Career Counseling Queries
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Subject: Marine Engineering Date: 5-May-2009 |
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| Question: I wanted to know about marine engineering as a career for a girl & does it offer good money after the course is finish? | ||
| Answer: Girls are going to space today. So they can become Marine Engineers too! But to be working as a Marine Engineer, one needs a lot of physical strength and one may need to be away from home for a long time and remain on ship. So if one can easily cope up with all such things, anyone can enter this field irrespective of gender of the person.
Openings for Marine Engineers are in Indian and global shipping firms. Marine Engineers are specifically qualified to join the Merchant Navy, or public and private shipping companies. Marine engineers are also employed by
Marine engineers receive excellent pay packages even at the entry level.A person who joins the merchant navy as Junior Engineer earns around Rs 25,000 to 30,000 per month in an Indian Vessel and from 2,000-3,000 U.S$ per month in any foreign vessel. At the chief engineer's level, one can earn up to US $ 5,000 per month.
All the best |
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