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Careers on the Water
Registrace 21. 02. 2014
Great Lakes, Great Careers.
Careers on the Water - Aboard the Algoma Equinox
Come aboard the Algoma Equinox, one of the newest Great Lakes freighters, as we tour the ship and chat with the captain & crew about what it's like to work and live on the water.
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Toronto Brigantine in Bayfield - July 2014
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The Toronto Brigantine tall ships Pathfinder and Playfair visited Bayfield in July 2014. Come aboard with Careers on the Water as we meet the captain and crew. Learn how spending an unforgettable summer sailing on the Great Lakes can help you develop valuable skills and lead to an exciting career in the marine industry. For more information on Toronto Brigantine, please visit www.torontobrigant...
Careers on the Water Job Fair & Trade Show - Goderich, November 2013
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Over 1200 people attended Careers on the Water, a two day Job Fair & Trade Show in Goderich, Ontario in November 2013. For more information on pursuing a career in the marine industry on the Great Lakes, please contact careersonthewater@gmail.com.
Still hiring for deck hand to join your company
Can l sign up for a Job(Career)? I am 69yrs. of age and would like to be on Board any of the Great Lakes Ships. I like Adventure and Uncertainty Ahead. Please do Respond. JohnBurns.
Love the video music not so much
Thank you.. you can watch live feeds all day and night. This was a great insight of the crew and their duties
That was very interesting. Those men seemed to really enjoy their work.
That’s funny I looked her up in school today
great lakes shipping careers are all well and good UNTIL NOVEMBER
Yes - as the 'famous' (RIP) Capt. John Manner would say: "anyone can sail in the summer!"
Stop putting stupid music in the background
I would never be on a freighter, after the Edmund Fitzgerald
I'm sorry but as a blue collar type male just watching those 'suits' and sorry but this is sailing....'females' walk around that ship like they have any idea what blood sweat and everything else that goes on there is about, really grinds my gears. Ok I said my piece. I'm out.
So where do I go to apply?
new friend here sending full support
I miss the water so much! I had a long career in the industry from inland tugs to harbor tugs, from utility boats to anchor handling boats doing oilfield work in The Gulf of Mexico, working for the US Navy on a research vessel overseas in the Mediterranean to construct work on a lift boat in the Gulf of Mexico. I wouldn’t change my work life for any other career. Thank you God for letting me do this type of work for 20 plus years what a blessing it has been. The sea will always be in my blood. Be safe to my brothers and sisters on the water working hard to provide a living for themselves and their families. God Bless You All!
Do y'all get eggs cooked to order
Yeah y'all sure do need to now what your doing at all the time
I have watched and filmed the Algoma Intrepid and Algoma Niagara unload at the Calumet River Bridge at the Chicago/Indiana border. Both boast the name "Equinox". I love watching them. More surprising are the tugs that push and pull these monsters effectively and smoothly. Good presentation.
I’m not gonna get the job I just threw the ukulele player off the ship. SNS.
So these ships are built in China? Not USA or Canada or Europe? Is it that much more cheaper to import a ship from another country and pay tariffs on it and still be cheaper than building it here in North America?
Pathetic huh. That's why the U.S.A. has "The Jones Act".
Made in China..... Why?
HOW MUCH DID THE BUILD COST?????
If I was younger, I would totally work on a laker.
age is just a #
Well worth watching. Would love to see an updated video, changes in the last 7 years; requirements, rules, jobs, living and pay updates. Even better would be an update on these crew members. Nice job!
Spent a couple of months on the Canadian Olympic now called Algoma Olympic as a relief oilier. Great job & wish I could have made a career working on ships
Chinese made ship. Tariff the living hell out of Chinese made products or the USA and Canada will go down. It may be too late already...
Crazy to think how long greatlakers last. Ships are old
Did he say 6 months off per year?
Not even a self-unoader! What a cop-out to feminism!
Hello too all you people. If somebody know please to tell my if algoma do recruiment of seamens from Europe? Thanks,best regards...
yes if you can emigrate get citizenship and pass the tests
This would be so much better with the gay ukulele music
Not a lot of minorities in this field?
cr...georgian bay stiffs!
I contacted the Great Lakes Maeitime Academy a few years back. I was told I am too old
It's hard PHYSICAL work to work on these ships. It's not just age, it's about what shape you are in. It's also a long arduous process to start this career. It's like me going to medical school at age 70. Pointless.
Why would they build a new ship and not make it a self unloader
I shipped in the 70's and 80's, the economy devastated the steel industry, NAFTA sealed it's demise!
Trump 2020
Remember Lake Superior when the storms of November come early. The captain of the Edmund Fitzgerald had 40 years experience. The Edmund Fitzgerald still went to the bottom in 700 feet of Lake Superior. What was or is fun or good about being on an ore carrier when the storms of November come early? Go read about the 1913 storms on Great Lakes where dozens of ships went down and hundreds of seamen were lost. The Great Lakes are a real proven killer. Read your history. God has no mercy when those 30 foot waves and gale force winds hit the Great Lakes. There is nowhere to maneuver either. Your ship just has to go through it or you sink, capsize, and drown in freezing water. dailyhive.com/toronto/shipwrecks-of-lake-superior-famous-ships www.cs.mcgill.ca/~rwest/wikispeedia/wpcd/wp/g/Great_Lakes_Storm_of_1913.htm www.shipwreckexplorers.com/great-lakes-shipwrecks/
Blah blah blah. The fitz is in 530 feet of water.
Why don't you go do some more research. Know why the storm of 1913 was bad,1 ships of that time were built out of shity brittle steel, 2 weather forecast didn't exist "didn't know the storm was coming", 3 captains were stupid back then, had to make the ship owers $$ hell or high water. Another reminder the last 3 ships to sink in storms on the lakes, Carl b Bradley 1958 Daniel j Morrell 1966 and the Fitzgerald all sank because they were abused and in piss poor shape, shipping company's and there captains are not as stupid mindless to send a multi million dollar ship into a bad storm with 30ft waves anymore.
Somebody should help me i want to work on algoma ships it’s my dream company 😭😭
Unmanned machinery space also
Sailed in the 70's and 80's Algoma was good to work for worked on the E B Barber good old self unloader. Tons of overtime.
I sailed with Algoma from 64 to 75 beginning on ss Algocen, EB Barber, Roy A Jodrey, Brought the Mv Algorail out of Collingwood 1968 as second mate. career ended due to Health as first Mate. as I watch this I see how technowlege has changed.
Weston Leeson Were you on the Jodrey when she sank?
No! I was 1st mate on the Rail. we were in Hamilton I was 2nd Mate on the Jodrey when she came out
Weston Leeson All I asked was a simple question, no need to be negative
sorry , I was just saying that is where I was when the Jodrey went down in the American Narrows.
Weston Leeson Oh it’s ok, very interesting story, Sad to see the Algoway and Algorail getting scrapped
This was the first laker I ever saw in the 'flesh', so it's a particularly endearing subject.
Wat n kutfilmpje
je bent niet verplicht om te kijken
6:00 that's Hamilton city! My home😉
Many lakers have been scraped because it is too expensive to install self unloader. This ship makes no sense in that respect. It sure must limit where it can be unloaded at, and one would think, not for long. Glad you upload vid though, quite interesting.
I doubt that Algoma would purposely build a ship w/o self unloader, w/o looking at the logistics first. I too struggle to see a reason, but there must be one.
..sheesh..even the Lee A. Tregurtha, old school ship has self unload..must be a reason?
cheap Chinese ship
just wish i would have been born on the otherside of the Atlantic i would love to sail on a ship like this. But alas i am in boring old england.
The British have traditionally been great mariners and seafarers. Check out your prospects from good old England.
..will trade you majorly boring Arizona for England lol..
That's just stupid, the North Sea is full with UK seafarers!
Coming from Alberta, I would love to sail on a freighter if I was single. Being a heavy equipment mechanic, marine engineering has always fascinated me. But my wife would kill me if I took a job that would keep me away that long :p
Same and I'm a Trucker 🤣🤣
Noticed that you had sent your query a few years back; you having training and experience as a heavy mechanic would be 'credited' as sea time toward a marine engineers certificate. You would probably be able to 'fast track' in some marine engineering cadet programs in Canada. The shortest one is at the NSCC (Nova Scotia Community College), where you can complete, probably in your case with prior learning & experience, in about two years. Or you can do the other route and sail as an MA (mechanical assistant), again you'd receive credit for your past training & experience towards an initial 'ticket - the 4th Engineer's Certificate. Another option is to obtain a 'restricted engineer certificate', which would enable you to work as a chief engineer or 2nd Engineer on smaller vessels, as: tugs, small tour vessels, ferries, research,, fishing, etc. In closing, it depends on your age (not a really big factor) and family situation... Good luck in any & all your endeavours!
What an opportunity for young people.
I'm sure it can be stressful and has its BS like any job, but it sure looks like a career that could get in your blood. Work hard, enjoy the scenery a little, handle expensive, sophisticated equipment--- sign me up!
..right Peter? Wonder what the b.s. is...you know it's there..prolly the Captain thinks his s@#$ doesn't stink or whatever..the pay discrepancy between the deck hands and the pilothouse is pretty wide...
Im at Job Corps in Astoria getting my AB/QMED, any lakers that hire new people fresh off the press?