Bartending Apprenticeship

t.dolan · 28-01-2018 10:39PM #1

I tried to research bartending apprenticeships in Ireland and i couldn't really find anything of much use,I just wondering if anyone knew anything more about it I would greatly appropriate some help. Thanks!

Mokuba · 29-01-2018 01:01PM

There are no "bartending apprenticeships".

Some colleges do Bar management courses - CIT in Cork does for one. You don't require this to get a bar job.

A few places will throw you into the deep end and a few will start you off as a glass collector and teach you the ropes when it's quieter.

If you are interested in it as a job and have no experience then glass collector might be your "in".

However it is a relatively low paid job, with very unsociable hours ( a typical bar is busiest on Friday and Saturday nights, so you will rarely get one of those days off ) , and you may have to deal with a decent amount of guff, depending on where you work.

t.dolan · 29-01-2018 08:04PM

I do already have 2 years bar experience and I really do enjoy it and even tho I already have a lot of experience in the area I'd like to have something behind me like having a certificate for going abroad and stuff but I don't want to do 2 years in college to learn something I already get paid to learn

ianob7 · 29-01-2018 08:07PM

Check out Dublin bar academy. Might be something that interests you there .

Website seemed to have a number of different options, short term and long term options.

RocketRaccoon · 29-01-2018 08:08PM

If you do go abroad, you won't need a college course to just work in a bar. Show them you can pull a pint and you'll be fine.

I worked in a bar for close to 10 years, I'm confident I could go to bars around the world and be comfortable starting out with no certification to show them.

duffman13 · 29-01-2018 08:12PM

If you go abroad, tell them your Irish and to give you a trial. From working in bars and travelling a bit you'll have no problems. Irish barmen get jobs in busy bars cause they are quick in busy environments. A trial for an hour at a busy time usually gets you the job. Formal training for bar men don't exist anymore to my knowledge

29-01-2018 08:14PM

I can only speak from my own experience but I never heard of anyone needing a qualification to get a job in a pub abroad. Experience stated was enough to get a trial if they needed someone.

The only thing I ever heard of was a TGI Fridays training up people for the cocktail bar which would maybe count for something, but you'd need to be working for them.

Sleeper12 · 29-01-2018 08:18PM

t.dolan wrote:

I tried to research bartending apprenticeships in Ireland and i couldn't really find anything of much use,I just wondering if anyone knew anything more about it I would greatly appropriate some help. Thanks!

You'll only find information on barman apprenticeship in the history books. The apprenticeship used to 4 years but was done away with 20 odd years ago.

t.dolan · 29-01-2018 11:11PM

Thank you everyone for your help really learned a lot from all your knowledge.
appreciate it

SEPT 23 1989 · 29-01-2018 11:13PM

Go to America they are valued there

iPhone. · 30-01-2018 08:42PM

.........Unless they come from certain countries frowned upon by the current administration I think you forgot to add!

:D

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