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Cruise Director (Entertainment Manager)

The Cruise Director delivers the ship's events and entertainment programme, leading and coaching the entertainment team. At Viking the Cruise Director reports to the Hotel General Manager and manages the Assistant Cruise Director, Broadcast Manager and Stage Manager.

Reports to

Hotel General Manager

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

IMO Ship-type specific

serving on passenger ships (applies to all personnel)

MSN 1866 Amd 2

UK Ship-type specific

UK implementation of STCW V/2

MS (STCW) Rules 2014 r.55

IN Ship-type specific

India implementation of STCW V/2

Also known as

Cruise DirectorEntertainment Manager

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