Fully sponsored by one of a vast range of shipping and maritime companies and developed to meet the specific needs of the shipping industry and the Merchant Navy Training Board, your degree cadetship combines rigorous academic study at our dedicated cadet training center in Southampton - one of the UK’s busiest ports - with extensive practical training at sea. Shipping out as an engineering officer cadet on a range of vessels owned or operated by your sponsoring company, you will develop the essential skills, knowledge, and behaviors needed to become a Marine Electro-Technical Officer in the Merchant Navy.
You will acquire a strong understanding of modern ship-board electronic and electrical systems, their operating principles, and safe practices. You will develop a range of practical engineering skills appropriate to operating and problem-solving for ships’ electronic systems and other relevant systems safely and efficiently.
As part of your degree cadetship, you will gain your first qualification as an Engineering Officer of the Watch - and be equipped with all the knowledge and understanding you need to undertake tasks as detailed in the industry-based onboard training - and with academic exemptions for further professional qualifications under the internationally recognized Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping (STCW) and UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) regulations.