SEAFAFER

The seafarer’s occupation can be segregated by skill/qualification    level, and by departments on board  ship, e.g. deck, engine and  hospitality. The competencies needed to obtain a given qualification    have been embodied in STCW’95, which came into force on 1 February 2002. This International Maritime Organization {IMO}    Convention regulates the Standards of Training, Certification and   Watch keeping that all member countries are required to achieve in   their possible to obtain information on officer numbers using   certification as a proxy. Thus, estimates of the global market for officers and  ratings  can be obtained. Seafaring activity can also be viewed from a domestic or a global viewpoint. The is  oftshipping  industry en  cited  as an  example of a globalized industry, as well as being an instrument for  globalization.