RecordMove

Ship steward/ship stewardess to hotel butler

A ship steward/ship stewardess already meets 64% of what the hotel butler role asks for. The move turns on 3 required skills not yet in the profile.

Fig. 1 · Skill transfer ESCO v1.2.1 · directional

From ship steward/ship stewardess

Strong match

To hotel butler

11 You already bring

3 Still to learn

19 Skills in the target role2

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

33.6/ 100

adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change

1 How much of what a hotel butler is expected to do is already part of a ship steward/ship stewardess’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the hotel butler role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.

Why

Why this move works

A hotel butler role treats 7 of its required skills as things a ship steward/ship stewardess already does. You would walk in with these on day one.

assist at check-in
comply with food safety and hygiene
greet guests
handle customer complaints
handle guest luggage
identify customer's needs

What stands in the way is 3 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 11 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A hotel butler role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a ship steward/ship stewardess background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held oversee guest laundry service management skills
already held handle guest luggage handling and moving
already held assist at check-in assisting and caring
already held assist clients with special needs communication, collaboration and creativity
already held greet guests assisting and caring
already held comply with food safety and hygiene assisting and caring

All 11 carried skills, including the 7 the hotel butler role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 8 missing skills fall into 3 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.

Skill to pick up Tier

01 assisting and caring 2 required, 3 supplementary

still to learn explain features in accommodation venue required
still to learn run errands on behalf of customers required

optional, not held provide tourism related information optional
optional, not held serve beverages optional
optional, not held ensure the privacy of guests optional

02 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 1 supplementary

still to learn maintain relationship with customers required

optional, not held take room service orders optional

03 handling and moving 1 supplementary

optional, not held handle delivered packages optional

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a hotel butler role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 11 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held assist at check-in skill
already held comply with food safety and hygiene skill
already held greet guests skill
already held handle customer complaints skill
already held handle guest luggage skill
already held identify customer's needs skill
already held maintain customer service skill
already held assist clients with special needs skill
already held implement marketing strategies skill
already held implement sales strategies skill
already held oversee guest laundry service skill

5 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to pick up Tier

optional, not held provide tourism related information optional
optional, not held serve beverages optional
optional, not held take room service orders optional
optional, not held ensure the privacy of guests optional
optional, not held handle delivered packages optional

34 held skills the hotel butler role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role assist passengers skill
not needed by the target role check passenger tickets skill
not needed by the target role communicate reports provided by passengers skill
not needed by the target role communicate verbal instructions skill
not needed by the target role deliver outstanding service skill
not needed by the target role demonstrate emergency procedures skill
not needed by the target role distribute local information materials skill
not needed by the target role facilitate safe disembarkation of passengers skill
not needed by the target role follow verbal instructions skill
not needed by the target role give instructions to staff skill
not needed by the target role handle financial transactions skill
not needed by the target role handle veterinary emergencies skill
not needed by the target role health and safety measures in transportation knowledge
not needed by the target role help to control passenger behaviour during emergency situations skill
not needed by the target role maintain stock supplies for guest cabin skill
not needed by the target role maintain vessel safety and emergency equipment skill
not needed by the target role manage lost and found articles skill
not needed by the target role manage on board hazards skill
not needed by the target role manage the customer experience skill
not needed by the target role perform services in a flexible manner skill
not needed by the target role perform small vessel safety procedures skill
not needed by the target role physical parts of the vessel knowledge
not needed by the target role prepare mixed beverages skill
not needed by the target role prepare simple meals on board skill
not needed by the target role provide first aid skill
not needed by the target role provide food and beverages skill
not needed by the target role provide information to passengers skill
not needed by the target role read stowage plans skill
not needed by the target role serve food in table service skill
not needed by the target role service rooms skill
not needed by the target role show intercultural awareness skill
not needed by the target role use different communication channels skill
not needed by the target role use riverspeak to communicate skill
not needed by the target role vessel safety equipment knowledge

Index

Other moves recorded from ship steward/ship stewardess

Full index of moves from ship steward/ship stewardess

FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can a ship steward/ship stewardess become a hotel butler?

Yes, and it is a moderate move. A ship steward/ship stewardess already covers 64% of what a hotel butler is expected to do: 11 skills carry over, 7 of which the hotel butler role treats as required.

What skills does a ship steward/ship stewardess need to become a hotel butler?

3 required skills are missing, plus 5 optional ones. They fall into 3 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by assisting and caring. The single most important is explain features in accommodation venue.

How hard is the move from ship steward/ship stewardess to hotel butler?

Its learning distance is 33.6 out of 100, which is the moderate band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.

Note

How this record was compiled

Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.