The Complete Guide to Becoming a Merchant Marine Officer - EN

Thinking about a maritime academy, or wondering whether this career is for you? Nobody explained this world to me before I entered it. This is the book I wish I had been given.

I’m Tim, a deck and engine officer with no limitation on tonnage or power. I have sailed on an LNG carrier, a polar expedition ship, an offshore tug, a ferry, in yachting and now in expedition cruising.

What you will find in this guide (68 pages, PDF):

• What the job really is, and what life on board looks like day to day
• Choosing your training: a grid to evaluate any school, with real examples from 6 countries
• How officer training works: certificates, endorsements, sea time
• Building your internship strategy, your professional image, and finding your first company
• Succeeding at your first sea assignment: a complete checklist
• Building a career, not just stringing contracts together
• From cadet to officer, and the unwritten rules on board
• Is the merchant marine right for you?
• Appendix: deck job descriptions, from cadet to officer of the watch

Who is this for?

This guide is for students who haven't started higher education yet and want to know what this career looks like, for officer cadets who want to take charge of their own careers, for young officers who want to keep improving and build a strong professional image, and for anyone curious about how life on board and officer training really work.

This book will not teach you how to navigate: your school does that very well. It teaches you how to avoid the mistakes I made.

Delivery: instant PDF download after payment. Each copy is stamped with the buyer’s email and purchase date, so any sharing is traceable.