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[jcwilson91]

Hello,

Has anyone put any thought into going on and studying more marine related subjects after getting their coc.

I have been looking around the open university websites for topics and wanted to know what you all thought.


Thanks.

[Brendan]

Haha wow how far are you into your cadetship? I think you'll be knackered at the end of it and will want a loooong break before going back to school again. It seems like an intense 3 years just getting the coc IMO...

[ETwhat?]

I've considered the OU partly as with no current higher tickets for ETO's it may be a good way of adding a difference between me and others.

Personally I would consider business or management type things over a further engineering top up, as if I wish to work ashore it would more likely be in a management role and hopefully the qualifications/ experience would provide enough engineering back ground for that. while actually managing real world things isn't actually well covered when working on a ship.

the other track is different professional qualifications, which would be more along the lines of short courses.

[chris]

For management, the chartered institute of management courses are better recognised than most management degrees.

Both stc and warsash offer engineering top up degrees, beng hons. The warsash course has more management in it whereas the stc one is more technical by the looks of it.

[Inland Pirate]

To hijack the thread a little, what's it like for the Deck side? Obviously there's professional qualifications, but are there any degree type ones as well? Other than management, business - something that turns a foundation degree into a masters degree, for example?

[GuinnessMan]

To hijack the thread a little, what's it like for the Deck side? Obviously there's professional qualifications, but are there any degree type ones as well? Other than management, business - something that turns a foundation degree into a masters degree, for example?

A lot of the Deck Side chaps I know are all off studying MBA's...

[jcwilson91]

Haha wow how far are you into your cadetship? I think you'll be knackered at the end of it and will want a loooong break before going back to school again. It seems like an intense 3 years just getting the coc IMO...

I have just sat my IAMI's and am due to sit my oral soon. So im nearly finished...

[Dosedmonkey]

Hello,

Has anyone put any thought into going on and studying more marine related subjects after getting their coc.

I have been looking around the open university websites for topics and wanted to know what you all thought.


Thanks.

Once you have your EOOW CoC start revising for your 2nd Engineers unlimiteds, and get as much sea time as possible. Don't worry about any Open University courses, or such, until you have passed your unlimited 2nds and Chiefs, if you do 4 months on, 2 months leave, you will have the sea time before you know it, and there is plenty to revise. Exam questions are up on the South Tyne Side college website, and you can crack on with revising from books.

[jcwilson91]

cheers dosed. You recommend getting the complete reed's volumes?