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Sponsored vs Non sponsored Cadets ?

Sponsored cadets are candidates already selected by any Shipping Company. Shipping Companies frequently advertise for vacancy for cadets in their company. They have their own selection procedure and might include particular qualification, Interviews, Psychometric test etc. These advertisements can be found on regular basis mostly in premier English newspapers. Once the candidate is selected they are called the "Sponsored" candidates - This simply means that once they complete the Pre-Sea course successfully, the company will send them on-board company's ships for training / completing candidates sea-time for next promotion. Please note here that most companies do not pay for your Pre-Sea Course and will only pay you stipends once you join on-board.

Non Sponsored cadets will depend on the college to get employed in a company or have to search companies / ship by themselves to complete their sea-time.