In the United States, different states have their age requirement for how old you have to be to bartend, but the age range is from 18-21. Some states also require alcohol awareness training (this is different from getting a bartending license) that you can take when you start working.
Below is a table of the age requirements of the different states and Learn2Serve’s online liquor license training and certification courses per state to get you started right away in your bartending career.
Being a certified bartender means that you have completed at least 40 hours of classes in a professional bartending program, with proof in the form of a bartending license. So long as he or she is at least 18 years old, the state of New York does not require a bartender to be certified and have a bartending license.
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