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Volunteer as a bartender on a tropical island

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The experience

Join our young and fun team on Tioman Island in Malaysia. You'll help serving cold drinks and cocktails to our thirsty divers and the end of day. Our bar starts at 5pm and closes around 11pm or sometimes a little later when we have parties going. you will receive cost priced dive education. You will be helping in shifts with our permanent staff members that will mentor you during your stay with us.

What you offer

30 hours of help per week

Bartending: Make and serve drinks and help maintain the beverages inventory.

What you get

1 day off per week

Shared Dorm: You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other travelers.

Breakfast: You are entitled to a free breakfast, every day of your stay.

Discounts on Drinks: Get discounts for drinks and beverages from our bar.

Discounts on Tours: Get discounts for tours and excursions around town.

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

Free Events: Get free entrance for the best events in town.

Bikes at your disposal: You can use our bikes any time you want.

Use our equipped kitchen: Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.

Fast Internet Access: High-speed internet for you to work remotely

Requirements

Intermediate English or Intermediate German

Between 23 and 45 years old

Only hosts solo volunteers (doesn’t accept couples or partners)

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

You'll do some prepping of the bar around 9am for about 30min after that you are free for the day until 5pm when we open the Bar for our divers. During this time you'll be serving drinks ( soft drinks to cocktails) to our guests, as well as control the stocks and cash. We close the Bar at 11.30pm unless we have a special event where we stay open a little longer.

Activities & Shift

Your mornings are free for you to do anything you like, for example you can go snorkeling of kayaking or you could learn to Scuba dive. Your fun dives that are conducted of the boat will be part of our gratitude to you, do take note that this only applies when space is available on the boats. There are others that will assist you on the busy days otherwise you handle the bar on your own.. since you'll help with a full time staff member you can arrange your hours on a daily base. Bikes and kayaks are available to you to explore the island.

Rules

No smoking in the dorm, no excessive consumption of alcohol while on duty.