What it takes for a successful career into shipping?
Maritime Knowledge
Maritime Knowledge
You need to know about the ship and the industry workings.
No matter what your post will be, you need to know or to have a raff idea of: maritime regulations, safety and security, geography, information technology, maritime law, maritime economics, marine insurance, shipping management, shipping finance and many more.
Skill
Skill
If you work ashore or onboard a ship you need to have those skills to ensure the safety of everyone on board.
Skills like, decision making, time management, project management, active listening, operation and control, operation monitoring, coordination, instructing and teaching, effective communication, , social perceptiveness, critical thinking, deductive reasoning, far vision , oral and written expression and comprehension, problem sensitivity, depth perception, speech clarity, control precision, selective attention, spatial orientation, among other things.
Hands on Knowledge & Skill
Hands on Knowledge & Skill
means that someone gets from doing something rather than just reading about it or seeing it being done.
Have you ever been on board? Do you realise what it takes to undertake a task?
Learning by practice…
Ethics
Ethics
The way that you work will have an impact on your life and career as well as on the lives of others. The basic work ethics are integrity, self-control and composure, commitment, dependability, leadership, stress tolerance, attention to detail, initiative, responsibility, independence, persistence, and being adaptable and flexible.