NOC 64311: Pursers and flight attendants

Pursers and flight attendants ensure the safety and comfort of passengers and crew members during flights. Ship pursers attend to the safety and comfort of passengers aboard ships. Airline pursers and flight attendants are employed by airline companies. Ship pursers are employed by tour boat or cruise ship companies.

Express Entry eligibility

• Skilled work (TEER 0 to 3): no, TEER 4 does not count for Express Entry.
• Canadian Experience Class: does not count.
• Federal Skilled Worker Program: does not count.
• Federal Skilled Trades Program: not one of the eligible trades.
• High-wage occupation (from November 3, 2026): no. No high-wage add-on, and a job offer in it earns no CRS points.

TEER 4: Occupations that usually need a high school diploma or several weeks of on-the-job training. Every program has other requirements too, such as language test results and, for FSW, a points test.

Category-based draws

NOC 64311 is not on any of IRCC’s occupation category lists. You can still be invited in general, Canadian Experience Class or other program draws if you qualify through other experience.

Category lists checked on canada.ca on 2026-10-17. IRCC category-based selection

CRS points for work in NOC 64311

None. Work in TEER 4 and 5 occupations earns no Canadian work points in the CRS.

See Canadian work points and the median-wage rule.

Main duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

• Flight attendants
• Greet passengers, explain and demonstrate safety procedures, check the general condition of the aircraft cabin, ensure that all necessary supplies are on board
• Attend to safety of passengers during take-offs, landings and emergencies
• Serve food and beverages to passengers and make flight announcements.
• Flight pursers, customer service directors and passenger service directors
• Coordinate the activities of flight attendants, provide service to passengers during flight and complete reports.
• Ship pursers
• Supervise ship attendants and arrange activities for passengers
• Conduct ship's business, such as signing on crew, maintaining payroll records, assisting passengers in preparing customs declarations and supervising baggage storage.

For Express Entry your duties must match the lead statement and most of the main duties above.

Example job titles

• airline purser
• flight attendant
• flight service director
• passenger service director - water transportation
• ship purser

Employment requirements

• Flight attendants and flight pursers require the completion of secondary school and a training program approved by Transport Canada.
• Flight pursers/customer service directors require experience as a flight attendant.
• Ship pursers may require experience as a ship attendant.
• Flight attendants and ship pursers usually require experience working with the public.

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