Careers

Wondering what a career at sea might be like? Have a watch of this video! A career at sea…the best decision I made

Nigel Guild’s father was a medical officer in the Royal Navy and the service felt like a natural extension to the family: so he was obviously going to join in due course.  Medicine was not so attractive.  Deterred by any sight of blood, Nigel’s natural choice was towards anything mechanical or electrical. At the age […]

I am from a family of non seafarers and at the age of sixteen simply decided I wanted to travel and see the world, and a chance conversation with the dad of one of my pals, who happened to be a Ship’s Captain, made me interested in the Merchant Navy. He advised me on the […]

My name is Tom Puddy and I am a British Seafarer, currently working as an Electro-Technical Officer (ETO) onboard a privately owned superyacht. The beginning of my journey… I did not always have the intention to go to sea, or even work in the technical field. In fact, as I was approaching the end of […]

Matt has always been interested in engineering as he enjoys doing practical, hands on work.  After looking into the courses he decided that sitting in a factory wasn’t for him so after a bit of research discovered marine engineering. He was attracted to the idea of working at sea: taking on new challenges, doing the […]