Chief Steward
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| Department: | Steward's Department |
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| Reports to: | Captain |
| Watch: | N/A |
| Typical Responsibilities: | Directs cooking, cleaning, orders stores. |
| Requirements: | Specialized training |
A Chief Steward (often shortened to steward) is the senior unlicensed crewmember working in the Steward's Department of a ship. Since there is no purser on most ships in the United States Merchant Marine, the steward is the senior person in his department, from whence its name.
The chief steward directs, instructs, and assigns personnel performing such functions as preparing and serving meals; cleaning and maintaining officers' quarters and steward department areas; and receiving, issuing, and inventorying stores.
The chief steward also plans menus; compiles supply, overtime, and cost control records. May requisition or purchase stores and equipment. May bake bread, rolls, cakes, pies, and pastries.
A chief steward's duties may overlap with those of the Steward's Assistant, the Chief Cook, and other Steward's Department crewmembers.
In the United States Merchant Marine, in order to be occupied as a chief steward a person has to have a Merchant Mariner's Document issued by the United States Coast Guard. Because of international conventions and agreements, all chief cooks who sail internationally are similarly documented by their respective countries.
[edit] References
Service Contract Act Directory of Occupations: 47340 CHIEF COOK/STEWARD. dol.gov. Retrieved on March 3, 2007. Workforce Management Office (WFMO) CHIEF COOK/STEWARD. Retrieved on March 28, 2007.
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[edit] External links
United States Coast Guard Merchant Mariner Licensing and Documentation web site
| Typical ship transport occupations |  |
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| ←Junior Unlicensed |
Senior→ Licensed |
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| Deck: | Ordinary Seaman | Able Seaman | Boatswain • Carpenter | 3rd Mate • 2nd Mate • Chief Mate | Captain • Pilot |
| Engine: | Wiper • Oiler | QMED | Electrician | 3rd Engr • 2nd Engr • 1st Engr | Chief Engineer |
| Steward: | Steward's Assistant | Chief Cook | Chief Steward | Purser | |
