interests. They like work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They like to work with plants, animals, and physical materials such as wood, tools, and machinery. They often prefer to work outside.

Values

• Consider relationships important. They like to work in a friendly, non-competitive environment. They like to do things for other people. They prefer jobs where they are not pressured to do things that go against their sense of right and wrong.
• Consider support from their employer important. They like to be treated fairly and have supervisors who will back them up. They prefer jobs where they are trained well.

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