Bartender

Job Purpose: Serves guests alcoholic and nonalcoholic drinks; Safeguards patrons.

Essential Functions:

• Prepare mixed drinks by selecting and mixing ingredients according to recipes.
• Garnishes drinks by slicing and pitting fruits; placing on picks or in drinks.
• Prepares beer barrels by connecting hose couplings and connecting barrels to tap.
• Serves beer by filling glasses with beer drawn from tap; retrieving and opening requested-brand bottles.
• Serves wine by opening bottles; decanting; and/or pouring by-the-glass offerings.
• Responsible for making change out of issued banks.
• Provides bar snacks by replenishing pretzels, nuts, and special mixes.
• Maintains attractive bar by arranging bottles and glasses for display; removing soiled glassware and empty bottles and cans; ensuring cleanliness.
• Maintains supplies by ordering, requisitioning, or re-stocking snacks, liquors, wines, beer, and non-alcoholic ingredients; replacing beer barrels.
• Prepares trash for disposal.
• Maintains safe, secure, and healthy bar, and patrons by following and enforcing standards and procedures; judging when guests have consumed too much alcohol; calling for alternate transportation; complying with legal ABLE and health regulations.
• Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; keeping abreast of drink trends; exploring new recipes.
• Enhances bar’s reputation by accepting ownership of accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add to job accomplishments; safeguarding customers.
• Professional appearance (well-groomed).
• Provide friendly and courteous customer service.
• Performs other duties and projects as required by management.

Working Conditions:

• Typical of that in a busy casino with heavy cigarette smoke accompanied with a variety of competing noises and communications.
• Flexible hours (week-ends, nights, holidays).