why do you what to be an deck officer

[UrbanSadface]

why do you want to be an deck officer?

[EFC92]

is that a genuine question... or a cry for interview help?

no offence intended, just asking

[UrbanSadface]

just Wondering why people whant to be a deck officer, my reason is i like the look of the career and i love the sea.

[chris]

for an application question you might say you prefer the sound of being responsible for safe navigation and stability of the ship more than being responsible for the engineering side of things.

To restart the great deck-engineering debate, I think of boring form filling, chartwork and checklists when I think of deck officers.

[GuinnessMan]

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[Faust]

I think of boring form filling, chartwork and checklists when I think of deck officers.

I have a genuine love for this side of the job. Getting a ship ready for an MCA Survey can be a lot of fun, that's just my opinion anyway... secretly I love the bureaucratic side of this job.

I suppose I'm a bit of a fun Nazi, permit to works and risk assessments for everytttthinggg.

[Steve]

I'm not even going to comment on what I think about Deck Officers (some are friends...) but I would add "wandering around looking spiffy in a uniform until something tough comes along and then they call a pilot or an engineer to fix"....

It's the other way round where I work. The pilot sits in a corner and drinks tea while we take the ship in and the engineers get the manufacturer in to fix everything. Isn't it a topsy turvy world!

[GuinnessMan]

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[Steve]

I've seen one or two Chief Engineers bawled out for *demanding* shore assistance for every little problem

Ex-RFA?

[GuinnessMan]

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[gadget123]

"Can the Chief Engineer use the computer in the radio room to type a document up?", etc.

I thought thats what deck cadets were for.

[GuinnessMan]

I think the Master would have died of a heart-attack if they asked (remember it's the radio room computer, i.e. the one for email...)

[Steve]

Wouldn't touch them with a 20 foot pole...

That's what I've heard. Has anyone told the RFA engineer cadets that?

[gadget123]

I think the Master would have died of a heart-attack if they asked (remember it's the radio room computer, i.e. the one for email...)

One of my captains made me as a cadet help with all his paper work as computers/anything electronic confused him and made him angry

[size4riggerboots]

I do this job because I love it, I've done a wide variety of land-based jobs, and this, while in some respects can be repetitive, stressful, lonely, etc.. I still love the fact that I go to work every day and get to stare out of the windows at an everchanging seascape, I get to hang out with a brilliant crew when I'm off, I am challenged daily and learn something new every day too.