Marine Industry Jobs

Merchant Marine Jobs

In this section of marine industry jobs, we will be providing detailed guidance to aspiring candidates as well as working professionals for opportunities in merchant marine jobs. As you must have seen in the marine certification and education section, there are a variety of job roles which are available for persons willing to work on board ships.

Unlike the popular notion, that marine industry jobs consist mainly of marine engineers and navigating officers, there is a plethora of job roles either directly related to ships, or indirectly to the maritime industry in any manner. Some examples of other jobs include naval architecture jobs, deep sea divers, experts for ship dry docks, oilers, fitters, air conditioning mechanics, hair dressers and so forth.

Each of these job profiles have their own specific requirements which depend on regulatory authorities such as certifications required for a particular rank, and also on the company specifications. To take a very simple example, a professional who has not cleared Class I MOT cannot be promoted to the rank of a Chief Engineer, of course subject to various other conditions such as sailing area of ships (coastal ship or foreign going F.G. vessels), power of engines etc. All these will be discussed in detail in this section related to marine industry jobs.

Like most other professions, there are several levels of entry to merchant marine jobs as well. It is not possible to explain in this short paragraph about the multitude of options in sea jobs available to aspiring candidates, either fresh or having experience of a specific kind. We will discuss these requirements and levels in detail in specific pages dealing with a particular kind of job role and entry level. This information will slowly be added over a period of time as the site develops. Some of the articles are added below as they develop

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Navy/Marine/Merchant Marine

I would like to clarify confusion or doubt which most people harness about jobs in the marine industry. Many people think that the defense navy and the commercial navy are one and the same thing. Infact they are different jobs, with the only similarity that they are placed on board sailing ships or marine vessels. As a generic statement you can understand that navy normally refers to a wing of the defense forces of any country, whilst the commercial navy is a form of transport much like say commercial airplanes.

The word “marine” can also be confusing at times, since in context of US and many other countries around the globe, marines refer to a military force which either form a part of the defense navy or are under independent command.

Shipping Companies One of the best ways to acquire marine industry jobs is to apply to reputed companies or recruitment agencies. We will be guiding you for this purpose as we move along. There are also plenty of jobs in oil platforms, offshore engineering sector and rigs. They will all be taken up independently one by one. One such offshore installation is shown in the image below. 

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