Comments on: What is required to begin a career as a Merchant marine? Is there anything special i must do.? http://merchantagents.com/merchant/what-is-required-to-begin-a-career-as-a-merchant-marine-is-there-anything-special-i-must-do Thu, 18 Nov 2010 21:02:59 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: bethanne http://merchantagents.com/merchant/what-is-required-to-begin-a-career-as-a-merchant-marine-is-there-anything-special-i-must-do/comment-page-1#comment-1505 bethanne Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:15:59 +0000 http://merchantagents.com/merchant/what-is-required-to-begin-a-career-as-a-merchant-marine-is-there-anything-special-i-must-do#comment-1505 With your training as an electrician, you can also start with the unions, since they can point you to the specific training that you could add to your experience (SIU is the unlicensed side, AMO and MEBA are two of the larger licensed unions). Electricians on the ships and even shoreside are worth their weight in gold - don't start out at the bare bottom if you can help it. Another good place to start is, ironically, the US Coast Guard, here is the link for merchant marines: http://www.uscg.mil/nmc/. The Paul Hall center is located in Piney Point: http://www.seafarers.org/phc/; you can also check with your state's university system as well since most have maritime colleges (like Maine, California, Mass, NY, etc) where you can also get really good training. Good luck.<br><b>References : </b><br> With your training as an electrician, you can also start with the unions, since they can point you to the specific training that you could add to your experience (SIU is the unlicensed side, AMO and MEBA are two of the larger licensed unions). Electricians on the ships and even shoreside are worth their weight in gold – don’t start out at the bare bottom if you can help it.

Another good place to start is, ironically, the US Coast Guard, here is the link for merchant marines: http://www.uscg.mil/nmc/.

The Paul Hall center is located in Piney Point: http://www.seafarers.org/phc/; you can also check with your state’s university system as well since most have maritime colleges (like Maine, California, Mass, NY, etc) where you can also get really good training.

Good luck.
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