Cruise ships
Large hotel-side crew complement (often 1,000+), marine crew under the Master, parallel hotel structure under the Hotel Director.
From Wikipedia
Passenger ship used for pleasure voyages
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Work environment
Long contracts (6–9 months for hotel crew), high passenger contact, mandatory crowd / crisis management training, drills, ISPS exposure. Stricter document scrutiny (police clearance, SED, often US C1/D).
Common ranks onboard
- master
- chief officer
- second officer
- third officer
- chief engineer
- second engineer
- eto
- cruise crew
- ship cook
- steward
Typical certificates
- BST
- PSCRB
- AFF
- MFA
- Passenger Ship Safety (A-V/2)
- Crowd Management
- Crisis Management & Human Behaviour
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Safety risks
- Mass-evacuation drill realism
- Norovirus + public-health outbreaks
- Slip / fall on wet hotel decks
- MOB response with passengers
Typical contract length
4 months (officers), 6–9 months (hotel crew)
Salary reference
/salaries/vessel/cruise
Career pathway
/careers/cruise-ship-crew
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Primary sources
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