Average Trip lengths..

[Chiefy]

Re: Average Trip lengths..

Yeah cadet time is get as much as possible as soon as possible

Once qualified, most companys offer (aprox) 20-25 days off: Month on give or take a bitty, some better than others. Off shore is 1:1 for all ranks, where as deep sea is graded as a way to give you an incentive to climb the ladder etc.

[Rowdy]

Re: Average Trip lengths..

Thanks for the info alistairuk!

Am I right in understanding that the trip times during your cadet training will not reflect actual trip lengths once you are qualified?

I was just wondering average trip lengths/leave should one work for said company?

Also I am hopefully starting as a Eng cadet so required sea time is probably less than Deck.

[alistairuk]

Re: Average Trip lengths..

Hi All,

I had a quick look around the forum and only managed to find fragmented parts of what I would like to know, so can anybody give me an idea of the average trip lengths with Viking Recruitment?

I have heard rumours of the leave ratio and pay not comparing well to other sectors such as Deepsea, Offshore ect.

Thanks in advance

For deck all the viking cadets in my group did:

Phase 2: ~6 months at sea and then 1 month off before starting college.
Phase 4: ~4 months at sea, approx 1 month off, ~4 months at sea, approx 1 month off.

In the end all of us had around 13 months sea time... Unfortunately as a cadet there simply is not enough time within the periods allocated for "sea time" to give you that much time off - those that did get lots of time off, ended up having to go back to sea at the end of their cadetships before they could sit there exams with the MCA. The college course is hardly a busy schedule, in phase 3 (which lasts 10 months) you'll be lucky if your in Warsash for more than 12 hours a week.

As for comparing to offshore - of course not, but then you get to spend your time floating around the north sea and as a cadet the pay is pretty much the same regardless of company - your not going to get rich as a cadet.

Viking will look after you, all your expenses will be paid and masses of uniforms supplied. The monthly salary more than covers your accommodation and you spend very little at sea which let's you save up so you have spare cash lying around when you return to college.

Once qualified you will usually earn more money working on cargo ships, if that's what interests you.

[Rowdy]

Hi All,

I had a quick look around the forum and only managed to find fragmented parts of what I would like to know, so can anybody give me an idea of the average trip lengths with Viking Recruitment?

I have heard rumours of the leave ratio and pay not comparing well to other sectors such as Deepsea, Offshore ect.

Thanks in advance