Cruise Line Operations College Credit Certificate
Program Overview
All departments unrelated to navigation engine and entertainment, fall under the hotel division. This includes all concessionaires, housekeeping, food and beverage and pursers. Jobs in the hotel department on a cruise ship are very similar to jobs you will find in a hotel or resort. The hotel manager oversees all shipboard services and is responsible for supervising all staff and crew in these departments.
| Estimated tuition cost: | $2,127.96 |
| Program credits: | 18 |
| Estimated time to complete: | 1 year |
Career Prospects
Interested in this program of study? Learn more about South Florida's employment picture and explore career options when you pursue additional studies in this area.
Escort individuals or groups on sightseeing tours or through places of interest, such as industrial establishments, public buildings, and art galleries.
1,446 Tour Guides and Escorts are currently employed in a 50 mile radius from Miami. This number is expected to increase by 5.7% over the next four years.
Plan, organize, and conduct long-distance travel, tours, and expeditions for individuals and groups.
1,446 Travel Guides are currently employed in a 50 mile radius from Miami. This number is expected to increase by 5.7% over the next four years.
Plan and sell transportation and accommodations for customers. Determine destination, modes of transportation, travel dates, costs, and accommodations required. May also describe, plan, and arrange itineraries and sell tour packages. May assist in resolving clients' travel problems.
4,744 Travel Agents are currently employed in a 50 mile radius from Miami. This number is expected to increase by 0.9% over the next four years.
Accommodate hotel, motel, and resort patrons by registering and assigning rooms to guests, issuing room keys or cards, transmitting and receiving messages, keeping records of occupied rooms and guests' accounts, making and confirming reservations, and presenting statements to and collecting payments from departing guests.
7,605 Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks are currently employed in a 50 mile radius from Miami. This number is expected to increase by 0.9% over the next four years.
Make and confirm reservations for transportation or lodging, or sell transportation tickets. May check baggage and direct passengers to designated concourse, pier, or track; deliver tickets and contact individuals and groups to inform them of package tours; or provide tourists with travel or transportation information.
5,451 Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks are currently employed in a 50 mile radius from Miami. This number is expected to increase by 5.0% over the next four years.
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