Help please please please

I have not seen a REAL British registered ship owned by a British registered Company for a long time.
Brian.

Hi shipmates, A tale a few years no names no call backs, I was talking to a gentleman from mother India who gave me some advice ??? he told me how to become A G.P. in the U.K. My schooling finish many years ago, as posted at sea age 14yrs. I have no A levels or any other bits of paper to my name ? he said not a probelm and he gave me all the information where to go and who to see, But I did not follow his advice as I was skint, and bringing up a family, he has done very well he now has several propertys and much more he is still a G.P.

John C & Cappy, hey be nice he did learn English with a Welsh accent & the head wobbling is top notch.

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Originally Posted by cappy

or grammar

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oh so old chaps are making fun of me huh.....

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Originally Posted by robpage

We have seen this type of request before , I think jobs here are hard enough to find for the men looking , if someone lives overseas and is not an ex patriot , then I think hey should start looking in their own country . having an Engineering Degree as well as the old style Class 1 / First Class certificate , I would suggest that a fresh graduate has very little idea of the practical skills required as a watch keeper , and would need to start as a Cadet from the very bottom , I would also suggest that the electronics and electrical requirements of knowledge required in today's engine rooms would leave a mechanical graduate short of skills too .

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I have basic knowledge about electronics and electrical engineering as we have subjects based on these fields during our engineering course, just i want to do some good graduating course from UK to convert my mech degree into a marine one.

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Originally Posted by Gulliver

^"Help please please please"
I can almost sense the desperation.


That's what all prospective students into this country say,and guess what?-this country is so much a soft touch that they are allowed in.Later,after 12 months or so they are nowhere to be found-they haven't gone home either.They are here to stay.Many of these 'students' have taken work instead and are illegal aliens on a 'student' permit.

Degrees and other professional qualications are regarded as suspect amongst foreign candidates,often being obtained fraudulently or purchased,Even degrees amongst graduates from this country are often undeservedly awarded.-if I were an employer I would deem an application containing grammatical errors and spelling mistakes to also indicate a sub-standard candidate.

Gulliver

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I too felt the brits sense of desperation when they looted the wealth of India long time ago. You people were beggars when you visited India under a dirty cloak of EAST INDIA COMPANY and transferred all the wealth in tonnes and tonnes of gold and diamonds to your native, do you know the fact that the KOHINOOR DIAMOND right in the middle of that 90 year old lady's crown, your queen was robbed from India.Do you know the fact that in BC era or prehistoric era When you people were uncivilized and trying to learn how to converse with each other, we Indians established universities and were centre of civilizations. and old chap listen one thing the richest person in britain who pay tax to your country in millions so that chaps like you can reap benefits is an Indain, LAKSHMI MITTAL.

The advice is you need practical experience not paper qualifications , if you read the answers you will see that , you need experience , and there are no British jobs , so again the advice tells you look to an India based company , gain experience , obtain your seafaring certification , a marine degree over three years is not what you need .Experience is essential , get it sooner rather than later .

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Originally Posted by robpage

The advice is you need practical experience not paper qualifications , if you read the answers you will see that , you need experience , and there are no British jobs , so again the advice tells you look to an India based company , gain experience , obtain your seafaring certification , a marine degree over three years is not what you need .Experience is essential , get it sooner rather than later .

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And i too don't want to do Job in Uk, Just i wanted to know about scope of a mechanical engineer as a seaman. I was told that mechanical engineers to can become seaman without any degree in marine engineering. And ya i know Britain is in recession i just wanted to do some marine course which could make me equivalent to a marine engineer, anyways thanks for replying.

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Originally Posted by robpage

The advice is you need practical experience not paper qualifications , if you read the answers you will see that , you need experience , and there are no British jobs , so again the advice tells you look to an India based company , gain experience , obtain your seafaring certification , a marine degree over three years is not what you need .Experience is essential , get it sooner rather than later .

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hey can i ask you a personal question??

I shall repeat what I have already said , you need experience , practice , working knowledge , Paper qualifications will not make you a seafaring engineer , you need practice , join a shipping company as an apprentice , learn the skills , obtain sea time , there are few jobs here , you will stand a better chance with international companies . As a trainee , to learn the job , you cannot jump the system with paper . Write to shipping companies , you will find jobs are scarce , rare , hard to find ,

Look up. Www.carersatsea.org , that is step 1 all the information you need can be found there , but that Ellson you experience is needed , that means get a job , that is the hard part , get past that the rest is easy , to get that job try the Indian companies , there are no jobs here , here are few briish ships left . If you are a Christian then you may get employment with OM , they have offices in India