Restaurant Bar-Back (Bartender Assistant)

JOB SUMMARY

To assist the bartender as needed with opening and closing duties and maintain cleanliness during his/her shift. Prepare coffee, iced tea as needed restock ice-bin, restock bar condiments as needed including cleaned.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

This description is a summary of primary responsibilities and qualifications. The job description is not intended to include all duties or qualifications that may be required now or in the future. The Hotel operates 24 hours a day and 7 days a week, so operational demands require variations in shift days, starting times, and hours worked in a week.

· Opening duties, including preparing freshly brewed coffee and iced tea.

· Maintains proper and adequate amounts of clean glassware.

· Responsible for maintaining stock, cutting, and storing of all fresh fruit and vegetable garnishes, juices and other perishables daily to ensure product quality.

· Running food from the kitchen as needed.

· Cleaning and setting bar tables, cleaning all soiled glassware from the bar and delivering them to the steward department.

· Maintaining proper ice levels in the ice bin

· Changing syrup boxes for bar beverage as needed.

· Changing beer kegs as needed.

· Prepares coffee and soft drinks for guests as needed or requested by the bartender

· Assist bartenders with closing duties and the end of his/her shift.

· If his/her shift ends in the middle of the day, insures leaving the bar properly restocked and set up for the pm bar-back.

· Assist bartenders with request from the store room, such full bottles of wine liquor, beer, mixers..

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES

· Hold a current Food Handler Card

· Must have basic knowledge of soft drink beverage preparation and service of various beverages.

· Basic English language communication writing skills necessary for completion of requisitions and other assigned duties.

· Basic knowledge of the English language sufficient to understand inquiries from customers and communicate simple instructions.

· Sufficient manual dexterity in hands in order to use a knife to make garnish, pick up glassware and bottles, scoop ice, mix drinks, and reach overhead to retrieve stock.

· Ability to comprehend and apply written product labeling instructions to enable the safe application of products and processes within the hotel.

· Ability to operate beverage equipment, e.g., coffee maker.

· Able to practice safety first, for self, coworkers and customer

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

· Ability to transport up to 30 lbs. through a crowded room on a continuous basis throughout the shift.

· Lifting Thirty (30) pounds maximum.

· Constant standing & walking required

· Frequent twisting, bending, stooping, reaching, standing, walking, talking, hearing, seeing and smiling.