Bartenders: where your skills can take you
Mix and serve drinks to patrons, directly or through waitstaff.
Most common qualification in Australia: Year 12 or below (59% of workers, 2021 Census) · Australian median pay for Bar Attendants and Baristas: A$78,000 full-time (Jobs and Skills Australia) · RSA (Responsible Service of Alcohol) — mandatory (in NSW, before your first shift)
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Three moves that use what a bartender already knows
Ranked by how much of the job's skills and knowledge carries over. Each one says what the move usually costs in study.
Waiters and Waitresses
🧰 Your current job already uses looking after customers and clients, reading people, bringing people around to an idea and working in step with other people.
🎓 No more study. Your current level of study is usually enough. The most common level in the US is high school or less (90%).
🪪 RSA (Responsible Service of Alcohol) — needed to serve alcohol in most venues
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Take orders and serve food and beverages to patrons at tables in dining establishment.
Retail Salespersons
🧰 Your current job already uses looking after customers and clients, bringing people around to an idea, reading people and negotiating.
🎓 A certificate or diploma. About the same level of study as your job, but in a different field: it leans on Sales and Marketing, which your job does not use much. The most common level in the US is high school or less (83%).
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Sell merchandise, such as furniture, motor vehicles, appliances, or apparel to consumers.
Childcare Workers
🧰 Your current job already uses looking after customers and clients, reading people, bringing people around to an idea and teaching other people.
🎓 No more study. Your current level of study is usually enough. The most common level in the US is high school or less (53%).
🪪 Working With Children Check + Cert III in early childhood (or studying for it) — required
🔎 Find courses for this job on training.gov.au ↗
Attend to children at schools, businesses, private households, and childcare institutions. Perform a variety of tasks, such as dressing, feeding, bathing, and overseeing play.
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O*NET 30.3 — This service incorporates information from the O*NET 30.3 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. JobMatcha has modified all or some of this information. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications.
ABS ANZSCO 2022 Australian Update — Australian occupation tags are derived from the Australian Bureau of Statistics ANZSCO 2022 Australian Update correspondence tables (ABS, © Commonwealth of Australia, licensed under CC BY 4.0), bridged to U.S. occupations via U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics SOC crosswalks (public domain). Only high-confidence (>= 0.8) one-to-one chains are shown; other mappings are withheld as 'Australian data unavailable'.
Australian pay and shortage lines: Jobs and Skills Australia.