Careers · Shipboard role
Housekeeper (Yacht Interior)
The yacht Housekeeper keeps housekeeping standards high across the guest cabins and interior spaces as part of the interior team. On large yachts senior housekeepers also supervise and plan the day-to-day housekeeping work.
A watch or a day
Day work
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.
What employers ask for
Seen across employer job postings — a guide to what recruiters look for, not a legal requirement.
STCW basic safety training
e.g. STCW Basic
English / Marlins / CES test
e.g. English language
Seafarer medical (ENG1 / ML5 / PEME / flag medical)
e.g. ENG1 · Medical Certificate · Seafarer Medical
Visa (US C1/D, Schengen)
e.g. Schengen
Passenger-ship training (crowd / crisis / PSSR)
e.g. Crowd Management · Crisis Management · Human Behaviour · Crisis management
Where can this role take you?
See how to reach this role — and the ladder above it — in the Route Finder.