So now the question remains, how do you get onto a ship like Falkor?
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Well, you could go as a scientist, but they are not the only ones having fun. The crew on board Falkor all seem to love their jobs and you never see them without a smile.
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I asked a few of crew on board about how they chose to work at sea. Lars is the senior bosun on the Falkor in charge of all the deckhands. He is from Germany where vocational school is a part of public education. As a young man, he was required to be of service to his country so he joined the German Navy where he spent two years as an electrician.
After spending time as an electrician, Lars sold electrical supplies for eight years. Unfortunately, this put him behind a desk and he wanted back in the action.
He first became the Bosun on a tall sailing ship, but after three years made his way onto Falkor. Lars has now spent the last seven years working at sea and you can feel his enthusiasm and experience.
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His recommendation for anyone aspiring to work on a ship is to attend a trade academy to learn a skill, and then apply for a job. Archel is a deckhand and has been on the Falkor for only three months.
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You can tell that Archel is happy here, he just radiates happiness. He is from the Philippine Islands where he has a wife and three children. After high school, Archel spent four years doing marine studies including on-the-job training. He has worked on a wide variety of ships including container vessels shipping cargo from Europe to the United States, passenger ships, tugboats, and ro-ros short for roll-on, roll-off vehicle transportation vessels.
Archel takes every aspect of his job seriously and strives for perfection, always doing it with a big smile.
They did not know one another before coming to work on Falkor but arrived from similar paths. Both worked in five-star hotels, but wanted more excitement in their lives and to see the world. Mary Ann worked on a yacht in the Mediterranean before joining the Falkor crew, where she now works with her husband Wendel who is a deckhand. After leaving the hotels, Sheilla worked on a cruise ship and then a super yacht.
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He started as a deck fitter for the Star cruise ships and later moved into the engine room as a fitter for the Princess cruise line. Dante is an engine room fitter here on Falkor , and this is where he hopes to stay. Adventure called and his doubt made her even more determined. Her first work experience was on a small tuna fishing trawler in the Baltic Sea. She has also worked on a passenger sailing ship that required climbing the rigging to set the sails. Sandra will soon have her Officer on the Watch license.
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Not all of us are so fortunate. Adriana is from Colombia, and like Sandra, also craved adventure.
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As a child Adriana dreamed of being an astronaut or a pilot. She earned a degree and spent 10 years working as a computer engineer; however, adventure still called. With no money, Adriana still found a way to move to Australia on a student visa to work part time with the goal of learning English.
After a year of thinking, Adriana went to sea. First she worked as a steward, then as the IT officer, and now is the purser on Falkor. Arkadiusz chose an education in culinary arts not because he loved to cook, but it was the best option near his home. Delightfully, he discovered that he loved to cook. After graduation, he was assigned the duty of chef on a tall sailing ship for his mandatory military service.