Marine Engineering one of the most lucrative job opportunity
‘We were the first to ever burst into the silent sea’. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samual Taylor Coleridge truly depicted the life of a mariner in ancient times. But things have changed vast and wide with lots of opportunities as a Marine Engineer. This field is challenging with lots of excitement for those who are quite passionate to work with tools and at sea. It is a fact that more than 80% of the transportation that happens is through sea routes for the exports and imports between different countries. Marine Engineering is the basic profession in respect of ships and the navigation that happens.
A marine engineer is responsible for the seamless operations, the maintenance and the repair that have to be undertaken for all mechanical and the engineered equipment inside a ship. As ships these days come with modern technology it is only a marine engineer can handle it. A lot of discipline and responsibility behold a chief marine engineer as the freight and cargo that’s being transported worth millions of dollars.
Marine engineers require a lot of discipline and hard work
Like all other engineering branches, aspiring marine engineers should possess a strong aptitude for mathematics and physics. The ability to think independently and work with a team both should be part of their skill. The work that they undergo requires rounds of changes taking a lot of years for its completion, for that they should obtain a lot of patience.
A lucrative prospect await you
Fourth engineer and third assistant engineer await you after completion of Marine engineering course which entails you to reside you on a ship for a major part of a year. The levels of engagement starts from first engineer to fourth engineer, to the topmost Chief engineer. They also get employment prospects by the engine production organizations or the ship building organizations, by the various research bodies, the ship designing firms and above all the Indian Navy also needs their expertise. If you don’t want to be on board of a ship in most parts of the year you can also join marine workshop at various ports across the country. They can also opt for ship manufacturing companies.
These days marine engineers are finding their place in the IT sector also in a major way so as various consultancy companies, construction firms, the power sector, the steel manufacturing industry and the electronic industry which are equally good paymasters. You can also work with the Directorate General Shipping of India or also explore the entrepreneurial scope in this field. You can also join academics and join the teaching profession which is picking up in prospects
A bag full
Hefty pay packages that too tax free for the services at sea and a NRI status is what Marine Engineers are facilitated. And what’s more, if you are fresher the salary you do obtain is much more on a higher scale as compared with any other engineering streams and if you manage to get recruited in oil tanker the salary shoots up than others. The chance to travel across the globe seeing the world without any expenses is an incentive by itself. It all about happily living a luxurious life for a marine engineer due to the heavy salary packages they usually get as a compensation of being away from home.