Able Seaman (M) - Trainee

Able Seaman (M) - Trainee Jobs Resumes Able Seaman (M) - Trainee Category Shipboard Officer / Personnel / Crew Salary Starting Salary: $54,122 Employment type Full Time Skills DUTIESThe Able Seaman Maintenance (In Training) is a Civil Service Mariner (CIVMAR) in a developmental training status, employed by the Navy to serve the Military Sealift Command (MSC) onboard naval auxiliaries and hybrid-maned warships worldwide, in peace and war. MSC exists to support the joint warfighter across the full spectrum of military operations. MSC provides on time logistics, strategic sealift, as well as specialized missions anywhere in the world, in contested or uncontested environments.REQUIREMENTSMINIMUM ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS: • Must be a United States Citizen of at least 18 years of age. • Possess and maintain a valid U.S. Passport with a minimum of ten (10) months remaining of expiration date. • Possess and maintain a Transportation Workers Identification Card (TWIC) and/or Department of Defense (DOD) Common Access with a minimum of ten (10) months remaining of expirations date. • United States Coast Guard (USCG) Medical Certificate without any Limitations/Restrictions, with a minimum of ten (10) months remaining of expiration date. • United States Coast Guard (USCG) Merchant Mariner’s Credential (MMC), with a minimum of ten (10) months remaining of expiration date with the following endorsement(s): Ordinary Seaman, Wiper, Stewards Department (FH) with a minimum of ten (10) months remaining of expiration date.LICENSING AND/OR CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:• Bosun/Lead Able Seaman (AB) with experience supervising AB and Ordinary Seaman (OS) deck crew, assigning daily tasks, ensuring work is done safely, and training junior crew members; overseeing all deck work, rigging, and mooring operations; running ship’s corrosion control and preservation program to include managing the chipping, painting, and preventative maintenance to combat rust and wear. Experience on oceangoing vessels standing bridge watch (ideally as the Boatswain’s Mate of the Watch (BMOW)), supervising the lookouts and helmsman, and making required announcements over the ship’s public address system; and experience as lifeboat operator or lifeboat operator-limited,OR• Current Dock Master/Dock Foreman, Stevedore Supervisor, Port Operations Lead with experience in supervising the safe mooring of large vessels, managing cargo loading/unloading operations, and coordinating logistics within the port,OR