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64311.03 – Ship pursers

Ship pursers attend to the safety and comfort of passengers aboard ships.

Overview

Example job titles

  • Ship purser

Main duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

  • Supervise ship attendants and arrange activities for passengers
  • Conduct ship's business, such as signing on crew, maintaining payroll records, assisting passengers in preparing customs declarations and supervising baggage storage.

Additional information

  • There is little mobility between airline pursers and ship pursers.

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

64311.03 – Ship pursers

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