Being a cruise ship chef

The best chefs dreams of being able to cook for people in the best known restaurants and places. One of the best place to cook for people is at cruise lines. Tons of cruise ship chefs are now enjoying their career while traveling the world for free at the same time. Rose, one cruise ship chef, shares how she enjoys working on a cruise ship. She also discusses the benefits and how fun it is to work on cruise ships.







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Silja Lines Profile

As cruising is increasing its popularity in terms of tourism, the need for more cruise ships also rises. The good news with this demand is that as there are more cruise ships, the number of jobs available on shore and on board also increases. One cruise line that has been providing cruise services and giving cruise ship jobs is the Finnish-owned Silja Lines

The cargo and ferry ships of the company gives short cruises in Estonia, Germany, Sweden and Finland. Carrying facilities to entertain and give relaxation to the passengers, the ships may be with a sauna, play area, pool and spa. Shops that are duty and tax free are also in some ships with a selection of fine dining. Here is a list of the ships that the lines has a a brief description.

Cruise Ship : SuperSeaCat 4

Traveling from Helsinki to Tallinn, the SuperSeaCat 4 which was built in 2000 weighing 4500 gross tons, can carry 700 passengers with 25 crews to attend to the ship and the passengers.

Cruise Ship : GTS Finnjet

Tours from Helsinki, Tallinn and Rostock, the 32940 gross ton 1977 built ship can carry 1781 passengers with 172 crew to assist them and do cruise ship jobs.

Cruise Ship : Silja Festival

Tours places like Turku, Eland Islands and Stockholm, the 34414 gross ton ship built in 1986 can carry 1916 passengers with 180 crews.

Cruise Ship : Silja Serenade

Built in 1990, the ship travels Helsinki, Eland Islands and Stockholm. The ship can carry 2852 passengers with 264 cruise staff and weighs 58376 gross tons.

Cruise Ship : Silja Sympony

Built in 1991, the 58377 gross ton ship can carry 2952 passengers with 264 crews to the same destinations as the Silja Serenade.

Cruise Ship : Silja Europa

Can carry 3123 passengers with 300 staffs to attend to the ship and the passenger. Built in 1993 and weighs 59914 gross tons, the Silja Europa carries passengers in destinations like Turku, Eland Islands and Stockholm.

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The Cruising Industry in Florida

Even with the current economic problems and issues, the cruise industry is still one of the great factors in keeping Florida's economy in good condition. The industry's leading trade group has reported that the cruise industry for Florida has generated more than 120,000 jobs and more than 6 billion in direct spending last 2008.
Cruise Lines International Association has reported that a 2500 passenger cruise ship has more than $300,000 economic impact every time it leaves for its itinerary.

The impact of the industry on Brevard Country is very substantial as it has six major cruise ships home ported at Port Canaveral, ports in Miami and Ft. Lauderdale which is the three busiest cruise port.

Bobby Giangrisostomi, deputy executive director of business development for Port Canaveral says that "The cruise industry serves as a valuable economic partner that has made Port Canaveral one of the primary economic engines for Brevard County”.

The Port was responsible for an estimated 9000 jobs, more than $200,000 wages and more than $160 million in annual economic output in Brevard in 2003.

More than 6 billion was added by cruise lines in direct spending to Florida's economy in 2008 while studies shows that cruising has generated more than 120000 jobs that pays more than 5 billion dollars.

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Some Cruise Ship Jobs

A cruise ship can be floating and cruising in the water for days and weeks carrying passengers that are out for a good time. But what makes a cruise successful for these passengers? Is it the good facilities? The good sites? The cruise pleasure and experience? Or the people working to give the best service in a cruise ship?

All of these are considered in what we can call a good cruise along with the people that are in the ship. A ship can also be considered as a small city as a community is formed with in it. Strangers become friends, crews and clients interact and workers becomes tourists. Yes, workers on a cruise doesn't just work all the time, they do enjoy and have fun as well as they are a part of that community. You too can be a part of the community wherein you are paid to travel. To give you a general idea of the types of cruise ship careers at cruise lines, here are a few detailed job description, qualifications and duties:

Cruise Ship Entertainment Jobs

Almost always synonymous with “cruise staff”, these positions are considered most glamorous jobs on the ship and are the most in demand career. Cruise ship entertainment jobs deals with anything relating to passengers entertainment. This may include hosts and hostesses, cruise director jobs and staff, performers, disc jockeys, cruise ship musician, shore excursion staff and swimming instructors.

Cruise Ship Deck and Engineering Jobs

Responsible for maintaining and running the vessel, this department doesn't usually accept entry-level positions and mostly only experienced merchant marines that include maintenance workers, deckhands, engineers and ship officers who are in charge of passenger safety. It is their task to sail the ship, maintain the ship performance and physical state and keep it in accordance with fleet regulations and international maritime laws.

Cruise Ship Service Jobs

Jobs on this department are concerned with managing the restaurants, bars and passenger cabins, as well as shipboard retail concessions like souvenir and gift shops. They are the ones who serves food, beverages or any kind of product that can generate them a good amount of tip from the passenger. The ship's treasurer in charge of passenger accounts, currency exchange, ticketing and more, also called the purser, are also included in this category.

Cruise Ship Personal Care/Service Jobs

Fitness, beauty, spa and medical services are included in this category. This are very important jobs in a cruise ship since most passengers signed up for a cruise to enjoy themselves, relax, be comfortable and pamper themselves and the medical department are to render services in times of medical emergencies like simple cuts and bruises, allergies and being sea sick.

Cruise Ship Office Jobs

Office positions are generally for employees who works in the main office or branch arranging cruises, managing accounts or performing general office work onshore. Positions like administrative assistants, sales/marketing staff, clerical workers and booking agents are some of the jobs available in this category.

Different cruise lines uses different categories or department for the cruise jobs that are needed in their ships but the listed jobs above are the most used categories. For a more detailed job description and qualification for each job, visit cruise ship jobs.

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Resources

Cruise ship resources for cruise ship jobs sites and cruise line sites. This is the place where in you can get the sites that can help you out in getting more details about cruising, jobs, the cruise ships and their companies and other related sites such as hotels and excursion activities with cruising.

Cruise Ship Jobs -  The positions available onboard a cruise ship vary extensively, covering every aspect of the hotel, hospitality, entertainment, health & fitness and travel & tourism industries.

Cruise Ship Jobs Blog - Specializing in cruise ship employment since 1996, Cruise Line Job Guide’s expertise and knowledge over the years has helped placed ordinary people in successful cruise ship employment all over the world.

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