I've accepted my appointment to USMMA and am determined to go Deck. However, I'd still like to learn some technical skills like welding, wiring, etc.
As I've been reading these forums I've seen a lot of engineering majors talk about the versatility of their engineering curriculum as well as the hands-on technical training and experience they get with fixing things(pardon my ignorance), but not really much for deck. I tried looking at the forums but all I could find was a post from 2010 about a 'ships officer major'. I know that there is a marine engineering for deck officers class in what looks like 1/c year, so for all the deck majors here, I just wanted to ask, do you guys get much technical training at all?
As I've been reading these forums I've seen a lot of engineering majors talk about the versatility of their engineering curriculum as well as the hands-on technical training and experience they get with fixing things(pardon my ignorance), but not really much for deck. I tried looking at the forums but all I could find was a post from 2010 about a 'ships officer major'. I know that there is a marine engineering for deck officers class in what looks like 1/c year, so for all the deck majors here, I just wanted to ask, do you guys get much technical training at all?