Career in Marine Engineering

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A career in marine engineering is not only exciting but it also offers excellent growth opportunities with handsome six figure salary package. Marine engineers are responsible for overall maintenance and construction of ships. They take care of engine room, electrical motors, sailing vessels, ports, cargo facilities etc. They work with many types of equipment so they must have strong technical knowledge and strong analytical skills in order to deal with different devices at a same time.

Their working hours are not fixed they may vary and they may also need to travel overseas and spend most of the time on the ship. After clearing certain exams you can even promoted to higher level easily depending upon your performance. There are many good job opportunities for fresher’s also in this field.

For getting admission into marine engineering course candidate must have passed 10+2 with physics, chemistry and mathematics as compulsory subjects and cleared the entrance exam. After clearing the entrance exam and depending upon the rank one can choose a college and pursue engineering courses in marine engineering. BE in marine engineering is a four years duration course and if some one wants to pursue post graduation course after completing his engineering, then he can enroll himself for M.E in marine engineering course which is a two years duration course. The admission to M.E course is also based on entrance exam.

Some Institutes offering Marine Engineering course

IIT (Indian Institute of Technology)-Mumbai

Lal Bahadur Shastri College of Advanced Maritime Studies & Research-Mumbai

Marine Engineering Research Institute-Kolkata

International Marine Communication Centre-Chennai

Indian Marine College-Hyderabad

Directorate General of Shipping-Mumbai

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MERCHANT NAVY – ENTRY PATHS

The Indian merchant navy ships are owned by both – the private sector as well as the public sector, to manage these ships they hire trained navigators, ship crew, merchant navy officers, engineers, etc. though the job to train these people is taken care of by the Indian government via surface transport ministry.

Following are two pre sea training institutes for marine engineers that provide courses and degrees for those seeking to pursue a career in merchant navy:

• Government marine teaching ship ‘Chanakya,' Mumbai holds a 3 year degree course after completion of which one gets to be a B.Sc in Nautical Sciences under the auspices of the Mumbai University.

• Marine engineering can also be persuaded by a university in Kolkata - the Directorate of Marine Engineering (DMET) now known as Marine Engineering Research Institute (MERI).

The chanakya ship Mumbai trains and prepares cadets for navigation, the master of ship is the highest post for a navigator; similarly chief engineer is the highest post for a marine engineer.

In order to be a recognized navigating officer one needs to obtain a competency certificate as per the rules and regulations in India by giving and clearing the exam of masters and mates in mercantile marine. As per the chanakya the cadet becomes second mate (which takes from 8 – 10 months of time) after the cadet gets his first certificate, after which students are trained under nautical college for the next 3 months in order to reach the second mates level in merchant navy one needs to work for 3 yrs on board of chanakya as a cadet officer, then needs to serve one year on any ship as a deck officer.

On the other hand, if marine engineering courses are the goal then the very basic exam that one needs to clear is the second class certificate of competency, which is divided in two parts – A and B conducted by ministry of surface transport those who have the final certificate of MERI are allowed to skip part A, to obtain part B one needs to complete the required sea services and part A certificate (except in case of MERI). After this a cadet is given the rank of junior engineer, and with passing exams and giving required results he is gradually promoted to third engineer, second engineer and finally the chief engineer.

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