Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a ship steward/ship stewardess can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a ship steward/ship stewardess already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Ship stewards and ship stewardesses work on board the vessel to provide services to passengers such as serving meals, housekeeping, welcoming passengers and explaining safety procedures.

Also known as ferry stewardess, cruise ship guest services associate, ferry steward, ship guest services associate, ship steward, ship stewardess, cruise ship guest services officer, cruise ship steward, ship guest services officer, ship guest services professional, cruise ship stewardess, cruise ship guest services professional.

Service and sales workers 45 skills on file 5 career moves 4 above 60% overlap Closest: train attendant, 74%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
train attendant 74% covered steward/stewardess 70% covered hotel butler 64% covered hotel porter 61% covered hotel concierge 58% covered ship steward/ship steward… You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from ship steward/ship stewardess, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a ship steward/ship stewardess already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A ship steward/ship stewardess needs 21 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • check passenger tickets assisting and caring
  • demonstrate emergency procedures communication, collaboration and creativity
  • manage on board hazards information skills
  • deliver outstanding service assisting and caring
  • provide food and beverages assisting and caring
  • facilitate safe disembarkation of passengers assisting and caring
  • communicate reports provided by passengers information skills
  • serve food in table service assisting and caring
  • help to control passenger behaviour during emergency situations assisting and caring
  • provide information to passengers assisting and caring
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a ship steward/ship stewardess does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

Index

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Ship steward/ship stewardess is filed under Service and sales workers, ISCO major group 5. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a ship steward/ship stewardess’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.