Careers · Galley / catering
Assistant Butcher
The Assistant Butcher works in the storeroom and butcher shop, issuing meat, poultry and fish day to day and helping the senior butchers prepare and cut meat, handling all products to public-health standards.
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
What employers ask for
Seen across employer job postings — a guide to what recruiters look for, not a legal requirement.
Food hygiene / HACCP / ship's cook certificate
e.g. Culinary Arts · culinary arts · Food Safety · food safety
Education (diploma / degree)
e.g. High school · diploma
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