Interior Foundation
Superyacht Interior Foundation (Entry Level)
- Modules
- 4
- Lessons
- 14
- Questions
- 70
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.
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). Entry-level route into interior crew work.
INT-FOUND-1 · Is This Job For You?
4 lessons
INT-FOUND-1.1 The Work and the Life
Practice in examiner ↗INT-FOUND-1.1.1The Job Behind the PhotographsWhat 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.PreviewINT-FOUND-1.1.2The Season, the Hours and the Cost to Your LifeHow 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.Locked
INT-FOUND-1.2 The Boat, the Money and the Long Game
Practice in examiner ↗INT-FOUND-1.2.1Private and Charter: Two Different JobsThe 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.LockedINT-FOUND-1.2.2Pay, Gratuities, Longevity and the Way AshoreHow 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.Locked
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-2.1.1STCW Basic Safety Training and the ENG1 MedicalWhat 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.LockedINT-FOUND-2.1.2Food Safety, Security Awareness and the Discharge BookThe 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.Locked
INT-FOUND-2.2 Documents and Money
Practice in examiner ↗INT-FOUND-3 · Getting Hired
4 lessons
INT-FOUND-3.1 Getting Yourself Seen
Practice in examiner ↗INT-FOUND-3.1.1The Crew CV and the PhotoHow 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.LockedINT-FOUND-3.1.2Crew Agencies and How to RegisterHow 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.Locked
INT-FOUND-3.2 On the Dock and In the Room
Practice in examiner ↗INT-FOUND-3.2.1Dockwalking, Day Work and the Crew HousesHow 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.LockedINT-FOUND-3.2.2The Interview, the Trial and the OfferWhat 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.Locked
INT-FOUND-4 · Your First Weeks Onboard
3 lessons
INT-FOUND-4.1 Joining and Fitting In
Practice in examiner ↗INT-FOUND-4.1.1Joining Day: the Crew Mess and the Unwritten RulesJoining 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.LockedINT-FOUND-4.1.2The Standards Shock: Being Taught, Uniform and DiscretionThe 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.Locked