Career Option: Deck Officer/Captian

Eligibility

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A bachelor’s degree in nautical science is beneficial. People opt for this stream as a stream of interest and identity of an individual. This is the most respected disciplines in India. The age of the students giving the entrance examination should be 18 years and above.

How to become Deck Officer/Captian

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The major criterion to become a deck officer is the clearance of IIT-JEE examination. This examination will be helpful to take admission in the bachelor’s entrance examination. After completing the final year of your degree course, you are then placed in the reputed organizations as deck cadets. Students those who have completed 12 th standard with 60% marks in the same field can join as deck cadets.

Job profile of Deck Officer/Captian

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• The key responsibility of a deck officer is to navigate the vessels on the ship.
• The key responsibility of a deck officer is to assist in navigation, allocation of duties and responsibilities to the junior staff.
• The key responsibility of a deck officer is to check whether all equipments are working properly or not.
• The key responsibility of a deck officer is to keep safely all the equipments and devices.
• The key responsibility of a deck officer is to work as a team member.
• The key responsibility of a deck officer is to coordinate all the activities in the deck.

Salary Range for Deck Officer/Captian

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The starting salary given to the deck cadets varies starts from Rs 20,000-50,000Rs. It also goes on increasing till 1lakh. This is the highest paid profession in India