Bar Attendant
OFO Code: 513201
Last checked 3 October 2026
1. Occupation identity
- OFO code
- 513201
- Occupation
- Bar Attendant
- Classification
- OFO 2021
- Major group
- SERVICE AND SALES WORKERS
- Unit group
- 5132 · Bartenders
Official description
Bartenders prepare, mix and serve alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks directly to customers over a bar or counter, or through waiters.
More official OFO detail
Specialisations: Barperson Waiter, Bar Steward, Bartender, Bar Operator, Club Steward, Bar Hostess / Maid
- Tapping kegs and attaching supply lines
- Washing used glassware, cleaning and maintaining bar service areas, tea and coffee-making areas and equipment such as espresso machines
- Taking steps to limit problems related to excessive drinking such, as persuading customers to stop drinking
- Mixing ingredients to prepare cocktails and other drinks
- Assisting in keeping bar properly stocked and arranging bottles and glasses
- Taking beverage orders from serving staff or directly from patrons
- Serving snacks or other food items to customers at the bar
- Checking identification of customers to verify age requirements for purchase of alcohol
- declining further service and ordering transportation
- Preparing and serving alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks at a bar
- Collecting payment for sales, operating cash registers and balancing cash receipts
2. Demand status
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3. Salary evidence
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7. Industry, sector and provincial context
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10. Sources for this page
- DHET Organising Framework for Occupations (OFO 2021) · Planned
- DHET Occupations in High Demand · Planned
- Critical Skills List · Planned
- QCTO qualifications and occupational certificates · Planned
- Stats SA Quarterly Labour Force Survey · Planned
- SETA Sector Skills Plans / hard-to-fill vacancy tables · Planned