Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a cocktail bartender can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a cocktail bartender already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Cocktail bartenders perform expert mixing of alcoholic and non-alcoholic cocktails.

Also known as mixology waiter, flair bartender, mixologist, mixology bartender.

Service and sales workers 35 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: bartender, 79%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
bartender 79% covered barista 39% covered quick service restaurant crew… 34% covered sommelier 31% covered hotel butler 26% covered cocktail bartender You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from cocktail bartender, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a cocktail bartender already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A cocktail bartender needs 28 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • assemble cocktail garnishes communication, collaboration and creativity
  • clear the bar at closing time assisting and caring
  • display spirits communication, collaboration and creativity
  • extract juices handling and moving
  • handle bar equipment assisting and caring
  • maintain bar cleanliness handling and moving
  • operate dishwashing machine handling and moving
  • prepare fruit ingredients for use in beverages assisting and caring
  • present decorative drink displays communication, collaboration and creativity
  • present drinks menu communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a cocktail bartender does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

Index

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Cocktail bartender is filed under Service and sales workers, ISCO major group 5. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a cocktail bartender’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.