At Caliber we have a wide range of training available for the bar industry. Our courses consist of the following:

Cocktail Menu Training and Tastings, Basic Bartending Level 1, Cocktail Bartending Level 2, Flair Bartending Level 3, Management Training Level 4

 

Cocktail Menu Training and Tasting

One of the services that we offer is to design specific cocktails for your establishment.  With the Cocktail Menu Training and Tastings we come to your establishment and train your bar staff on how to make the cocktails we designed for you, how to present them to the guests and let them taste the cocktails in order to know the product they are selling.

It is a 1 day training, with a practical exam. The training will take no longer than 4 hours a day.  Depending on the amount of cocktails involved in the training a 2^nd day might be necessary.

Regardless of the number of bar staff to be trained we charge R1000.

 

Basic Bartending Level 1

In the Basic Bartending Level 1 training we train you all you need to know about being a bartender, the guest you are going to serve and all you need to know about alcohol.  How to free pour, what glass is used for what, how to behave behind a bar and what makes the difference between a barman and a professional bartender. 

The course consists of 4 days.  2 Days theory, 1 day practical and 1 day for exams.  The course is Wednesdays till Fridays with exams on Mondays and will only take 4 hours a day out of your schedule. 

In this course you receive a free bartender’s kit, a beginner’s manual and a certificate.

Cost: R1200

 

Cocktail Bartending Level 2

In the Cocktail Bartending Level 2 training we train you further and refine your bar knowledge, specifically your alcohol and how to make, create and serve cocktails.  You will get a chance to make and taste cocktails as well.

The course consists of 4 days.  2 Days theory, 1 day practical and 1 day for exams.  The course is Wednesdays till Fridays with exams on Mondays and will only take 4 hours a day out of your schedule.

In this course you receive all the ingredients necessary to make a cocktail or 2, a Cocktail  training manual and a certificate.

Cost: R1500

 

Flair Bartending Level 3

In the Flair Bartending Level 3 training we train you even further and refine your bar skills even more, specifically how to throw bottles, shakers and anything that is not nailed down to the bar.  We teach you a 1 bottle, 2 bottle and bottle shaker routines.  You learn how to work flair, show flair, breath fire and flair with fire.

The course consists of 6 days.  1 Day theory, 4 days practical and 1 day for exams.  The course is Mondays till Fridays with exams on Saturdays and will only take 4 hours a day out of your schedule. 

In this course you receive a Flair training manual and a certificate.

Cost: R2000

 

Management Training – Level 4

In Management Training we take a closer look at what it takes to be a good manager in the hospitality industry.  We teach the managers how to train their staff, how to maintain their staff, keep an eye on their staff and how important it is to motivate their staff.  We point out common mistakes made by most managers and show them how to fix it.  We teach them how to get the best out of their staff without breaking down their staff.  We give them all the general information needed to manage their staff to the best of their abilities and then we apply it in the bar or on the floor in order to show them what to look out for.  We give them practical ways to test staff in a positive way. 

Unfortunately we do not teach managers any management duties, like cash-ups or ordering stock and so on, simply because every establishment has a different way they would like this to happen and to learn those procedures properly takes time.  We do cover procedures like how to do proper stock take, shift planning and dealing with problems and difficult guests.

Our Management Training course is a 3 day course.  All day consist of theory and practical.  We come to your establishment and train your managers on you premise.  It will only take 3 hours out of their busy schedules and we fit in the training when it suits your establishment.  We do recommend that floor managers and bar managers are trained separate, because we adjust the training criteria to fit each department.

Because management is such an intense topic we try and keep our training groups small. We prefer to have a minimum class off 2 and a maximum of 5.  If there are pressing reasons to have bigger classes, like when opening a new club or restaurant, we will take on more students in our classes.  We know that the industry is a busy one so we try our best to tailor our classes to your establishments needs.

The training includes a Management manual and each manager receives a certificate on completion of the course.

Costs:  The course is R3000 per person.

For more information please contact us.