Deck Officer Cadetship

**About the Role**:
**Join Our Team as a Deck Officer Cadet: Chart Your Course to Success**

Are you ready to chart a course towards an extraordinary career in the offshore industry? Look no further.

**What is a cadetship?**

Here’s the basics.

A cadetship is a sponsored training programme which involves combining formal training and qualifications with practical on-the-job experience. Here at James Fisher, you will spend 3 years on our Cadetship programme studying for a formal qualification with Fleetwood Nautical College as well as spend phases of time at sea onboard our vessel

**What is a Deck Officer?**

As a Deck Officer Cadet, you will be responsible for maintaining the watch on the bridge of our tankers at sea. You will monitor and control our tanker operations included deck maintenance, and be involved in the mooring, anchoring, and securing our tanker vessels.

You will be responsible for the operational management of our vessels and be accountable for maintaining personal, health, safety and environmental standards on board. You will learn how to take personal emergency action on board a vessel as well how to respond to emergencies including how to control of survival craft and rescue boats.

**How does the Cadetship training work?**

As part of your studies, your training programme will typically last for approximately 3 years. Your course will be structured in ‘Phases’. These phases tend to last up to 6 months.

You will typically spend Phase 1, 3 and 5 of your training programmes based at Fleetwood Nautical College. Now, please don’t worry if you do not live near the college, as we will pay for all your accommodation and food costs whilst there in their purpose-built Cadet Accommodation alongside all of your travel to and from college at the start and end of term

Phases 2 and 4 will be spent at sea onboard our tankers. Our fleet trade along the UK and Northern European Coastline, even trading in the Caribbean We will fully pay for your travel to and from our vessels and all food during your sea phases

We will also pay you a bursary of £8,500 in Year 1 and £10,500 in Years 2 and 3.

**What qualifications will I get?**

All our Cadets once graduated will receive Deck Officer of the Watch Certificate of Competency (II/1 OOWD) which enables you to work on any vessel as a qualified Deck Officer As you will be training onboard an oil tanker, you will also receive a specialised qualification which enables to work on tankers in your future career.

Depending on the level of qualifications you possess when you start your cadetship with us, you will either work towards a HND or Foundation Degree in Marine Operations

**What do I need to apply?**

**Academic Requirements**

Higher National Diploma (Level 4): The minimum qualification requirements are to have 5 GCSE’s (grades A* - C or 9 - 4) which must include Mathematics and English.

**OR**

Foundation Degree (Level 5): You should possess the GCSE Grades indicated above and have a minimum of 48 UCAS points.

**Nationality**

To qualify for our Cadetship Sponsorship scheme, you must be a passport holder of an EEA state and be ordinarily resident within the UK, as defined by the governing regulation surrounding the provision of grants for the training of officer cadets.

**How do I apply?