I am 24 years old from Baltimore MD and I have been working/welding for 6 years now I’m looking for a change I don’t know a lot about merchant mariners I have learned a lot from this forum. i’m very interested in the engine department I couldn’t find much about how much wipers and qmed earn in a year and how Mariners are paid in general far as … Do you get paid hourly? Are you paid on a base rate ? If you are on the deep sea vessel for 3-6 months straight are you getting paid hourly 24 hours a day for 3-6 months you are away from home… I’m very green to the industry I just don’t understand how it works
Goddammit…we’re [B][I]MARINERS[/I][/B]…not MARINES!
I did not mean to offend you and your profession I am just trying to get some help in some advice and answer about this industry that I’m green too
Call Vane Brothers in Baltimore, they can give you a rough idea on salary and other info.
In common usage, Mariners speak of their daily rate.
But everybody actually gets paid based on an hourly rate.
In some cases you can get paid OT at a time and a half rate.
Holidays are generally paid at double time rates.
Your daily rate is almost always based on a 12 hour day.
[QUOTE=Slash;84177]I am 24 years old from Baltimore MD and I have been working/welding for 6 years now I’m looking for a change I don’t know a lot about merchant mariners I have learned a lot from this forum. i’m very interested in the engine department I couldn’t find much about how much wipers and qmed earn in a year and how Mariners are paid in general far as … Do you get paid hourly? Are you paid on a base rate ? If you are on the deep sea vessel for 3-6 months straight are you getting paid hourly 24 hours a day for 3-6 months you are away from home… I’m very green to the industry I just don’t understand how it works[/QUOTE]
Wipers and QMED are different ratings, QMEDs typically make more, maybe 50k? working 6 months out of the year. If you are looking to get into the industry, check out MSC, (military sealift command), thats a great way to build up seatime quickly. If you are an experienced welder, check out rigzone.com, the rigs are always hiring welders…Good luck
Thanks …
Moran and McAllister both have tugs in Balt and Philly. There are some mom and pops in Baltimore as well.
Hey Slash: You are asking a difficult question. It depends upon what type company you find to work for. I would have to say an average entry pay would be around 30 to 40 grand a year. That would be for a total of 6 to 8 months gone. You could get lucky, and find a 40 to 50 grand job starting out, but like I said that would be lucky. To work in the engine room you have to first get a job. Then you have to get ‘engine room time’ to get any type of engine license. This will take a minimum of 6 months maybe double.
As a suggestion, why not go to some of these companies near you and see if you can get into their shoreside support. Since you weld and all, that way you have a foot in the door. Just a thought.
Good Luck.