Saloon Rating
Saloon Rating
ELIGIBILITY
Merchant Navy offers Saloon Ratings course for 10+2 pass students. So, it is ideally suited if one has made up his mind early in life that this is the career path one is going to follow. Saloon Rating is a Six months Pre-Sea Training Program approved by the Directorate General of Shipping, Ministry of Shipping, Government of India. The training comprises of theoretical and Practical study of Food Production, Food & Beverage Service, House-keeping and Maritime Familiarization which gives the successful trainees an opportunity to join the merchant shipping in the Hospitality Department.
Profile of this job in Merchant Navy.
As a Catering/Saloon rating you’ll perform a variety of jobs as well as being cook or cook/steward – such as forming part of emergency response teams involved in fire fighting, security and passenger controller rescue duties.
Educational qualifications:
Pass with aggregate 40% marks in 12th Standard (Commerce, Arts or Science) from a recognized Board and with minimum 40% marks in English language in 10th or 12th.
Eyesight/Vision:
Use of corrective lenses for eyesight is permitted but the maximum permissible limits, at entry, are 6/12 in each eye or 6/9 in better eye and 6/18 in other eye for distant unaided vision. Color blindness is not permitted.