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Do you remember Cocktail, the drama with Tom Cruise as an ambitious bartender who finds love while working at a bar in Jamaica? It’s no wonder why so many people wanted to become bartenders after that!  But what exactly are the qualifications that a successful bartender has? It’s not all glamour and green, but rather lots of hard work. From memorizing drink recipes, learning techniques, handling glassware and money,  maintanence and opening and closing the bar, there are lots of things a bartender needs to know. Your success also depends on your personality as this job requires exceptional social and interpersonal skills, listening skills, open-mindedness, and the ability to relate to many different kinds of people.  To begin, we recommend enrolling in a bartending course where you can get hands-on experience behind the bar!

Here are some bartending schools to get you started:
National Bartenders Bartending School in Los Angeles offers a Certificate in Bartending/Mixology, where according to the school brochure, you will learn what it takes to become a successful bartender and the secrets to making great drinks that keep the customers happy. The school also offers additional bartending course options including Bar Management and TIPs Certification.

Bartenders Academy of New York is the only bartending school in New York to offer a separate Flair class within their Bartending Program . Flair is the act of flipping, spinning, throwing, balancing and catching bottles, drinks and various bar tools when you’re making cocktails.

Boston Bartending School of America gives their students access to over 96 other school locations throughout the country to receive training and job assistance at no additional charge. Each graduate of their Bartending Program is also entitled to free refresher courses at any location nation-wide.

After graduating from the Bartending Program at the Australian School of Bartending in Oakleigh, you will receive a certificate of attendance for fully attended modules in the short skills courses in bartending, introduction to wine, cocktail making, beer cellar operations and the Responsible Serving of Alcohol [endorsed by Liquor Licensing Victoria].

Some of you may have to wait to pursue a career in bartending however, as the minimum age depends on the legal-age limit imposed by different countries, and it varies between 18 and 21.

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