barista

Code 5132.1.1

The barista (barista de café) pulls and serves specialty coffee with consistent grind, extraction and milk. Use this Job Dictionary profile to specialty-coffee role increasingly sought in Chile.

Essential skills

Skills and competences

  • check deliveries on receipt
  • execute opening and closing procedures
  • handover the service area
  • maintain customer service
  • maintain equipment for non-alcoholic drinks
  • maintain relationship with customers
  • maximise sales revenues
  • upsell products
  • comply with food safety and hygiene
  • prepare hot drinks
  • prepare specialised coffee
  • set up the coffee area
  • present decorative drink displays
  • greet guests
  • take food and beverage orders from customers
  • work according to recipe

Transversal competences

  • educate customers on tea varieties
  • educate customers on coffee varieties
  • handle customer complaints
  • work in a hospitality team

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What to assess for this role

Assess extraction consistency, machine hygiene and manner.

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Lo que más nos preguntan

Common questions about this role when you are hiring or writing the job profile.

What does a barista do?
Runs the machine, prepares coffee drinks and educates guests on origin when relevant.
Barista vs bartender?
Barista is coffee; bartender is the alcohol bar. Not the same craft.
What to assess when hiring?
Basic latte art, bar times and cleanliness.

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Sources

This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences