Entry Level Qualification 

10

Career Fields 

Others

For Specially Abled 

Career Entrance Exam 

No Entrance Exam

About Career 

1. As a Butler, you will be working either as an in-charge of all domestic workers, housekeepers, cooks, pantry stuff in a large household of a wealthy person or as an in-charge of different sections such as housekeeping, washing, pantry, etc. You will be working as a personal assistant of wealthy persons in their houses.

2. As a Butler, you will be providing assistance to other domestic workers in handling household chores such as washing, cleaning, cooking and even child care at times. You will also be working as an in-charge of the entire Parlour floor.

3. As a personal Butler for a wealthy person at his or her home, you may provide all kinds of assistant to the person, right from serving him or her tea, coffee, breakfast, meals, and drinks to keeping his clothes ready to wear and keeping his room neat, clean and organized. You may also sometimes double up as his personal secretary (at home) and even as a personal chauffeur. You may make a shopping list for the household items and food items, either shop yourself or get it done by other designated assistants, and keep accounts of the money spent.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

As a Butler, you will be performing all or some of the following roles and responsibilities:

1. Consistently provide thoughtful, caring and sincere service to the household members.

2. Identify the needs of the household members and ensure that their needs get fulfilled.

3. Ensure that the rooms of members are ready as per their needs.

4. Ensure that the household policies, procedures, and services are followed as per the instructions.

5. Ensure that the safety measures and safety policies are followed properly.

6. Assign duties to domestic workers.

7. Refill the pantry stuff and other stuff from time to time as per the necessities.

Career Entry Pathway 

Class 10 all subjects as per scheme of studies – Class 11-12 with any subject combination as per scheme of studies – Obtain a 3/4 years Bachelor’s degree or diploma in Hotel Management or similar field - Work Experience in a hotel – Apply for training from any Butler training center or institute

After completing class 12 and after obtaining a 3/4 years Bachelor’s degree or Diploma in Hotel Management, you need to obtain work experience in a star hotel in front office management/guest services/housekeeping management/food & beverage services management. After which you can apply for training as a Butler from any Butler training center or institute.

Required Qualification & Competencies 

You can first obtain a Bachelor’s degree or diploma in Hotel Administration and Management. Hotel and Catering Administration & Management, Hotel Operations Management & Services, Hotel & Restaurant Management, or similar fields.

Then you can obtain training from a Butler training institute.

Competencies Required

1. Social - You should have interests for Social Occupations. Social occupations involve helping or assisting others; these involve working with and communicating with people to provide various services; these may involve educating and advising others.

2. Conventional - You should have interests for Conventional Occupations. Conventional occupations involve repetitive and routine tasks as well as fixed processes or procedures for getting things done. These occupations involve working more with data, systems, and procedures and less with ideas or creativity.

3. Emotional Intelligence - The ability to understand your own and others' emotions and feelings; empathy for others; adjusting your behavior or self-control and self-regulation according to others' emotions and situations.

4. Administration - Knowledge of various administrative and operational functions in managing a business or an organization such as general administration, facility management, front office management, back office management, etc.

5. Personal Care Service - Knowledge of how to provide various assistance and services to others. This includes looking after the needs of individuals, understanding what they need and provide all assistance at home or elsewhere.

6. Coordination - Skills in working together with other people to get things done.

Career - Job Opportunities & Profiles 

After obtaining proper training, you can start as an Assistant to a Butler in a wealthy household such as the house of Mukesh Ambani, Shahrukh Khan, and Salman Khan. Then after having certain years of experience you can become a head of functions/sections such as housekeeping, laundry services, food & beverage services, guest services, kitchen, security, and transportation services (will be managing the drivers), etc.

After having 8-10 years of work experience, you can become the head butler or personal butler of wealthy household members such as of Mukesh Ambani, Shahrukh Khan, and Salman Khan, Amitabh Bacchan.

Career Growth

From an Assistant to the butler, you can become a head of functions or sections such as housekeeping, laundry services, food & beverages, guest services, kitchen, security, and transportation services (will be managing the drivers), etc. Then you can become a head butler or personal butler of wealthy household members.

Salary Offered  

1. At the beginning of your career, as an Assistant to the butler, you may expect to get about Rs. 10,000 – 15,000 per month.

2. After 2-4 years of experience, as a head of various sections or functions, you may expect to get about Rs. 15,000 – 25,000 per month.

3. However, with experience and reputation, after 8-10 years of experience, as a head butler or personal butler, you can earn anything between Rs. 50,000 – 1,00,000 or even more per month.

Monthly Earnings In Indian Rupee 

1. Entry level: 0 - 2 years of work experience

2. Junior Level: From 1 to 12 years of work experience

3. Mid-Level: From 5 to 20+ years of work experience

4. Senior Level: From 10 to 25+ years of work experience (there could be exceptions in some high-end technical, financial, engineering, creative, management, sports, and other careers; also in the near future, people will reach these levels much faster in many careers and in some careers, these levels will have no meaning as those careers will be completely tech skill driven such as even now, there is almost no level in a Cyber Security Expert’s job)

Famous Personalities 

Not Available.

Work Activities 

As a Butler, you will be involved in some or all the following activities:

1. Getting Information and learning - Observing, hearing, and reading using computers, or otherwise obtaining information and learning from it.

2. Working directly with people - Working directly with people to offer them products and services, providing assistance, etc.

3. Developing and maintaining inter-personal relationships - Developing professional relationships with co-workers and others outside organizations and maintaining good relationships.

4. Handling and moving objects and materials - Using hands or otherwise use physical strength to handle and move objects and materials; maneuver, install, lift, place, manipulate, etc.

5. Communicating with co-workers and others - Communicating with people in writing, verbally or otherwise inside your workplace and various other people who have professional relationships with your place of work including vendors, government officials, etc. or with people at large.

6. Decision making and problem-solving - Analysis of data and information; evaluation of alternative decisions and results of decisions; taking the right decisions and solving problems.

7. Organizing, planning and prioritizing tasks - Planning and organizing tasks in order to achieve work goals; prioritizing tasks to achieve goals and making the best use of the time available.

8. Monitoring use of resources - Monitoring and controlling the use of resources like land and materials as well as spending money.

9. Handling administrative activities - Handling various administrative tasks and managing day-to-day operations.

10 Recruiting, enlisting and placing people resources - Sourcing, recruiting, selecting, enlisting and placing people in different positions and tasks for getting work done.