Support occupations in accommodation, travel and facilities set-up
- Support occupations in accommodation, travel and facilities set-up services
include bellhops, luggage porters, those who clean passengers’ rooms aboard ships and trains, and those who set up booths, equipment and exhibits in hotels or conference centres.
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Full NOC Description
Workers in support occupations in accommodation, travel and facilities set-up services escort guests to their rooms, carry travellers' luggage at airports, in railway stations and aboard ships, clean and maintain public areas and passengers' rooms aboard ships and trains, and set up rooms and associated furnishings, commercial displays, exhibits, equipment and booths in facilities and establishments. They are employed by hotels, conference centres, retail establishments, passenger transport companies and throughout the private and public sectors.
Main Duties
This group performs some or all of the following duties:
Guest service attendants and baggage porters
- Carry luggage for hotel guests, escort incoming guests to their rooms
- Check rooms to ensure they are in order
- Offer information regarding features of rooms, services of hotel and points of interest
- Assist guests with special needs
- Attend to group arrivals and departures
- Receive and deliver items and messages for guests
- Handle guest complaints and requests and maintain luggage storage areas.
- Convey travellers' luggage at railway stations and airports by hand or hand truck and arrange for ground transportation.
Ship and train service attendants
- Set and clear tables, serve food and beverages, clean sleeping cars and cabins, make beds, wash dishes and maintain washroom supplies
- Carry luggage for passengers aboard ships.
- Ensure customer satisfaction and comfort.
Facilities workers
- Set-up, install, reconfigure, relocate and dismantle temporary partitions and furnishings of rooms
- Assemble, rotate and disassemble window displays, showcases and signage according to floor plans or instructions
- Assist with installation of audiovisual equipment and help in resolving problems during use
- May perform minor repairs on installations and routine maintenance of audiovisual equipment.
Also Known As
- baggage porter
- banquet porter
- bellhop
- cruise line passenger attendant
- facilities porter
Employment Requirements
- Some secondary school education may be required.
Provincial Regulation
Not Provincially Regulated
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The following graph shows the industry groups in which the largest shares of persons working in this occupation in New Brunswick are employed. Small percentages for all top three industry groups may suggest employment for this occupation is widely distributed amongst many industry groups.
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The following graph shows the breakdown of all persons employed in this occupation in New Brunswick by which economic region they reside in.
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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.
The following graph shows the average salary of all persons employed in this occupation in each of New Brunswick’s five economic regions.
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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.
The following represents the median hourly wage of all persons employed in this occupation in each of New Brunswick’s five economic regions.
The following shows the average salary of everyone who worked full-time and year-round in this occupation across each of the Atlantic Provinces and nationally.
The following represents the number of job openings that are expected to occur in this occupation over the next three and ten years respectively, broken down by openings expected to result from growth (“new jobs”) and openings expected to result from attrition (death and retirements).
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