Maritime Education

 Maritime Education

The maritime field is one of the most challenging and complex of all the economical segments. It is actually the major worldwide €engine€ joining just about all industries. The modern day maritime transportation is key element of economic growth of each country, delivering shipping services and the manpower to direct the fleet of vessels and all related services.
The two vital players to maintain the business rolling are the ships and employees. For each of them the maritime industry requires qualified personnel, either professionals for ships building or crews' officers and ratings for ship navigation.
The new highschool graduates deal with a variety of prospects when thinking of the next educational choice so as to get not only a diploma but also high expertise necessary for a vocation in the maritime industry.
Annually lots of Romanian graduates are seeking higher educational facilities that will provide them the exact training either for the technical crafts or for navigation ranks. Marine craftspeople are employed in the shipbuilding, vessel repair and modification, and the boat building, repair and restoration areas. The job ranges from building hulls and super-structures on sea-going ships to setting up the fixtures and fittings on a smaller yacht. According to the task, several trade capabilities are used - carpentry, electrical, plumbing, welding and painting, along with conventional maritime crafts: Design engineers, Dock masters, Project managers, Dock engineers, Dock motormen, Dock electricians, Steel work foremen and charge hands, Rigger foremen, Pipe foremen, Mechanical foremen, Hull treatment foremen, Scaffolder foremen, Yard electricians for electrical maintenance and new electrical equipment, Coded welders for electric arc, argon and CO2 welding.
The above mentioned that are engaged in shipbuilding cope with the building of all types of vessels up to larger vessels, tankers, and oil and gas platforms for offshore locations. Ship repair personnel normally are positioned at a dockyard working on all sizes and kinds of vessel.
The people who think they want to follow any of the discussed careers will need to follow one of the specializations offered by the country's academic institutions. Depending on the craft or occupation there are various educational guidance necessary, from attending 8 to 12 grades in a state institution accompanied by other training specific to the craft selected, the future experts get a diploma and start working in their work area. They can promote on the professional hierarchy by acquiring practical experience. If they attend the higher education they get to accede the high job opportunities in their job.

The persons who are eager to sail the seas and oceans around the world, must take into consideration that the compulsory education include graduating a maritime higher university in order to access a profession in navigation. They may choose to study in a college or university either to become officers for the Romanian Naval Forces, or maritime officers and engineers for the merchant marine navy. There are plenty specializations that may offer training for any type of tasks associated with maritime field and these are a few examples: Navigation, Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, Naval Systems and Technologies, Mechanical, Industrial and Maritime Engineering, Shipping and Port Management, Telecommunication Systems, Environmental Engineering, Naval Transport, Business and Engineering in Transports etc.
There exist educational institutions which are mainly focused on the maritime schooling. The main properties of these institutions are given by the existence of a global standard implemented by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) which is essential for all maritime universities along with the national engineering curricula, which is also essential according to the national demands.
Each year these institutions, which are found, both locally and internationally, as a source of well specialized labour force in the maritime field, have an increasing number of students ready to perform the educational process for this is the 1st and major step to enter a maritime professional career. All of these Romanian graduates are searching forward to sail the sea yet so they can get their endorsement, they have to have an embarkation practice period. Deck Cadets need o have at least twelve months sea period of which six months on watch and Engine Cadets currently over six months of which 3 months on watch. Through this sea time period they get the possibility to put knowledge into practice and enjoy the best learning conditions aboard along with the chance to have access to the most up to date technologies and equipment, significant tools for navigation activities.
Nedcon Maritime as the principal independent Romanian manpower supply company for clientele worldwide is offering numerous possibilities for those willing to obtain a well rewarded job in international locations for major maritime players. To be able to provide the most efficient and high-quality services to our present and potential clients, the
Nedcon Maritime personnel is proud to state that it represents the trusted partner in matching the best applicants with the required jobs. We are well-informed about the Romanian maritime educational system and all Romanian Officers and shipyard specialists that we have recruited bring their participation to our outstanding reputation on the international maritime business market