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    So who crews these

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UKBA_42m_Customs_Cutter
    Are they civil servants or do they recruit through some agency?
    Or are they exempt from the usual MCA rules?
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    Re: so Who crews these

    Hmmmm, Navy or HMRC Officers who will be recruited and trained for the boats would be my guess.
    Trust me I'm a Chief.

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    • #3
      Re: So who crews these

      Customs cutter, Customs crew.

      Or HMRC or whatever they are this week. No idea what quals they might hold.

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        Re: So who crews these

        Originally posted by Lewis
        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UKBA_42m_Customs_Cutter
        Are they civil servants or do they recruit through some agency?
        Or are they exempt from the usual MCA rules?
        Originally posted by http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/jobs/border-details.htm
        HMRC manages its own fleet of boats to patrol British waters, where it works closely with the police authorities.
        I have came across a few of their staff on some of the short courses when I was a cadet - they don't hold the standard OOW licences (they have restricted tickets - or the ones I spoke too did). If I remember rightly, the regulations had changed which is why they were all doing the short courses.

        As for who 'recruits' on their behalf - I have no idea... if you really want to work on them might be worth 'contacting them' using the details on that page.

        On a side note, with the exception of England/Wales (where the Royal Navy are responsible for it), the Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency also manage / crew their own fleets - as do the Falkland Islands Fisheries people - dosedmonkey works for them as an engineer so can probably provide more information on how to get into that kind of work if it is what you are looking for.
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        • #5
          Re: So who crews these

          They are Border Agency now. Friend of mine works on one of those boats.
          I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.....

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