Flight attendants and ship pursers
- Pursers and flight attendants
ensure the safety and comfort of passengers and crew members during flights or aboard ships.
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Full NOC Description
Pursers and flight attendants ensure the safety and comfort of passengers and crew members during flights. Ship pursers attend to the safety and comfort of passengers aboard ships. Airline pursers and flight attendants are employed by airline companies. Ship pursers are employed by tour boat or cruise ship companies.
Main Duties
This group performs some or all of the following duties:
Flight attendants
- 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.
Flight pursers, customer service directors and passenger service directors
- Coordinate the activities of flight attendants, provide service to passengers during flight and complete reports.
Ship pursers
- 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.
Also Known As
- airline purser
- flight attendant
- flight service director
- passenger service director - water transportation
- ship purser
Employment Requirements
- Flight attendants and flight pursers require the completion of secondary school and a training program approved by Transport Canada.
- Flight pursers/customer service directors require experience as a flight attendant.
- Ship pursers may require experience as a ship attendant.
- Flight attendants and ship pursers usually require experience working with the public.
Provincial Regulation
Not Provincially Regulated
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Economic Regions
The following map displays New Brunswick’s five economic regions. An economic region (ER) is a grouping of counties, created as a standard unit for analysis of regional economic activity across Canada.
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