SIU Apprentice Program VS. Maritime Academy
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Depending on your current situations and your own opinions on things the choice to do which route is yours. Both the SIU Apprentice Program and a Maritime Academy have pros and cons. To me personally they might even out in the end but I went into this career with no debt towards my training or my learning and I came out with no debt towards the training or learning while making money in my pocket in less than 2 years. A Maritime Academy is just like going to college. That's going to be 4 years of college student loan debt your getting yourself into to then have to pay back for who knows how many years after that. What if you get into all that student loan debt, finish the Maritime Academy and then decide to settle down with a partner and not sail anymore. You'll still be paying that student loan debt accumulated from the Maritime Academy. And by the time an Officer gets out of the Academy and starts making paychecks the SIU Apprentice has already worked 4/5 years in the maritime industry making their paycheck and eligibility to become an officer as well. With the option for the Deck Department of free classes to become and 3rd Mate still debt free.
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