Superyacht Interior Foundation (Entry Level)

Independent study. xplor is not an accredited training provider and awards no certificate, qualification or Certificate of Competency. STCW, ENG1 and food safety certification must be obtained from approved centres.

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INT-FOUND-1 · Is This Job For You?

4 lessons

INT-FOUND-1.1 The Work and the Life Practice in examiner →

INT-FOUND-1.1.1

The Job Behind the Photographs

What interior crew actually do all day: cleaning, laundry, service and detailing, at a standard higher than anything ashore. An honest picture of the hours and the daily reality before you spend any money on it.

INT-FOUND-1.1.2

The Season, the Hours and the Cost to Your Life

How the Mediterranean and Caribbean seasons shape the year, what the working hours really look like with and without guests, and the personal costs — privacy, home, relationships and money — that decide who lasts.

INT-FOUND-1.2 The Boat, the Money and the Long Game Practice in examiner →

INT-FOUND-1.2.1

Private and Charter: Two Different Jobs

The difference between working a private yacht and a charter yacht: rhythm, standards, pressure and pay, plus an honest explanation of how gratuities work and why you should never rely on them.

INT-FOUND-1.2.2

Pay, Gratuities, Longevity and the Way Ashore

How junior interior pay works and why any figure must be checked against current market sources, what is covered and what is not, and how crew move up, across or ashore before they burn out.

INT-FOUND-2 · Paperwork, Certificates and the Real Cost

3 lessons

INT-FOUND-2.1 The Certificates You Cannot Work Without Practice in examiner →

INT-FOUND-2.1.1

STCW Basic Safety Training and the ENG1 Medical

What STCW Basic Safety Training involves and why the ENG1 seafarer medical (or an accepted equivalent) should be the first thing you book, before you spend money on anything else.

INT-FOUND-2.1.2

Food Safety, Security Awareness and the Discharge Book

The rest of the entry paperwork: a Level 2 food safety award, Proficiency in Security Awareness, and the seaman's discharge book that records your sea service for the rest of your career.

INT-FOUND-2.2 Documents and Money Practice in examiner →

INT-FOUND-2.2.1

Passports, Visas and a Realistic Starting Budget

Passports, Schengen limits and the US B1/B2 question in outline, plus an honest structure for the money you need to get started — and a warning that none of it guarantees a job.

INT-FOUND-3 · Getting Hired

4 lessons

INT-FOUND-3.1 Getting Yourself Seen Practice in examiner →

INT-FOUND-3.1.1

The Crew CV and the Photo

How to build the one-page crew CV that survives an eight-second scan: certificates high, photo done properly, and honest transferable evidence when you have no sea time yet.

INT-FOUND-3.1.2

Crew Agencies and How to Register

How crew agencies work, why they are paid by the yacht and never by you, how to register so you are actually visible, and why day work — not agencies — usually lands a green crew member their first job.

INT-FOUND-3.2 On the Dock and In the Room Practice in examiner →

INT-FOUND-3.2.1

Dockwalking, Day Work and the Crew Houses

How dockwalking really works — the timing, the etiquette, the rejection — and how day work converts into a permanent job, plus the seasonal rhythm between Antibes, Palma and Fort Lauderdale.

INT-FOUND-3.2.2

The Interview, the Trial and the Offer

What yacht interviews and trials really assess, the red flags that should make you walk away from an offer, and what a proper Seafarer Employment Agreement should contain before you sign anything.

INT-FOUND-4 · Your First Weeks Onboard

3 lessons

INT-FOUND-4.1 Joining and Fitting In Practice in examiner →

INT-FOUND-4.1.1

Joining Day: the Crew Mess and the Unwritten Rules

Joining day practicalities, the interior chain of command, and the unwritten rules of the crew mess — the social side of the job that green crew break first and get judged on hardest.

INT-FOUND-4.1.2

The Standards Shock: Being Taught, Uniform and Discretion

The standards shock and how to survive it: how to be taught, how to take correction, uniform and grooming expectations, and the absolute rules on phones, photographs and guest confidentiality.

INT-FOUND-4.2 Lasting the Season Practice in examiner →

INT-FOUND-4.2.1

Lasting the Season: Health, Your First Charter and What Comes Next

Practical self-care for a first season — seasickness, sleep, sun, alcohol and homesickness — how to survive your first charter, and the GUEST Introduction units and Junior Steward(ess) CoC as the next step.

Aligned to the IAMI GUEST Program framework. Preparatory study only — assessment and certification are carried out by an approved GUEST Training Provider. Official source (GUEST Program).

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