Barista & Floor Waitron

This is a floor job at a busy mall coffee shop in Mamelodi where your tips follow your service. Expect to be trusted with real work from your first week.

This post is in Mamelodi (Gauteng). Please only apply if you can travel there daily. Most weeks are 45 hours, in line with the BCEA.

• Mix cocktails, pour draught and serve shooters to spec at the bar.
• Refuse service to anyone under 18 or visibly drunk, as the Liquor Act requires.
• Take orders on the POS tablet and read them back to avoid kitchen mistakes.
• Check back two minutes after mains land and fix problems on the spot.
• Greet guests, seat them and hand over menus within a minute of arrival.
• Clear, wipe and reset tables fast during the Friday and Sunday rush.
• Carry plates to the right seat without auctioning food at the table.

• Quick with basic maths and card machines
• Grade 10 or higher; matric is a plus
• At least 6 months of waitering, bar or coffee shop experience
• Own transport or a safe way home after late shifts
• Neat grooming and a friendly manner under pressure
• Happy to work nights, weekends and public holidays

• A barista course certificate or latte-art skills
• Wine knowledge from a WSET Level 1 or wine farm stint
• A second language such as isiZulu, isiXhosa or Afrikaans

• Paid menu and wine tastings so you can sell with confidence
• Late-shift lift home within a set radius
• You keep your own tips, paid out daily or weekly
• Staff meal on every shift

• Recruiters ask about a difficult table, so have one real story ready about how you turned it around.
• Put the names of the restaurants you worked at and your average covers per shift at the top of your CV.