Personal Services - Butler
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Personal Services - Butler
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Overview
Butlers carry out personal and household tasks for their employers.
Key Activities
- Manage diary appointments, book restaurants and travel
- Represent your client at meetings
- Manage the household and staff
- Set formal dining tables and serve food and drinks
- Chauffeur your client to appointments
- Look after guests
- Manage a wine cellar
- Cook and prepare meals
- Take care of pets
- Organise activities on country estates
Workplace
You could work at a client's home, in a hotel or on a cruise ship.
You may need to wear a uniform.
Working Hours
Butlers tend to work between 40 to 45 hours a week. You could work evenings, weekends and bank holidays.
Salary
Starting: £15,000
Experienced: £50,000
Qualifications
You can apply for work directly or through a housekeeping agency if you have:
- experience of the hospitality or personal services industries
- the ability to speak a second language, if you're looking to work with clients whose first language is not English
You can get a qualification in butler skills which may improve your employment chances. There are private courses that teach traditional and modern professional butler skills, like:
- valeting, including clothing and shoe care
- setting a formal dining table and providing a waiting service
- social and dining etiquette
- international etiquette and protocols
- confidence and deportment