Superyacht Jobs At Dovaston
Dovaston MD Phil Edwards and Nautilus National Secretary Gary Elliot came together in Majorca to move forward with their strategic partnership.
Dovaston office in central Palma was the venue for a full day workshop designed to demonstrate the advantages of union membership for superyacht crew.
There has been a general feeling in the private sector that union membership is unnecessary but with trend toward increasing yacht size more boats are coming under the aegis of IMO and ILO regulations, with captains having to demonstrate compliance to complicated legal codes.
One of the aims of the strategic partnership is to promote Nautilus within the private sector, not as a union but as a professional body that can provide help and advice to boats as well as to crew.
With this aim in mind the first workshop focused on Captains and management companies along with Dovastons own placement team. Compliance with MCA and SOLAS regulations is complicated and Nautilus, as the organization representing professional seamen, is well placed to provide and help in all aspects of maritime law.
The organisation employs experts in all fields to ensure that advice and help given to boats is both accurate and current.
‘‘As crew agents’‘ explains Phil ‘‘we are recruiting more personnel from the commercial sector who are already Nautilus members. We wanted Captains and managers to see that far from being disruptive this trend is a positive step, employing crew that are professionally indemnified makes a safer working environment.’‘
The workshop was deemed a great success by all delegates. Captain Ian Wetherill who is Dovaston’s new Northern European Consultant based in Germany acknowledged that the industry has to move forward. ‘‘The days of carefree yachting with private yacht captains able to ignore commercial regulations have long since disappeared. It is hard for even the experienced captains and management agents to keep up with the rules, knowing that we are employing commercially aware crew can only be an advantage’‘.
The workshop is the first in a series that Dovaston hopes to host, they want to spread the word to current and hopeful crew members. Dovaston pride themselves on being different from other crew agencies. Whilst they still provide their superb fully customized service for boats they are now setting the standard for considering the preparation and welfare of the crew on their books.
The ethos at Dovaston was one of the reasons it was chosen for the strategic partnership, ‘‘It was obvious that we could support each other’‘ explained Phil, ‘‘and this workshop has certainly been part of that process. It provided a fantastic opportunity not just for Gary to promote Nautilus but for him to network with some of the leaders in our industry who can show him the advantages of the private sector for commercially trained seamen. We are delighted with the success of the day it was a great learning experience for us all’‘.
Any members wishing to explore the idea of a career in the private sector are invited to contact info@Dovaston.com where fully trained crew agents are available for help and advice.
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