Also called: Coffee Trainer
Trains baristas and cafe owners in espresso, brewing, and coffee quality.
You run classes in a training lab, teaching milk texturing, grinder calibration, and how to taste sweetness and acidity. You might visit wholesale cafe clients to fix their espresso. Some trainers compete in barista championships.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Certificate, about 1 year after high school. Barista experience plus Specialty Coffee Association certificates.
Ways in: Certification, On-the-job training. Training cost: Under $15k.
Growing faster than average.
Low risk for 10 years. Training videos help, but tasting, dialing in espresso and coaching baristas at the bar stay hands-on.
Classes: Chemistry, Speech, Hospitality CTE class.
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