Define a fast-moving support role that keeps bar stations stocked and safe without blurring the boundaries around alcohol service, tills or cellar systems.
This contract includes Replenish approved drinks, ice, glassware, garnishes and consumables during service. Collect empties and maintain clear, clean routes behind and around the bar. Move kegs, crates and stock using the venue's handling equipment and storage plan. Preview before payment PDF and editable DOCX files after checkoutBuilt for UK employers
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When to use this contract
Deliver stocked and orderly service stations, deliver clean glass and waste handling, and produce timely cellar and floor support.
Workplace context: Hotel, restaurant, kitchen, guest-facing or approved hospitality areas.
What makes this role different
Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering late shifts. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering manual handling. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering glass and waste safety. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering alcohol-service boundaries. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering food safety.
Not a fit / obtain specialist advice
Recheck the role or obtain appropriate advice if the work would exceed these maintained authority boundaries: The barback may replenish and clean as trained; alcohol service, cellar system intervention and stock write-offs require the assigned supervisor. Obtain approval before committing expenditure, changing contractual commitments or making regulated or staffing decisions outside the assigned role.
What to prepare before you issue it
the bars, cellar, stores and event areas the employee supports
the evening, weekend, seasonal and post-closing shift pattern
whether any alcohol service or till work is expressly included
the stock-transfer, cellar-access and key-control boundaries
the handling aids, glass equipment, PPE and footwear provided
the waste, breakage, spill and contaminated-ice procedures
the manager or bartender directing priorities during live service
Day-to-day operating brief
What Barback work looks like in practice
A barback keeps service supplied by replenishing ice, glassware, garnishes and stock, clearing empties and maintaining clean work areas. The contract should reflect heavy handling, broken glass, cellar access, late shifts and the boundary between support work and serving alcohol.
Responsibilities reflected in the contract
Replenish approved drinks, ice, glassware, garnishes and consumables during service.
Collect empties and maintain clear, clean routes behind and around the bar.
Move kegs, crates and stock using the venue's handling equipment and storage plan.
Wash, inspect and rotate glassware and isolate chipped or contaminated items.
Respond to broken glass, spills and contaminated ice through the safe procedure.
Complete opening stock preparation and assigned closing clean-down.
Report shortages, equipment faults, cellar leaks and unsafe customer behaviour.
A realistic working scenario
A broken bottle contaminates the ice well during peak service. The barback isolates it, discards affected ice and completes the safe clean-down before restocking.
Outputs to agree
stocked and orderly service stations
clean glass and waste handling
timely cellar and floor support
Records and evidence
Shift checklist.
Stock transfer.
Breakage or injury.
Closing clean-down.
Booking records.
Payment records.
Reporting relationship
Typically reports to General Manager, Hotel Manager, Restaurant Manager or Front Office Manager. Confirm the employer's actual reporting structure in the builder.
Authority and escalation
The barback may replenish and clean as trained; alcohol service, cellar system intervention and stock write-offs require the assigned supervisor.
Obtain approval before committing expenditure, changing contractual commitments or making regulated or staffing decisions outside the assigned role.
Tools and systems
Booking systems.
Payment systems.
Kitchen or housekeeping equipment where authorised.
Shift handover tools.
Guest communication systems.
Workplace context
Hotel, restaurant, kitchen, guest-facing or approved hospitality areas.
Training and certification
Complete employer-required health and safety training.
Contract priorities
late shifts
manual handling
glass and waste safety
alcohol-service boundaries
Information the employer should prepare
the bars, cellar, stores and event areas the employee supports
the evening, weekend, seasonal and post-closing shift pattern
whether any alcohol service or till work is expressly included
the stock-transfer, cellar-access and key-control boundaries
the handling aids, glass equipment, PPE and footwear provided
the waste, breakage, spill and contaminated-ice procedures
the manager or bartender directing priorities during live service
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Work setting
Hotel, restaurant, kitchen, guest-facing or approved hospitality areas.
Primary duties
Replenish approved drinks, ice, glassware, garnishes and consumables during service.
Collect empties and maintain clear, clean routes behind and around the bar.
Move kegs, crates and stock using the venue's handling equipment and storage plan.
Wash, inspect and rotate glassware and isolate chipped or contaminated items.
Tools and training to confirm
Booking systems.
Payment systems.
Kitchen or housekeeping equipment where authorised.
Shift handover tools.
Governance focus
Employer procedures and role controls. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering late shifts. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering manual handling. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering glass and waste safety.
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Barback duties
Deliver stocked and orderly service stations, deliver clean glass and waste handling, and produce timely cellar and floor support.
Replenish approved drinks, ice, glassware, garnishes and consumables during service. Collect empties and maintain clear, clean routes behind and around the bar. Move kegs, crates and stock using the venue's handling equipment and storage plan. Wash, inspect and rotate glassware and isolate chipped or contaminated items. Respond to broken glass, spills and contaminated ice through the safe procedure.
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What is added to the finished contract
The barback may replenish and clean as trained; alcohol service, cellar system intervention and stock write-offs require the assigned supervisor.
Obtain approval before committing expenditure, changing contractual commitments or making regulated or staffing decisions outside the assigned role.
Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering late shifts.
Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering manual handling.
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Only if the employer has assigned, trained and lawfully supervised that duty under the venue's licensing arrangements.
How should broken glass be handled?
Use the venue's dedicated tools, containers and contamination procedure rather than hand-picking fragments.
Can a Barback pour drinks when the bar becomes busy?
Only if that duty is assigned, the employee is trained and appropriately supervised, and the venue's age-checking and licensing procedures apply to them.
Who authorises a Barback to enter a locked cellar?
The venue should define key and access permissions, lone-working limits and which pressurised or cooling equipment must not be adjusted.
How should glass found in an ice well be handled?
Stop using the well, discard all potentially contaminated ice, clean and inspect it under the venue procedure and restock only when it is safely released.
May a Barback record damaged stock as wastage?
They may report and separate it, but write-off or inventory adjustment should follow the authorised stock-control and verification process.
Can late clearing duties continue after customers leave?
Yes where the agreed rota includes close-down time, with safe transport, lone-working, rest and security arrangements addressed by the employer.
What manual-handling information should the role receive?
Cover keg and crate weights, routes, stairs, shelving, handling aids, team lifts and the instruction to stop where an item or route cannot be managed safely.