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How to become a bar person

Bar staff, serve drinks in pubs, clubs, wine bars, café bars and hotels. As a bar person your main duties would include: serving customers with drinks collecting payment and operating the till providing snacks, such as crisps and nuts. You may also create cocktails for customers and, during busy periods,

How to become a banking customer service advise

As a customer service adviser or cashier in a bank or building society, you would be a customer’s first point of contact. You could work in retail branches serving customers face to face, or in a contact centre dealing with account holders over the telephone or by e-mail. Your job could include: processing payments and withdrawals handling

How to become an antique dealer

Antique dealers buy and sell antique objects and collectors’ items. As an antique dealer, you could deal in a wide range of objects or specialise in a particular area, such as jewellery, glass, furniture or china. Your work could include: buying items from salesrooms, auctions, markets, trade fairs and private

How to become an airport information assistant

As an airport information assistant your job would be to help and support passengers in the airport terminal, dealing with requests for information and keeping passengers updated on changes to flights. Your duties would include: giving out up-to-date information on flights and services directing passengers around the airport, for example

How to become an airline customer service agent

Airline customer service agents make sure passengers and their luggage board the right aircraft safely and on time. They can also be known as passenger service agents or check-in assistants. As an airline customer service agent, you would usually work for a handling agent on behalf of an airline. Your duties would

How to become an air cabin crew

As an air cabin crew member (also called a flight attendant) you would play an important part in making sure your airline passengers had a comfortable, safe and pleasant flight. Before a flight you would: attend a briefing about the flight and schedule check that there are enough supplies and

How to become a builders’ merchant

Builders’ merchants (or DIY store workers) sell building and do-it-yourself products to the building trade and the general public. Products include timber, bricks, decorating materials, plumbing supplies, tools and gardening equipment. As a builder’s merchant, you would: give out product information to customers load and unload deliveries by hand or

How to become a bookseller

Booksellers buy books from publishers or wholesalers and sell them to customers, usually in a shop. This might be a small independent bookshop, a large shop that is part of a chain, or a specialist bookshop selling, for example secondhand, religious or legal books. As a bookseller, your duties would

How to become a bookmaker

Bookmakers can work ‘on course’ or ‘off course’. Off-course bookmakers, also called betting shop managers, run licensed betting offices. On-course bookmakers, or turf accountants, work in betting shops on location – usually at horse or dog racing tracks. As a bookmaker, you would manage and coordinate all gambling activities. This

How to become a betting shop cashier

As a betting shop cashier, you would serve customers and handle bets in a bookmakers. Your duties would include: giving information about odds taking payments for bets paying out winnings to customers balancing the takings after the shop closes for the day making sure that the shop’s satellite TV and