Clean bars, work areas, and tables.

“Clean bars, work areas, and tables.” is a core task performed by Bartenders. Among the occupation's 20 rated tasks, workers place it 16th by importance (#5 most important). About 100% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Clean tools, equipment, facilities, or work areas. in Performing General Physical Activities

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E0. No direct exposure — current language models give little or no time savings on this task.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 0.00. Automation potential label: T0.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Clean glasses, utensils, and bar equipment. · importance 4.8
• Collect money for drinks served. · importance 4.8
• Check identification of customers to verify age requirements for purchase of alcohol. · importance 4.7
• Balance cash receipts. · importance 4.7
• Attempt to limit problems and liability related to customers' excessive drinking by taking steps such as persuading customers to stop drinking, or ordering taxis or other transportation for intoxicated patrons. · importance 4.6
• Take beverage orders from serving staff or directly from patrons. · importance 4.6
• Serve wine, and bottled or draft beer. · importance 4.5
• Plan, organize, and control the operations of a cocktail lounge or bar. · importance 4.5
• Stock bar with beer, wine, liquor, and related supplies such as ice, glassware, napkins, or straws. · importance 4.5
• Serve snacks or food items to customers seated at the bar. · importance 4.4
• Supervise the work of bar staff and other bartenders. · importance 4.4
• Mix ingredients, such as liquor, soda, water, sugar, and bitters, to prepare cocktails and other drinks. · importance 4.3
• Order or requisition liquors and supplies. · importance 4.1
• Slice and pit fruit for garnishing drinks. · importance 4.0

See all tasks on the Bartenders page.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

@misc{singulariki-task-2230,
  title  = {Clean bars, work areas, and tables.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-2230}
}