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Overview
The work is centered on espresso machines, grinders, drink recipes, food safety, customer orders, service timing and a clean handover of the coffee station during busy hospitality shifts.
In job descriptions, look for coffee preparation, setting up the service area, taking food and drink orders, customer complaints, hygiene routines, equipment care and work with a hospitality team.
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Baristas work at the coffee station inside cafés, bars or hospitality units. The role combines drink preparation, guest contact, order flow, hygiene, equipment readiness and handover between service shifts.
Skills and specializations
Useful capability includes espresso preparation, setting up the coffee area, taking food and drink orders, handling complaints, maintaining customer service and caring for machines, grinders and other kitchen equipment.
Salary context
Salary context depends on service volume, opening or closing responsibility, product knowledge, upselling duties, equipment maintenance, weekend or evening shifts and whether the role supervises other staff.
Career paths
Entry can come from café service, hospitality teams or food and beverage work. Development may lead toward senior barista, shift lead, café supervisor, coffee training or beverage purchasing support.
Good to know
Check whether the advert names espresso equipment, menu range, food handling, customer complaints, sales expectations and shift handover. A clear role states whether it is mainly coffee production or wider café service.
Editorial note
This guide gives editorial career context for barista work. It is not official labour-market statistics or salary data.
Where might this occupation occur?
This occupation may occur in several kinds of economic activity. Here are some examples and other occupations that may be found in the same areas.
Beverage serving activities
This is one example. Other occupations in this activity include bartender, cocktail bartender and waiter/waitress.
Explore this activityThese examples offer an overview but do not show every economic activity where the occupation may occur.
About this information
The selection is based on how occupations are connected to economic activities in ESCO and NACE. Only a few examples are shown to make the information easier to use. The occupations were selected because they are close in occupation area and important skills. The examples are not a ranking. They do not show where most people work, where demand is highest, or which occupation is best suited to a particular person.
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O*NET relationships
See occupations connected to this ESCO occupation in the official O*NET–ESCO mapping. The relationship type comes from the source and is not a ranking or recommendation.
O*NET relationships: 1
Baristas
35-3023.01
Exact relationship
The official mapping treats the O*NET and ESCO occupations as closely equivalent.
Open in O*NETSource and method
These relationships come from the official European Commission O*NET–ESCO crosswalk.
Relationship direction: O*NET occupation to ESCO occupation.
Several O*NET occupations can point to the same ESCO occupation, and one O*NET occupation can point to several ESCO occupations.
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NACE Rev. 2.1
Economic activities linked to this occupation.
56.3Beverage serving activities
Alternative labels
Occupation group
bartender (5132.1)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/bf7d8b16-4e2c-48ef-b44e-dc25b2d0ab61 |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 5132.1.1 |
| ISCO group | 5132 |
| Concept type | Occupation |