Education
We introduce youth to the past, present and future of our waterfronts with our dedicated boat tours of the harbor, as well as in-class programs with maritime experts who tell them about the types of jobs offered in the industry.
With your financial help, we can get students out on the water on a dedicated two-hour Hidden Harbor® boat tour of NY Harbor with guest speakers from the maritime industry. We also want to update a 52-page booklet, Maritime Occupations: A Guide, and distribute it to educators and students at New York and New Jersey high schools.
Mentoring
If you work in a maritime business, we invite you to educate students on the types of jobs offered in your companies and the educational requirements needed to qualify for these jobs. You can speak to the students at high schools, at after-school job-placement programs, or at your place of business.
We also encourage industry leaders to share your personal backgrounds and career paths with students. This type of information encourages youth to explore all of the options open to them.
A new workforce
Your help will come back to you as a cohort of enthusiastic young people interested in exploring jobs such as:
- Ordinary Seaman
- Able-bodied Seaman
- Deck Cadet
- Engineer Cadet
- Engineering Officer
- Chief Engineer
- Ship Master
- Marine Pilot
- Tug Master
- Stevedore (cargo operative)
- Port Operations Manager
- Vessel Traffic Control Officer
- Custom Officer
- Marine Surveyor
- Harbor Master/Port Captain
- Agent
- Hydrographic Surveyor
- Marine Engineer
- Naval Architect
- Freight Forwarder
- Maritime Lawyer
- Ship Manager
- Maritime Journalist
- Ship Broker
- Cartographer
- Ship Banker
- Marine Insurer
- Ship Charterer
- Ship Cargo Planner
- Maritime Economist
- Marine Carpenter/Shipwright
- Marine Electrician
- Longshoreman
- U.S. Coast Guard
- U.S. Merchant Marine