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Pre-sea Introduction

Students wishing to start out on a sea-going career have a number of options to consider and there are a number of entry routes fro those wishing to become professional seafarers. As well as achieving statutory Certificates of Competency at Officer of the Watch (OOW) or Engineering Officer of the Watch (EOOW) level those on officer education and training programmes can undertake a degree, an HNC and/ or HND or a vocational qualification. All programmes consist of alternating periods a college/ university and at sea and operate, in effect, as an apprenticeship model.

There are a number of useful websites to review:

The Merchant Navy Training Board	The Maritime Foundation
The International Shipping Federation	Shipping Facts
Maritime Companies (The Council of American Master Mariners)