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7th March 2020, 12:50 AM
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Re: Deck Apprentices
HI John.
At the end of your post you said, Why anyone would give away a decent wage to sign on as an apprentice, Have you looked in the mirror recently ha ha. AS for Maritime Unions Methinks John is a little jealous about the wages we got out here.
Des
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7th March 2020, 04:47 AM
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Re: Deck Apprentices
The bit about Australians not being taken on foreign ships because of conditions of pay came from NUS official here a couple of years ago.
Happy daze John in Oz.
Life is too short to blend in.
John Strange R737787
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7th March 2020, 05:31 AM
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Re: Deck Apprentices
Des I left 32 pounds a day in one case in the uk with very little or no leave as such , for 76000 dollars a year and that was for 6 months a year paid leave. The year was 1991.you will have a better idea of the wages in Oz then.
An AB was on 50 grand a year with the same leave system. Some of the seamen I sailed in certain vessels in UK were on 17 pounds a day and 3 days paid leave after a month at sea , they had to go on the dole or go back to sea. JS
Last edited by j.sabourn; 7th March 2020 at 05:36 AM.
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19th January 2022, 03:49 AM
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Re: Deck Apprentices
As a memory just returned I sailed with a third mate, who served his time with Elder Dempsters and according to him the deck apprentices or Cadets were sent up in their 2 or 3 year to sit their EDHs certificate , he showed his to prove it. JS
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