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Hello, everyone.

Welcome and welcome back to the channel.

This is Jun -Ray and you are watching

Crew Ship PH.

For this video, as you can see from the title, we are going to talk about a crew miss attendant.

I'm sorry.

So you're going to know what is it or what is crew miss attendant?

What are the duties of a crew miss attendant?

The operation itself within the crew miss area

and the hours of duty as a crew miss attendant

and your career path or where are you going as you get promoted from being a crew miss attendant.

And as well as in the last part, we are going to talk about the salary.

Okay.

So if you are ready, let's begin.

Okay.

So now we are going to talk about what is a crew mess attendant.

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So what exactly does a crew mess attendant do?

So simply put, this person is in charge of the crew mess or the crew mess area.

And crew mess is the dining area for all the crew members on a cruise ship.

They make sure that the foods or the meals are served on time, the crew mess area is clean and organized,

and everything is well -taught.

You're basically keeping all the crew on board energized and ready for the shifts.

So that is all about crew mess attendant.

Now, let's go to the daily responsibilities.

Okay, so a typical day for a crew mess attendant includes, one, setting up stations for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

And sometimes, some ships, they actually have snack time, and also, or we call it tea time,

and as well as late dinner.

For that, we're going to talk about that later on.

Okay, for now, we are going to continue with the responsibilities.

Okay, so number one is you are going to clean tables, trays, and utensils after meals.

Okay, so these are the responsibilities of a crew mess attendant.

Now, there are different roles or tasks that would be assigned to you as a crew mess attendant.

First is you are going to be a lineman or a buffet lineman or the person who is behind the food line.

So what you're going to do is you are going to set up during the opening or before the opening,

you are going to set up the buffet line.

So you're going to take the food from the galley or the kitchen of the crew mess to the buffet line.

So usually it's either the chef already prepared the food in the container or in the pot.

So you are just going to take it and bring it directly in the line.

And sometimes if the chef is really busy, you are going to put the food in the pan itself.

So you're going to do that.

But usually if it's the opening or before you open the crew mess, it's always the chef who puts the food in the pan.

And then you just have to pick it up and bring it to the buffet line.

And then after you set up the buffet line, you have to make sure,

by the way, that the buffet line or the food line is ready by the,

let's say, five or ten minutes before they will open the buffet line.

Sometimes the crew members are already there waiting in a dining area or lining up near the buffet line before you open.

So working as a crew mess attendant, especially when you work behind the line, you really have to be fast.

Okay, so that is one.

And then your second role as a crew mess attendant, okay, some people are assigned as a dining man.

So what you're going to do as a dining man is you are going to take care of the whole dining area.

Now, you do not bust out or you do not remove plates.

You do not bring plates to the dishwashing area.

No, you don't do that.

So it's the crew who is responsible for their own plates.

They're going to bring it to the dishwasher area if they are already finished with their food.

So what you're going to just do is you're just going

to wipe the tables every time the crew members leave the table.

Or if there's an empty table and if you see there are crumbs on the tabletops, then you're going to wipe it and sanitize it.

That's it.

And then you're also going to organize or arrange the chairs accordingly.

So that is one.

And aside from that, before opening time, if you are assigned in a dining area, then you have to make sure that the floor is clean.

You have to mop.

And at the same time after or when it's already closing time, you're going to do the same.

You're going to sanitize the tables.

You're going to sweep the floor and also mop the floor.

Okay.

So that is your responsibility as a dining man.

Okay.

Now, the second, no, not responsibility, but second task.

So each of this person within your shift, that is what you're going to do.

And then the next, the third person is you could be a beverage man or a beverage station.

attendant.

So what you're going to do here is you're going to keep the beverage station clean and organized and well -taught.

So here you're going to refill the coffee if it's already running out.

You're going to refill the juices dispenser if it's already running out.

You're going to refill the tea bags, the coffee, the coffee sachets, the sugar, all the things that's needed for coffee, for juices.

So you are in charge of the whole beverage station.

So during opening, you have to stock it all up.

You have to make sure that your station, beverage station, is well stocked and ready for the operation.

And during closing time, you also have to remove whatever that is needed to be removed, especially when you talk about milk,

cold milk, and hot milk.

So because the holding time for cold milk and hot milk is only four hours.

So if it's already four hours, you have to throw away or discard the milk.

In some ships, they are very strict.

You have to monitor the temperature of the milk

and the cold milk and you have to lug it

so it depends on the ship so

that is your responsibility as a beverage man okay

or beverage station man and then the fourth person

or yeah your other your possible responsibility as a crewman's attendant during your shift

you could also be a cutlery's cutlery no polishing polishing team you are in the polishing team

so here what you're going to do is you're going to

stay inside the dishwasher area where you are going to polish the cutlery is okay the spoon the forks

and knives so that is your main responsibility after the galley attendant um clean

or washed the cutleries then you have to wipe it make it you have to polish it

and then you have to polish it and then so

that the buffet line or either you

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or the man behind the buffet uh buffet line

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or the food line will bring it to the um buffet food or food line, sorry, food line whenever the cutleries are already running out.

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So that is your sole responsibility.

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Now, next, so you could also be assigned as a plate runner.

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So what does a plate runner do?

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So a plate runner is responsible in stacking up or making sure

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that the plates in the buffet line or in the food line is well stocked.

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OK, so, you know, a typical situation when it's really when it's really busy time or peak hour, peak hours, plates runs out really fast.

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So you have to make sure

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that the plates are there are enough plates for the crew members to use during that eating time or the meal time.

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So that is your responsibility.

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You're going to use trolley for that.

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Okay, not only, though not only plates, also bowls, yeah, bowls, small plates for desserts,

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and also sometimes glasses or cups.

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So that is one of your assignments as a crew mess attendant.

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Okay, and then the last one is the food runner.

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Okay, so the food runner, they basically are in charge of picking up the food from the main kitchen

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or from the main galley to the crew mess galley.

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Okay, so this is because not all food can be prepared inside the crew mess

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because crew mess kitchen or galley is not that really big.

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So sometimes the preparation also, preparations also are done in the main galley in the restaurant.

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So if you are a food runner, you have to go up to the main galley,

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either it's in deck five or fifth floor or sixth floor.

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So you have to pick up the food there.

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You have to coordinate with the chef.

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You have to ask the chef which one is for the crew mess

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because there are also food runners that is assigned in the buffet.

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So you have to make sure that you have to ask the chef

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if this food is for the crew mess or not, okay?

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So that is your responsibility as a food runner.

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So those are one, two,

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three, four, five, six, six possible assignments for you to do during your shift as a crew mess attendant.

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Now, it doesn't mean that for all of your contract, you're going to be a dining man for the entire duration of your contract.

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So it changes from shift to shift.

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And it depends on your supervisor what will be your assignment for that particular shift.

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So it could be during breakfast, you will be in the dining.

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And it could be for lunch, you will be in the cutleries or in the polishing team.

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So it's not fixed.

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So yeah, it's not fixed.

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And then now, so that's it for the duties as a crew mess.

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So now let's go to the next part.

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Let's talk about mess operation.

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Okay, so sometimes, this actually depends on the ship, sometimes a crew mess comes in three or four different restaurants.

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Okay, so in the previous ship that I was on, we have Asian cuisine, we have

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Western or American cuisine, and we have Mediterranean cuisine.

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So it's all inside the crew mess area, but there.. are different dining tables and buffet lines for that

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so this buffet line or food line is for american food

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and then on the other side this food line is for mediterranean food

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and the other line is for mexican food and all

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so you can eat wherever you want you can take food wherever

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cuisine you would like to or or anyone young film now in

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that particular um um meal time so no one can stop you

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if you want to eat in the and you can take

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if you want to take food from the American cuisine

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or from the Asian cuisine so yes nobody will stop you

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and also some ships they have um a crew mess for the crew

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and then there is also mess for the staff

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and officers of the ship

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that includes the um the the the um the chief engineer you know the high level

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or the top management crew on board the ship.

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It could be the captain, the staff manager, staff captain, and the supervisors and managers.

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Now it depends on the ship.

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So there are ships that has exclusive area for the top management.

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So yeah, it depends.

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So you cannot go there.

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You cannot take food there because it is exclusive for them.

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And crew mess attendant provides service for them.

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It's not self -service as compared to in the general crew mess area.

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Okay, so as mentioned earlier, still part of crew mess operation, crew mess operates from breakfast, snack time or tea time in the morning,

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and then lunch, and then late lunch, and then tea time in the afternoon, dinner, and then late dinner.

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So as early as 5 .30 or 6, the crew mess is already open.

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So usually if you are a crew mess attendant your shift starts either 5

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or 5 30 for the operation usually there is one hour um allocated time before the opening to prepare everything

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so yeah and yeah date dinner

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so you as a crew mess attendant

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you will be divided within those shifts okay sometimes yeah basically you're 11 hours yeah okay later for

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that so that is the operation in the crew mess, okay, crew mess operation.

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Okay, so now let's go to the fourth part of our vlog.

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Okay, let's talk about hours, okay, daily hours.

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So now your schedule as a crew mess attendant.

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So just like everyone else, a crew mess attendant should come on duty for 11 hours a day.

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So this is based on my, from my previous ship, okay.

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So it depends on which ship you are going to go or what company, okay.

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So but I'm just going to base it from my previous one.

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So 11 hours a day.

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So it is, It is divided into three shifts.

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So either you will work morning or breakfast, lunch, or dinner.

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And some people will work during snack time or tea time, morning tea time, afternoon tea time, and a late dinner.

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So it all depends.

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So that is the hours of duty as a crewman.

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Sometimes if your manager or supervisor is generous enough, he or she will give you lunch off.

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So if you work breakfast, lunch, and dinner, sometimes you can enjoy lunch off.

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So you don't need to go for duty for that show.

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So you can go outside the port and enjoy.

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So that would be a rotation for everybody in the crew mess.

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Okay, that's it for number four.

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Now let's go to five.

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Okay, so what is your career path?

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Okay, so here is the exciting part.

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Okay, so your career path as a crew mess attendant is, you know, from being a crew mess attendant,

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you could be promoted as a buffet attendant or a snacks teward.

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And sometimes the managers or management will promote you from crewmask attendant straight to assistant waiter.

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So it actually depends on the management, the supervisor, and the maitre d.

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So that is your destination.

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From being a crewmask, it's either you will go up

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or you will be promoted to being buffet attendant

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or snack steward in other ship or you could also be promoted straight to being an assistant waiter.

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Now, if you don't like to work in the dining or in the restaurant, then you could also be promoted or you can request your supervisor.

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It depends if he is flexible or if he or she will allow.

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You can also work in the galley or in the kitchen as a cook.

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So from being a crewman's attendant to promoting as a cook.

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I'm not sure which one or what is the first starting career as a cook, But yeah, it is possible to be promoted as a cook.

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Or if you want, you can also be promoted in the housekeeping.

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So if your manager or management is generous enough or kind enough, then you could also choose to be promoted in the housekeeping department.

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Now, housekeeping department, I'm not sure if which

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or what is going to be your next position from being a crewmist but most likely you will work as a...

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guest area, how do you call them?

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Guest area steward.

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So these are your main role if you work in the housekeeping guest area is

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that you will clean all public areas all over the ship within the guest area.

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So it could be you will could clean the floor all over the bar.

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So in all you could be assigned in all areas in the ship where a guest has access to.

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So that could be possible promotion for you if you want to be promoted in the housekeeping department.

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Because in the housekeeping department, there are two starting careers there.

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So you could be a steward in the crew area or steward in the guest area.

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So that is their first role when you are in the housekeeping department, though I'm not sure about that.

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Okay, but these are just possibilities.

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Okay, so that's it for your career path as a crewmist attendant, if ever you will be promoted.

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Now we are down to our last part of our vlog.

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Okay, this is already quite long.

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We are now, we are going to talk about salary.

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Okay, yay.

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So the salary as a crewmist attendant, again, I'm going to base this from my previous ship or from my previous company.

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Okay, so the salary as a crewmist attendant ranges from $800 to $1 ,000.

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Okay, so it depends on the company.

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It depends on the agency, and it depends on sometimes the nationality.

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Okay.

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So that is already, for Filipinos, it's already good enough salary if you're going to start a career on the ship.

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Okay.

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So that's it for this video.

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I hope you learned a lot from about crew mess attendant.

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And if you have questions for clarifications and suggestions of a topic that you want us to discuss, or to, yes, to discuss,

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please feel free to give a comment or leave a comment.

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I'm sorry if I had to speak for all my Filipinos, the followers.

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I'm sorry if I had to speak English today

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because a lot of the supporters here

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or our friends here are requesting to speak in English so that they can also understand.

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Like friends from India, from Indonesia and some Asian countries and also Spanish -speaking countries.

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So, yeah, I'm so happy and I appreciate all of you guys.

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And, yes, thank you very much for watching and I hope,

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and yeah, just leave a comment and let's talk about it on the next video, okay?

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So yes, Merry Christmas for everybody.

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This is me, Jun -Rae, and this has been CrucialPH.

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Bye -bye.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “CREW MESS ATTENDANT”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: crew, mess, attendant, ship, buffet. This video has 253 sentences and 3052 words to shadow. The speech runs for 17:19. The speaker talks at a natural 176 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 87% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.

Key vocabulary in this video

15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
attendant noun	/əˈtɛndənt/	One who attends; one who works with or watches over someone or something.
buffet noun	/bəˈfeɪ/	A counter or sideboard from which food and drinks are served or may be bought.
depend verb	/dɪˈpɛnd/	To be contingent or conditioned; to have something as a necessary condition
runner noun	/ˈɹʌnɚ/	A person who moves, on foot, at a fast pace, especially an athlete.
polish verb	/ˈpɑ.lɪʃ/	To shine; to make a surface very smooth or shiny by rubbing, cleaning, or grinding.
beverage noun	/ˈbɛv(ə)ɹɪd͡ʒ/	A liquid to consume; a drink, such as tea, coffee, liquor, beer, milk, juice, or a soft drink, often excluding water.
chef noun	/ʃɛf/	The presiding cook in the kitchen of a large household.
cuisine noun	/kwɪˈziːn/	A characteristic manner or style of preparing food, often associated with a place of origin.
assign verb	/əˈsaɪn/	To designate or set apart (something) for some purpose.
salary noun	/ˈsæləɹi/	A fixed amount of money paid to a worker, usually calculated on a monthly or annual basis, not hourly, as wages. Implies a degree of professionalism and/or…
supervisor noun	/ˈsupɚˌvaɪzɚ/	A person with the official task of overseeing the work of a person or group, or of other operations and activities.
snack noun	/snæk/	A light meal.
meal noun	/ˈmiːl/	Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time, and usually in a comparatively large quantity.
assignment noun	/əˈsaɪn.mənt/	The act of assigning; the allocation of a job or a set of tasks.
wipe verb	/waɪp/	To move an object over, maintaining contact, with the intention of removing some substance from the surface. (Compare rub.)

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
run out verb		To use up or consume all
set up verb	/ˌsɛt ˈʌp/	To make ready for use.
pick up verb		To lift; to grasp and raise.
go up verb		To move upwards.
line up verb	/laɪnˈʌp/	To align; to put in alignment; to put in correct adjustment for smooth running.
throw away verb		To discard (trash, garbage, or the like), to toss out, to put in the trash.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

No, you don't do that.
You're going to sanitize the tables.
You're going to use trolley for that.
Let's talk about mess operation.

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

Structure	In the video
Conditional sentences if + clause, will/would + verb — a condition and its result	if ever you will be
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	are served · would be assigned · are assigned
Future with “going to” be going to + verb — a plan or something you can see coming	are going to talk · you're going to know · we're going to talk
Future with “will” will + verb — a decision, promise or prediction	will open · will be · will stop

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 40 contractions and reduced forms, such as you're, I'm, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “sh” and “zh” sounds: polish /ˈpɑ.lɪʃ/, chef /ʃɛf/, preparation /ˌpɹɛpəˈɹeɪʃ(ə)n/, wash /wɑʃ/, promotion /pɹəˈmoʊʃn̩/
Long words — get the stress right: supervisor /ˈsupɚˌvaɪzɚ/, preparation /ˌpɹɛpəˈɹeɪʃ(ə)n/, destination /dɛstɪˈneɪʃən/, accordingly /əˈkɔɹ.dɪŋ.li/, coordinate /koʊˈɔɹ.dəˌneɪt/

How to practise with this video

Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like attendant, buffet, depend.

What is the Shadowing Technique?

Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.

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