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64311.01 – Flight attendants

Flight attendants ensure the safety and comfort of passengers and crew members aboard aircraft.

Overview

Example job titles

  • Flight attendant

Core competencies

  • Oral Communication: Oral Expression to greet passengers, explain and demonstrate safety features and answer passengers' inquiries
  • Social Perceptiveness to recognize when a passenger is distressed, uncomfortable or in need of assistance, even if they don’t explicitly communicate their needs
  • Auditory Attention to hear and respond to safety announcements and alerts, both from the cockpit and other crew members
  • Gross Body Equilibrium to maintain balance and stability while walking through the cabin, especially when the plane is experiencing turbulence or during emergency situations
  • Adaptability to quickly adjust to ever-changing conditions, such as different aircraft types, flight paths and weather conditions, while performing duties effectively
  • Knowledge in Client Service to anticipate and meet passenger needs, handle requests efficiently and ensure a pleasant flight experience

Main duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

  • Greet passengers, explain and demonstrate safety procedures, check the general condition of the aircraft cabin, ensure that all necessary supplies are on board
  • Attend to safety of passengers during take-offs, landings and emergencies
  • Serve food and beverages to passengers and make flight announcements.

Additional information

  • There is little mobility between airline pursers and ship pursers.
  • It is an advantage for pursers and flight attendants to speak more than one language.

Similar occupations classified elsewhere

Exclusions:

  • Food and beverage servers (65200.00)
  • Support occupations in accommodation, travel and facilities set-up services (65210)

NOC hierarchy breakdown

NOC version

NOC 2021 Version 1.0

Broad occupational category

6 – Sales and service occupations

TEER

4 – Occupations usually require a secondary school diploma; or several weeks of on-the-job training

Major group

64 – Sales and service representatives and other customer and personal services occupations

Sub-major group

643 – Occupations in food, accommodation and tourism

Minor group

6431 – Occupations in travel and accommodation

Unit group

64311 – Pursers and flight attendants

Occupational profile

64311.01 – Flight attendants

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