Seagoing jobs?

You can get a job as a wiper or some other manual labor job on a NOAA research ship. Good times.

'I work as a wildland firefighter now'

...and I'm a real Doctor

Coast Guard.

It is kind of grunt work, but pretty fun if you like the water.

YVAN EHT NIOJ

Need Tire Info wrote:

Coast Guard.

It is kind of grunt work, but pretty fun if you like the water.

Good luck trying to get in.

I didn't realize it was tough. I did SAR for years, but that was 15 years ago now.

Learn how to ski and be a ski patroller. It might take you a couple years.

Cabin boy?

Don't go the crabbing route; the money doesn't outweigh the danger.

You can for sure find a decent fishing job that pays ok and will get you "out." It's a tough gig, but I have friends in their 20's [college grads from well-off families] who do it and enjoy it.

Mint Berry Crunch wrote:

YVAN EHT NIOJ

I enjoyed that.

I work for an oceanographic Institution, and spend a fair amount of time at sea--we have lots of people who work here who do 6 months or more. We hire contractors if they have the right kind of skillsYou're not an electrical engineer hiding out as a firefighter, are you? We are desperate for a EE with experience who wouldn't mind going to sea and can contribute to building, maintaining, and operating robotic vehicles

By the Sea I did Abide wrote:

Anyone ever make a living upon the tides? I've always wanted to work upon the sea, just not sure how to get into it growing up in Minnesota. Any ideas? Money isn't a huge concern.

Obviously, fishing jobs came to mind, but I am sure there are other options, and I am up for almost anything (pry not going to go to Somalia and become a Pirate, however.)

I work as a wildland firefighter now, so something I could do during the winter would be ideal. I have 6 months off to "abide by the sea."

Thanks guys.

Need Tire Info wrote:

I didn't realize it was tough. I did SAR for years, but that was 15 years ago now.

Younger cousin is trying to get in. His recruiting office had 11 open slots of Basic this year. According to him he is competing against 400 people. Not sure if he is BSing me or not.

Nah, I don't want to ski patrol. Bunch of my firefighting buddies do that. I'm not big into skiing. I dig going on kayak trips in the off-season.

And I'm not looking for anything where I have to commit more than a few months. So, no Navy, Coast Guard, Merchant Marine.