How to be a sailor

If you want to be a sailor, you must first attend the competency training for sailors on duty. To apply for competency-based training for seafarers on duty, three conditions must be met: the age is not less than 18 years old and not more than 45 years old; Being in good health and meeting the basic requirements of seafarers; Junior high school education or above. After completing the training and passing the examination by the maritime administrative agency, bring the training certificate and professional training certificate of the crew on duty and their copies, the application form for the service book, the two-inch bareheaded photo with a white background and the copy of my ID card to the crew management department of the Maritime Safety Administration for handling the crew service book. If you apply for a sailor on duty in the unlimited navigation area, you need to sign a shipping company to apply for a seaman's card for you. Then contact the unit to get on board for probation, and after six months of probation, apply to the crew management department of the Maritime Safety Administration for the Certificate of Competency for Seafarers on Duty with relevant documents. After getting the certificate of competency, you can be a sailor on duty on board.

The ship's working departments are divided into deck department, engine department and service department, with captain positions respectively. The deck department has first mate, second mate, third mate and sailors on duty; The engine department has chief engineer, chief engineer, chief engineer and mechanic on duty; The service department has waiters, chefs, second chefs and waiters. Different positions have different requirements. If you have no experience in working on a ship and have not received relevant vocational education and training in navigation, you can work as a sailor on duty, a mechanic on duty and a service department.

If you want to apply for an officer, you need to participate in relevant professional training and obtain a professional qualification certificate.

There are 85 seafarers' education and training institutions in China, including undergraduate navigation institutions 12, junior navigation institutions 14, technical secondary schools 12 and 47 other education and training institutions.

At present, China's undergraduate colleges and universities for training water conservancy professionals are:

Dalian Maritime University, Shanghai Maritime University, Wuhan University of Technology, Jimei University, Ningbo University, Guangdong Ocean University, Dalian Fisheries College, Tianjin University of Technology, Chongqing Jiaotong University, Yantai University, Shandong Jiaotong University and Zhejiang Ocean University.

In addition, there are Qingdao Ocean Shipping Crew College, Shanghai Navigation Vocational and Technical College, Jiangsu Navigation Vocational and Technical College, Zhejiang Communications Vocational and Technical College, Nantong Shipping College, Zhejiang International Shipping College, Fujian Communications Vocational and Technical College, Hebei Communications Vocational and Technical College, Xiamen Ocean Vocational and Technical College, Guangzhou Navigation College, Guangdong Communications Vocational and Technical College, Wuhan Navigation Vocational and Technical College, Hubei Communications Vocational and Technical College, Tianjin Navigation College and other specialized colleges.

When students from maritime colleges graduate, or ordinary crew members apply to become officers, they need to take the national unified examination for the certificate of competency of officers. The subjects that marine ship driving majors take part in the national unified examination are: navigation, ship duty and collision avoidance, maritime English, ship structure and equipment, maritime meteorology and oceanography, maritime cargo transportation and ship management; The subjects that marine engineering management majors take part in the national unified examination are: main propulsion power plant, marine auxiliary machinery, marine English, marine electricity, marine engineering maintenance, marine engineering foundation and marine engineering management (individual schools only need to take the first three courses of the above two majors). In addition to the examination certificate, driving graduates must pass the examination and obtain the following certificates: First, the G certificate, that is, the GMDSS (Global Maritime Distress and Safety System) certificate; The second is the "four small certificates", that is, familiarity and basic safety, proficiency in lifeboats and rescue boats, proficiency in first aid and advanced fire fighting; The third is the "two small certificates", that is, the standard diagram of Thunder and ARPA operation. Marine engineering graduates must also take the "four small certificates" like driving graduates.