Include the following if appropriate:

You are: a professional/competent master, a trained/qualified deck officer, expe­rienced ship engineer. Your experience: with successful career, with wide competence/experience of, with comprehensive knowledge of....

Specific skills: with specific experience in, with proven organizational skills, with an ex­cellent track record as ship engineer.

In CAREER OBJECTIVES you have to state what position you are aiming for, e.g. "Newly chartered chief engineer with 10 years experience on board Bulgarian cargo ves­sels as 2^nd engineer looking for a position of a chief engineer where knowledge, qualifica­tions and skills will contribute towards the company's goals".

Include the following points if appropriate:

- state your key strengths

- say where you are coming from - something about your background experience

- state what position you are aiming for

KEY SKILLS AND COMPETENCE:

The statements under this section should summarize and emphasize your competence, skills, abilities and qualifications appropriate to the position you are applying for, e.g.

NAVIGATING APPLICANT

• Use of English in written and oral form

• Use of IMO Standard Marine Communication Phrases

• Command of English to use and work with navigational and nautical publications, understand meteorological information and communicate with other ships and coast stations and to perform officer's duties with a multilingual crew

• Plan and conduct sea voyages: ability to determine the ship's position by the use of landmarks, aids to navigation, dead reckoning, taking into account the winds, tides, currents and estimated speed

• - Ability to use up-to-date navigational aids and equipment

• - Knowledge of compasses and ability to determine errors of the compass

• - Ability to render first aid on board ship

• - Knowledge of IMO conventions concerning safety of life at sea and protection of marine environment, etc.

• QUALIFICATION AND DOCUMENT STATUS

• - Academic qualification: diploma №, subject

• - Certificate of competence or National License: №, date of issue, expiry

• - STCW Courses:

• - Survival at Sea

• - First Aid/Ship's Medical care

• - Fire fighting

• - Personal Survival Craft

• - Radar Observers

• Crude Oil Washing

• Tanker Safety

• - Dangerous Cargo Endorsement

• - Radar Simulator

• - A.R.P.A.

• - Chemical Endorsement

• - G.M.D.S.S.

• 5. Application Forms

• Nowadays all companies, establishments and organizations have their own application forms prepared, which applicants are to fill in legibly and clearly. General application forms contain three principal sections: education and qualifications, employment history and personal information. Employment Application forms for ship personnel differ from the general ones in that they contain more sections, namely: personal particulars including family particulars, e.g. next of kin; national licence particulars: S.T.C.W. courses certificates; basic academic qualifications; summary of experience: experience as Master/CE, C/O, etc., on board what ship and what engine, equipment worked with, details of previous sea service; name or type of vessel or engine, DWT, rank, period of service, name of owners.

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