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For some, the profession of a sailor is shrouded in romance. Endless landscapes, foreign countries and high salaries are immediately presented. However, people who managed to connect their lives with work on the ship, say that everything is not so cloudless.
Who is a sailor?
This is any member of a crew flying civilian or military vessels. The sailor is a common name that unites representatives of different professions, plowing the vast blue expanses. This is an ordinary sailor, and a cook, and a captain.
The profession of a sailor has great social significance. Most common in port cities. On an international ship, the crew may consist of representatives of different nationalities, including Russians. But according to the sailors themselves, most often this profession is done by Filipinos.
Features
Work only at first glance may seem simple. The profession of a sailor is fraught with some dangers. For example, visiting different countries, a crew member can catch a disease from which he did not develop immunity due to living in a different climate.
Work at sea involves not very comfortable conditions. We have to carry out routine work every day, not having the opportunity to change the situation. It is also necessary to endure pitching and vibration.
However, not everything is so pessimistic. Someone enjoys the contemplation of beautiful landscapes, inhaling fresh salty air and the opportunity to visit distant lands.
The profession of a sailor is available to those who have the skills necessary to work on a ship. There are no extra or random people on merchant and navy fleets. Each crew member performs his functions.
If the profession of a long-distance sailor is attractive to you, you need to be prepared for months away from home. The flight can last 4-6 months. Not every potential candidate is willing to spend so much time away from friends and relatives.
How to become a sailor?
It’s not easy to choose a life’s business. The profession of a sailor for children is attractive due to the possibility of distant wanderings and learning new things. Some preschoolers dream of doing this job.
If, having matured, they will not change their minds and change their choice, it will be possible to get a specialty related to shipping in one of the many marine educational institutions. Several years of training can turn a novice specialist into an excellent sailor.
There are many specialties that are not directly related to shipping, but also needed on the ship - cook, minder, mechanic, etc. These professions can be mastered in ordinary educational institutions, and after graduation no one forbids to connect life with the sea.
Experienced specialists say that this is not just work, but the meaning of life. Otherwise, what can make a man go swimming, leaving his usual life on the mainland?
Prospects
The crew of the ship is divided into engine and deck crew, and the ship also has attendants. To take a junior position, that is, to become a sailor on a ship, it is enough to take specialized courses. You can find them at trading ports or seafaring schools.
Having received a certificate based on the results of the training, the new sailor can get into the port and, having gained the necessary practice, join the crew of one of the vessels.
To become an officer, you will have to enter a naval university or school. After receiving the education, the future employee can get a job on a cruise ship or a merchant ship.
The prospects for the profession also lie in the fact that a sailor can work on Russian ships or join an international team. However, in the second case, he should be ready to master a foreign language.
Those who are interested in the profession of a military sailor, also awaits training. For example, in the Nakhimov school.
If the future specialist wants to become part of the merchant fleet team, you need to not only get training at the university, but also gain experience. Having worked during the year as an ordinary sailor, a recent graduate will be admitted to exams at the qualification commission. Upon successful completion of such exams, he will be given a working diploma. In parallel with this, you will need to get a few additional certificates. Based on all these documents, the potential candidate gets the opportunity to get a job in his specialty.
The salary
The size of the seafarer's income depends on whether he works on a Russian or foreign ship. Instead of a complicated scale, we will try to explain this difference with a few examples.
According to official sources, the salary of a captain working on a cargo ship can be 500,000 rubles. However, the Ministry of Social Development does not specify which ship company pays such generous remuneration to sailors.
As mentioned above, the size of salaries depends on the shipowning company. For example, in some firms, the captain in a similar position earns from 180 to 225 thousand.
A separate category of shipowners are former Soviet companies. In them, the income of a sailor is determined by the size and type of vessel. For example, on a dry cargo ship - from 130 thousand, on a tanker - up to 180 thousand.
In some companies, the income of seafarers is disproportionately lower. For example, in the port of Kaliningrad, the average salary for tugboat captains is 11-15 thousand.
If we talk about sailors, then specialists working under the Russian flag earn from 30 thousand rubles.
The spread of salaries for seafarers is very wide and depends on several factors.
