IT Jobs on cruise ships?

irishgeo

I am doing a bit of thinking about where i want to go with my life and decided to maybe see the world and get paid for it.

I know a cruise ship is unlikely to see much of the world only the oceans.

But it will get me out of the place for a while.

I am just wondering does anyone have any expeirence of how to go about getting a cruise ship job in the IT area etc.

Do i need any special skills etc.

Any links or advice would be gratefull.

colincarnate

So basically you want to combine a job where you prodominately sit down and travel the world on a company's payroll. - Legend

Sorry 'bout the above post but you're a mad thing, genius like, much better than the sailor/labourer/merchant-dude methods. I have no links or that but appreciate the craic

tk123

there's usually cruise ship jobs listed on nixers.com!

colincarnate

well i'll be kejiggered!

http://www.nixers.com/detail.php?NXS=40de2324b8c5e3b01f0ae076bb8d6fc6&_t=s&_c=1&_r=349003&csp=1&query=Cruise&ID=76087

I'll get me coat

Sposs

"Salary range £2100 - £4000 per month"

For basic Internet staff , does this not seem an awful lot?

Zulu

Sposs wrote:

"Salary range £2100 - £4000 per month"

For basic Internet staff , does this not seem an awful lot?

Not really - travel allowences, shift work, relocation costs... etc.
And another benifit - where do you pay tax?

tk123

Sposs wrote:

"Salary range £2100 - £4000 per month"

For basic Internet staff , does this not seem an awful lot?

Well considering you could go crazy from being on the ship for four months etc it seems ok also it's prob going to be full of OLD people so you're noting going to score(or maybe u like oldies) unless it's with one of the crew and then if it doesn't go out you're going to be stuck onboard with them!!!! :eek:
Oh wait they'd have to refuel wouldn't they?! Maybe they're paying that much in case you do a runner when the stop off somewhere....?

Dingatron

Nice idea but this puts me off :

Please note: There is a registration fee for our services of £36 or 55 euros

irishgeo

ding wrote:

Nice idea but this puts me off :

Please note: There is a registration fee for our services of £36 or 55 euros

That what made me post in here. I mean why do i need to pay 55 euro .

Villain

Shipboard Systems Manager

Responsible for the day to day operations of AS/400 Windows NT/POS platforms while living onboard a passenger cruise ship.

The position requires a motivated self-starter with 1-2 years AS/400 and Win/NT experience POS knowledge a plus. The position requires living onboard a passenger cruise ship for four consecutive months, fluent English skills required.

Salary £5000- 6000 per month depending on cruise ship

Thats just sounds too good to be true, has anyone here registered??

I'd imagine the chance of getting a job is pretty small.

ToxicPaddy

Sounds to me like they are a registered agency for the cruise ship industry,
like a recruitment agency, you pay your fees, they take your CV and pass it
onto the cruise companies when required, but as its a relatively small industry,
they probably make their money from people registering with them as much as
they do for providing staff to the actual cruise companies..

Tox

seamus

I know of a few people who've taken various jobs on cruise ships, usually cleaning waiting, etc.

Basic jist is that staff get treated very well. Free food, free cosmetics, hotel quality living quarters. However, you work your ****ing ass off. Guys I know worked 12 hours a day minimum, 7 days a week, with one full day off every 2 weeks. You're expected to give 110%, but you get paid accordingly.

Many, many people take their 5/6 months on a cruise ship @ £5,000/month, and then take most of the rest of the year off. It's a tough lifestyle.

irishgeo

got a job interview monday so might not need to register, Just yet. I am tired so its off to bed for me.

ToxicPaddy

irishgeo wrote:

got a job interview monday so might not need to register, Just yet. I am tired so its off to bed for me.

Jeez nice one, that was quick..

best of luck with it and let us know how you get on

Tox..

pablo21

Definitely keep us up to date on this one!!

ToxicPaddy wrote:

Jeez nice one, that was quick..

best of luck with it and let us know how you get on

Tox..

pablo21

All maintenance is done on board at sea and with the massive number of passenger on board ships there is always maintenance required.

Contracts are normally for 6/7 months on and six weeks off. Contracts are renewable.

"All salaries are normally tax free and food and accommodation are included in your contract.

Over the next two years there is a minimum of 42 ships being put into service so there will be a demand for maintenance staff."

LegacyUser

Keep us posted. I imagine you work your absolute balls off physically.

eth0_

I wonder what the deal with tax is if you're working on a cruise ship? Technically you're not in any tax designated area for most of your time...so do you pay tax at all on your earnings?

logistic

irishgeo wrote:

got a job interview monday so might not need to register, Just yet. I am tired so its off to bed for me.

How did the interview go irishgeo?

whosurpaddy

eth0_ wrote:

I wonder what the deal with tax is if you're working on a cruise ship? Technically you're not in any tax designated area for most of your time...so do you pay tax at all on your earnings?

pablo21 wrote:

"All salaries are normally tax free "

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irishgeo

the interview was not related to a cruise ship job. Sorry i should have made that clear.
But i think the interview went well, but got surprised at the end of the interview by the question , why should we hire you over evryone lese we have interviewed today?

i find out by thursday or friday.

LegacyUser

Then what job were you applying for? I thought you were going for cruise ship???

irishgeo

computer systems builder. i am very hopefull i got it.

pablo21

My cousin used to worK as a seismologist for BP and spent all his time on the ships and he never paid tax! Lucky git.

ToxicPaddy

irishgeo wrote:

computer systems builder. i am very hopefull i got it.

Define computer systems builder... ????

Is that assembling PC's, building internal networks on ships or what?

Tox

LegacyUser

computer systems builder? Thats extremely general and vague.