1. Jose Rizal Memorial State University
College of Maritime Education
Presents
Life @ Sea
The Basic Seaman’s Life
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2. Enroll
Basic Seaman
Course at Jose Rizal
Memorial State University
and Become a Seaman
Soon!

3. Job Opportunities and Job
Experiences as a Seaman
Life @ Sea
Working at sea is a very exciting
experience; your life style will be entirely
different, you will become an international
professional who work overseas together
with different nationalities.

4. You are required to work overseas for 6 to 8
months and be home for 2 months leave, which
will be paid in lieu before leave commence. You
will learn very quickly how to manage your work,
cargoes and crew. You will meet many friends
from all over the world.

5. Living Lifestyle
living lifestyle will be totally different. Because
you are required to work overseas for 6 to 8 months
and be home for 2 months leave, which will be paid
in lieu before leaving commence. That is great! The
quality of time you spend with your family will be
much better. You can go for a tour around the world
when you are on home leave. You see your family
every day, taking your wife for shopping; taking your
kids to school and other activities you are interested
in.
 Your

6. Then
you concentrate on your work
on another ship for 6 to 8 months
again.
From time to time, you will fly
everywhere to join ships by plane,
depending upon which company you
work with. You will become a real
international professional.
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7.  Working
on board, you don’t have to pay for any
utilities. But you have to tidy your own cabin (room)
and wash your own clothing. You don’t have to pay for
you meals except for your own softdrinks or beer you
consume. Water, food, tea or coffee are all free. You
will dine at the officer mess room (restaurant), buffet
lunch and a proper dinner at night. However, you have
to work and live onboard the ship with the same group
of people, no matter whether you like them or not. You
really have to learn how to respect others and get
along with different people on board.
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8. Leisure Life
may wonder whether ship’s crew may actually go
ashore and tour around the world. Of course, seaman
can go ashore when they are off. On some kind of
vessels, when the ship is secured alongside for about a
week, seaman may go ashore for shopping, dining and
having good time. However, if you work on board a
container ship, where the ship is secured alongside the
berth for only hours, one may not be able to go ashore
at all. It really depends upon which company or which
type of ship you work with.
 One

9. One
may also ask what you may do
when you are not working; there are a
lot of entertainments you may find on
board, which will be mentioned in
details below. Seafarers can have time
relax in the officer’s bar, watch a
movie or relax in their cabin etc.

10. Being
Working Life
an officer on board, you are required to work
basically 8 hrs a day every day. You will have other
work to do according to your rank. Such as the third
officer, who will look after the lifesaving and
firefighting equipment on board after his or her
watch. The Second Officer looks after the the
navigational equipment and acts as the door on
board. And the Chief Officer will look after or leave
ports, you may be required to work twelve hours a
day depending upon the type of ship trade.

11. Social Life
 During
the off duty time, you are free to do anything as you
want, like visit the landmark or famous places. It will
depend on which type of ship you are sailing with.
Normally, ship will stay in port for few days, but if you work
on a container ship, you may only have few hours, so you
may not have much time to go ashore.
 Living
on board is similar to those living ashore, and all can
be found on board. People don’t have to go out for cinema
or food, everything is free of charge on board.
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12. That’s all. Thank you for Watching
my Presentation!
Best
Regards! God Bless Us!
G-Lord Lumacad