Cruise ship employment? Security?

Question

Just looking for some tips/advice about getting into cruise ship career.....done some research and know about long hours and months at sea but with free room/board and other travel positives. Been in security field for about 2 1/2 years at a 5 star luxury hotel/condo...curious how competitive ship security market is? I know that some lines have contracts to employ national candidates but what are some ships that have higher american employment ratios? any personal experience or helpful tips that can point me in the right direciton would be appreciated. Thanks Take it easy :)

Answer 1

Security staff are usually a third company.

Its hard work and the pay is not that great, I had some good friends who did it.

They were employed by V.Ships

http://www.vshipscrew.com/portal/site/cr...

But again, the pay is not very good, they made usd 1200 a month, had to share cabins and worked very long hours.

There are better positions onboard, specially to someone with good english skills.

There are a lot of guys from India doing security, specially on Carnival and its sister companies (costa, p&o, silverseas etc...)

Answer 2

It can't be that hard.  It's an unskilled labor.

Answer 3

Good luck to you.  Try contacting the cruiselines directly.  You can find your way to a cruise line job.

Answer 4

But you didn't say of your research whether you had contacted cruise lines.  So I listed some web sites below..  I also listed a cruise line jobs site.

I have heard, but not verified, that Norwegian Cruise line had problems finding people to work its HAwaii cruises.  Apparently the line wanted or needed to hire HAwaiians but didn't get many people applying.  I don't know if this is still the case, but its worth checking with NCL about.

I have been on many cruises and almost all of the security people whom I have seen on entering and leaving ships have been Polynesian, not American.  That's not to say that you cannot get hired, but that's just what I have observed.