Careers · Shipboard role
Apprentice Purser
The Apprentice Purser is an entry-level shipboard finance role in which the holder supports guest financial operations such as onboard account review, gratuity posting and reconciliations, on a development path towards purser positions.
A watch or a day
Day work
The certificate that gates the job
STCW V/2 (serving on passenger ships (applies to all personnel))
The certification behind this rank
What the rules require for this role — STCW, Indian and UK implementation.
Plus the certificates every seafarer holds: medical, basic safety, security awareness, and passenger-ship training on a cruise ship.
STCW V/2
serving on passenger ships (applies to all personnel)
MSN 1866 Amd 2
UK implementation of STCW V/2
MS (STCW) Rules 2014 r.55
India implementation of STCW V/2
Where can this role take you?
See how to reach this role — and the ladder above it — in the Route Finder.