oil-rig-employment and shipping-employment
The latest oil-rig-employment and jobs supplied by selected agencies for suitably qualified and experienced Marine Electrical and Electronics personnel and Marine Engineering personel
Looking for maritime-employment or start a new career?
The bottom line is that it is not as easy as some oil-rig-employment and shipping sites would have you believe, that you can simply just walk onto an offshore installation into a new job. Offshore installations are dangerous places, safety is what we all live and breathe, and it is not a training ground for someone who doesn’t have basic oil-rig-employment qualifications.
In general people with a relevant trade in mechanical or electrical or electronics discipline can sometimes get a start, however experienced hands is what most companies chase. Also before you work on or get oil-rig-employment on offshore installations you will have to have a current offshore Medical Certificate (the requirements vary between countries here), a current Offshore Survival Certificate and probably a Helicopter Underwater Escape Training (HUET) Certificate without which you don’t get to fly offshore. Some companies may invest this in you and most will not, so invest in it yourself. When job offers come they generally entail rapid mobilization of just days if not hours. If you want to have the chance to take up these jobs you need to have your passport with at least 6 months validity, a current medical certificate (in UK this is ENG1), current vaccinations, STCW required survival and for offshore oil-rig-employment, a current HUET certificate, for US based cruise ship positions the right Visa and last of all have your bag packed ready to go.
Ships must, by maritime law, be manned with appropriately qualified and competent seafarers, and that is what STCW 95 is all about. If the maritime employment website can’t show real vacancies chances are they aren’t filling any. If a website offers you a job finding prospect without offering a specific vacancy, especially in the Cruise liner market or selling you a guide to employment then exercise caution as you will probably lose the money without any real gain or job opportunity.
Commercial shipping is a very tightly regulated industry that must conform to international and national standards and which include navigation, engineering, operations, ship construction, equipment, safety, radio communications, pollution prevention, security, manning levels, and seafarer qualifications and training. International standards are defined by a United Nations Agency called the International Maritime Organisation (IMO). The IMO convention dealing with seafarer qualifications and training is known as STCW which stands for Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers.
UK AGENCIES
Shipping
VIKING RECRUITMENT LTD This is a reputable agency sourcing deck and engine personnel for Holland America Line and the Wind Star Cruise fleets. Their website has online registration. Address: Viking Recruitment Ltd, Aycliffe Business Centre, Archcliffe Rd, Dover, Kent, CT17 9EL, UK. Website
http://www.vikingrecruitment.com/Recruitment/
JOBS-AT-SEA.COM A good website with lots of current job vacancies, worth registering details for future jobs. http://www.jobs-at-sea.com/
Anglo Eastern Crew Management This company has ship management of over 100 vessels including Tankers, Containers, Bulkers and Car Carriers operating world-wide. Address: Anglo Eastern Crew Management, St Georges Chambers, Hill Street, Douglas, Isle of Man, IM1 1EF, Email: aecm.iom@angloeasterngroup.com http://www.angloeasterngroup.com/default.aspx
CLYDE MARINE Clyde Marine Group is a reputable and well established and large UK based manning agency and has a lot of positions turning over, both seagoing and shore based and worth checking daily for new vacancies. http://www.clydemarine.com/
CLYDE MARINE TRAINING LTD Clyde Marine recruit deck, engineer and electro-technical officer trainees (200 to 300 deck and engineer cadetships each year) on behalf of 49 major shipping companies Various types of ships from Tankers; Gas/Product; Bulk; Dry Cargo; Reefers; Oil Supply/Anchor Handlers; Passenger Ro/Ro Ferries operating world-wide. EMail:training@clydemarine.com http://www.clydemarine.com/content/recruit/index.asp
NUMAST NUMAST represents more than 18,000 UK merchant navy masters, officers and cadets as well as other marine industry professionals This is worth the small joining fee to get access to loads of advertised jobs online and in newspaper The Telegraph. http://www.numast.org/
Thistle Dhu Marine Recruitment Services Mostly UK North Sea offshore positions. Address: Thistle Dhu Marine, 28 Bruntsfield Place, Edinburgh, EH10 4HJ, Scotland. Tel: +44 131-623-2630 and Fax: +44 31-229-9451. Email at jobs@thistledhu.co.uk. Website http://website.lineone.net/~thistledhu/vac.htm
Delta Marine Personnel Services Ltd is another reputable and leading UK based manning agency. Address - Delta Marine Personnel Services Ltd, Office Suite 2, Lockside Marina, Navigation Road, CM2 6HF. Tel : +44 1245 251 377 or Fax +44 1245 495583
Website http://www.deltamarine.co.uk/
Email : crewdept@deltamarine.co.uk
Seamariner Ltd UK is another reputable and leading UK based manning agency and recruits Deck and Engineer Officers, ETO’s, Electricians and Radio Officers, Deck and Engineroom Ratings (Bosuns, Carpenters, Mechanics, Fitters) Pursers, Hotel Managers, Hotel Services, Cooks, Stewards, Security Officers, Medics, Health and Safety Officers, Offshore Personnel and Yacht Crews. Website http://www.seamariner.com/
Spinnaker Consulting Services UK UK Based Mostly shore based vessel management positions agency
http://www.shippingjobs.com/
International Marine Manning Services Northern Ireland based manning agency - http://www.internationalmarine.co.uk/ or http://imcvs.com/welcome.asp
Newwave Personnel Recruits all seagoing positions Deck, Engineering and Electrical. Lots of dredger and tanker vacancies and easily accessible and updated vacancy list
http://www.nuwavepersonnel.com/
Faststream Recruits mostly shorebased marine and offshore positions.
http://www.faststream.co.uk/
SHIP SAFE TRAINING GROUP SSTG Ltd is the training organisation for a consortium of 30 shipping companies operating over 300 ships. The SSTG assists these companies in the recruitment of new entrant officer trainees to follow Undergraduate and HND cadet programmes and manages their training programmes. Opportunities also exist for a range of other previously qualified personnel who wish to pursue a career at sea ON Bulk carriers, container vessels, cruise ships, dry cargo, marine aggregate mining vessels, specialist offshore support vessels, passenger and freight Ro-Ro ferries and tankers.
For more information see the http://www.sstg.org/index.php
Oceanwide is a Netherlands based DNV CMO (crew manning office) certified employment agency, specializing in employment and recruitment of maritime and offshore oil-rig-employment personnel. http://www.oceanwidecrew.com/en/
CRUISE SHIP JOBS
If you want to learn more about the realities of cruise ship employment then click on the link below.
Job opportunities typically include the hotel services area, mostly junior positions. Other positions include Hotel Managers and Directors, Food and Beverage Managers, Chief Pursers and Executive Chefs, Maitre D's, Bar Managers, Concierge, Reception, Waiters and Waitresses< Hairdressers and many others.
Offshore Oil-Rig-Employment and Petrochemical
SHIPPING CONNECTIONS A UK based afency with a lot of current jobs available. http://www.shipping-connections.com/vacancies.htm
VIKING OFFSHORE Viking Offshore Services Limited are a world-class service provider of emergency response and rescue services to the offshore oil and gas industry. The ships range from purpose built modern multi-role field support vessels and conventional standby vessels, to converted tonnage from both the supply and fishing industries. http://www.vikingoffshore.co.uk/
US AGENCIES
Shipping
Maritime Employment as a large US based agency with generally US based offshore and merchant marine positions and some international ones. Site has easy search facility for vacancies and resume registration http://www.maritimeemployment.com/ and http://www.offshoresourcejobs.com/candidate/
Crewfinders A US based company that recruits Captains, engineers, mates, deckhands, Chefs, cooks, stewards and stewardesses.
http://www.crewfinders.com/index.html
Offshore Oil-Rig-Employment
TBA
Scam Alert - Offshore Use caution on the Oilcareer.com website for oil-rig-employment. I have had several emails complaining about this oil-rig-employment outfit. This website and company is somewhat of a sham, and I know because I put them to the test as have several of my colleagues. These were people with a superb 20 years plus offshore oil and maritime backgrounds with past top jobs, history and background and they didn’t even get a response for any oil-rig-employment. These sites make a whole lot of very false oil-rig-employment promises or lead you to believe it’s easy, they take your money and then they email shot or spam a whole bunch of companies with your CV/resume, who in general are unrelated to your discipline or target work area and then they simply never talk to you again after having done that. It is much better to go and register on the other various oil-rig-employment websites, and go to a real oil-rig-employment agency who supplies people according to specific project job vacancies. I have a couple of friends who are HR managers in the industry and they told me they don’t even open or look at the emails from companies like this, so you have been warned!
PLEASE DO NOT EMAIL ME WITH CV/RESUME, EMAIL THE COMPANY OFFERING THE JOBS!
The Banner Link below for Expats Direct is well worth visiting and registering on for oil-rig-employment. They really do have a lot of vacancies every day
