Supervised Volunteer Seatime for Commercial Maritime Student

All our supervised Task book Seatime places are offered as volunteer student experience places,

There is neither an offer nor intent of future employment. The offer is simply assisting students to complete their training with the widest possible experience in all aspects of ship operations and services. onboard.

The Taskbook is provided by the student's training provider and supervised by our Ship's Officers

The rostered Task Book time is arranged with the ship's officers by ACA. There is a fee associated with this hosting service, to be negotiated with the ACA Principal. The final sign-off on the task book is provided by the ship's captain and the supervising training provider.

Accommodation onboard together with other Aerie students onboard is supervised by ACA Academy Master

There is a requirement for all students to maintain their common student living areas to the satisfaction of the Academy masters and to contribute rostered volunteer time to these common area maintenance tasks. This involves shipboard housekeeping and catering functions as all-around skills building.

Students will be rostered for other tasks as well as Taskbook time requirements.

There is an expectation that Seatimers will work on rosters associated with a wide range of tasks onboard the ship to provide experience in the operation of ships.

All days onboard the ship will be counted as Seatime in their seaman's log.

All experiences of time onboard will be detailed in the ACA Seatimer's Log in addition to the required Task Book, and signed by the Principal and Ship's Master on competition of seatime.

All ACA Maritime students will be rostered for the hospitality work tasks of the other students.

It is a condition of ACA student enrolment that they participate in as many possible tasks onboard the ship. All students will maintain a personal electronic Journal record of their time onboard the ship. This journal record will be signed by the Ship's Captain and the ACA principal and will provide invaluable evidence of work experience for future employment.