How do you pursue a Career in Marine Engineering?

Career in Marine Engineering

A Career in Marine Engineering has always intrigued me. Unfortunately, it is very difficult to find information about What Marine Engineering actually is. Most pages on the internet just talk about How to get into Marine Engineering. While I was searching for reliable information about a Career in Marine Engineering, I came across this amazing page: https://www.lifepage.in/career/20171010-0001/Science/Merchant Navy/Career-in-Marine-Engineering/english

Rajeeve Kaushik's professional point of view!
Rajeeve Kaushik has 28 years of professional experience in Marine Engineering. Rajeeve Kaushik has worked in Marine Engineering as Chief Engineer in Maersk Tankers. In Rajeeve Kaushik's own words, this is how Rajeeve Kaushik got into Marine Engineering: "After completing my schooling from St Thomas, I did graduation from MERI, Kolkata. After that, I started sailing in 1986."

Career Video on Marine Engineering
In a video, Rajeeve Kaushik has talked about various aspects of a Career in Marine Engineering. Rajeeve Kaushik started by explaining Marine Engineering as: "Marine engineering includes the engineering of boats, ships, and oil rigs and any other marine vessel or structure, as well as oceanographic engineering. Specifically, marine engineering is the discipline of applying engineering sciences, including mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, electronic engineering, and computer science, to the development, design, operation and maintenance of watercraft propulsion and on-board systems and oceanographic technology." It was a very interesting video and I enjoyed watching it.


It was a welcome change to see the video touch upon Education as theoretical knowledge needed to excel at Marine Engineering, and not merely as Qualifications needed to enter Marine Engineering. Rajeeve Kaushik touches upon these in the Education section of the Video:
Electronics & Electrical
Mechanicals
Engineering Graphics
Materials
Engines
Sills and success goes hand in hand. One needs to get a hold of essential skills.
Rajeeve Kaushik then explains why these Skills are essential for a Career in Marine Engineering:
Persistence and Patience
Hands on Approach
Team Work
Discipline
Time Management
Good Imaginations
There are great positives of this Career.
Rajeeve Kaushik believes that the following are some of the Positives of a Career in Marine Engineering:
Versatility
Build Self Confidence
Financial Independence
Travelling
It is important that one develops a fair understanding of the Challenges of this Career.
And, Rajeeve Kaushik believes that one needs to prepare for following Challenges of a Career in Marine Engineering:
Physical Strength
Mental Stability
Work Life Balance
Weather Conditions

In the final section of the video Rajeeve Kaushik talks about How a day goes in a Career in Marine Engineering. This video is by far the best video on a Career in Marine Engineering, that I have ever come across. To see the full Talk, one needs to install the LifePage Career Talks App. Here is a direct deep link of the Video: https://lifepage.app.link/20171010-0001
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Similar Career List on LifePage
I continued with my research on LifePage and thoroughly studied these links to gain more perspective:
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[Master Mariner | Teekay Shipping Ltd]

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[Master Mariner | Wallem Ship Management]

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[Second Officer | Maersk Tankers Singapore]

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[Third Engineer | Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd]

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[Electro-Technical Officer | Anglo-Eastern Ship Management]

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[3rd Assistant Engineer | Zodiac Maritime]

Career in Navigation
[Second Officer | Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement Ltd]


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