DING DING DING! The School Bell rings.
Yes, after you achieve sponsorship with your company, you will now start your career in the Merchant Navy, which means in September (or January depending on when you applied) its time to grab the notebooks and pencil cases and move into one of the Maritime Colleges around the UK. There are five 'phases' spanning over 3 years. Phase 1, 3 & 5 are all college time where you study and sit your exams. Phases 2 and 4 are scheduled sea time where you gain a minimum 12 months sea time and complete your TRB. (more on that later.)
Your sponsoring company may have a preference to which academy you attend. Some allow you to have a choice and some prefer to send you to the college furthest away from home, so be prepared to live up to your interview statement of "I love being away from home" or "I don't mind travelling."
Your sponsoring company may have a preference to which academy you attend. Some allow you to have a choice and some prefer to send you to the college furthest away from home, so be prepared to live up to your interview statement of "I love being away from home" or "I don't mind travelling."
Colleges include, Warsash Maritime Academy with Southampton Solent University, South Tyneside, Plymouth University, City of Glasgow College to name a few. My experience is with Warsash Maritime Academy, near Southampton.
What can I say about Warsash life? Well, the food there is not haute cuisine but neither is the food on the ships so they set you up for disappointment early on. In addition, you may be required to share "cabins" with other fellow cadets. This is also designed to get you used to the idea of joining a ship and share a room with a complete stranger and be able to get along instantly. Warsash is also being slowly absorbed by Southampton Solent University meaning that the original campus may not be existent to new cadets. The process of absorption of Warsash has positives and negatives, but are for another time.
Which college is best to go to? I couldn't possibly comment being biased, but it is advised that if you do have a choice of college, do some research and chose the best one for you. Happy Days!
What can I say about Warsash life? Well, the food there is not haute cuisine but neither is the food on the ships so they set you up for disappointment early on. In addition, you may be required to share "cabins" with other fellow cadets. This is also designed to get you used to the idea of joining a ship and share a room with a complete stranger and be able to get along instantly. Warsash is also being slowly absorbed by Southampton Solent University meaning that the original campus may not be existent to new cadets. The process of absorption of Warsash has positives and negatives, but are for another time.
Which college is best to go to? I couldn't possibly comment being biased, but it is advised that if you do have a choice of college, do some research and chose the best one for you. Happy Days!
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