The only complete navigation guide to fresh and salt water maritime, aquatic employments. It takes you through a step-by-step process that is listed in both layman and nautical terms. Pelletier fully describes the civilian merchant marine/naval service, giving its history, its present situation, and projections for the future. The book clearly explains the full spectrum of the merchant marine, from small passenger vessels that carry six or less passengers for hire to large passenger vessels that carry thousands of passengers, from towboats that ply the waters of the Western Rivers and harbors to freighters, crude oil, chemical tankers and containerships, that cross the seven seas, from crewboats working in the Gulf of Mexico "oil patch" to supply boats that service oil and gas rigs worldwide. Merchant marine employment, as the Guide's nucleus, is handled in a very thorough manner how ever, the book also covers shipyard and recreational boat building, repair & manufacturing careers, marine biology, oceanography, ocean engineering, geology, geophysics, naval architecture, naval engineering, ocean engineering, chemical & petroleum engineering, commercial diving, ROV's (remotely operated vehicles), commercial and sport fishing & charter, marine surveyors/investigators, commercial yachting, culinary arts & hospitality management and more. . . . . . . .
This book contains: 33 illustrations - 304 marine position descriptions & salary ranges - 70 national/international contacts listed - 620 marine/aquatic schools listed - 145 marine/ aquatic employment unions and agencies listed - 512 marine/aquatic associations listed - 162 marine/aquatic publishers listed - 152 marine/aquaticbookstores listed and 1,525 entries of marine and aquatic words and terms glossary by James Laurence Pelletier, U.S. Merchant Marine Staff Officer and Marine Engineer