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Beer Sommelier

A beer sommelier is a trained expert that specialises in beer styles, brewing methods and food pairings. The role is sometimes referred to as a Cicerone, particularly in the United States, or perhaps a beer specialist. It’s not as common as a wine sommelier, but the field is growing rapidly.

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Bartender

Bartenders serve drinks at bars, clubs and other licensed premises. It sounds pretty simple: take orders, prepare drinks and hand them out. However, elite bartenders do so much more than that.

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Restaurant / Bar Manager

Managing a bar or restaurant is one of the most crucial roles in hospitality. The manager is responsible for day-to-day operations: motivating the team, keeping customers happy and ensuring smooth service, while also hitting business targets.

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Retail Store Worker

Thousands of passionate wine, beer, spirits and sake enthusiasts work in the drinks retailing industry. This vast sector covers independent wine merchants, craft beer stores, specialist spirits shops, large chains, cellar door retailers and much more. Many supermarkets also hire wine specialists, while online retailing continues to go from strength to strength.

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Retail Store Manager

A store manager oversees the day-to-day operations at a wine, beer or spirits shop. It could be a boutique store in a small village, a fine wine merchant in a major city centre or perhaps one of many stores in a large chain.

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Where to study

We work with an extensive network of over 800 third-party course providers in over 70 countries, known as Approved Programme Providers (APPs). Most are open to the public. Browse our global APPs using the map below and find beer, sake, spirits and wine courses near you.

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Qualifications

The Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET) is the world’s leading provider of drinks qualifications. Trusted by the world’s most recognised drinks organisations, WSET has led the design and delivery of Wine, spirits and education for five decades. With four progressive levels of study offered through a network of course providers in more than 70 countries and translated into multiple languages,...