Wightlink is the preferred choice of operator for Cross Solent travel for over five million customers. With our fleet of eight car/passenger ferries and three high speed passenger FastCats operating across three routes, we make around 1550 sailing per week peaking at over 230 per day.

In order to maintain and improve our excellent services we are looking for conscientious, customer focussed, experienced staff for a number of posts shown below. Previous ferry experience would be beneficial where appropriate.

In return we offer an attractive, competitive package to successful candidates.

We currently have the following vacancies:

Temporary Deck Personnel

Temporary Deck Personnel are required for the Lymington to Yarmouth crossing. Previous sea-going experience is not essential, however, due to the nature of the shift patterns (which include weekends) it is necessary that you have your own transport or live local to Lymington.

Please send your CV to :

Della Martin
114-118 Hampton Lane
Blackfield
Southamtpon SO45 1WE

Or email to: della@seamariner.ltd.uk
Tel: 023 8089 0432 Fax: 023 8089 0449

Officer Cadet Training Programme

Wightlink Limited is the premier ferry operator across the Solent. We are on of the UK’s largest domestic ferry companies, operating eight ro-ro car ferries and three high-speed catamarans, on three routes, carrying over 1.3 million cars annually.

Wightlink offer opportunities for people to train for a career at sea as a Deck or Engineer Officer Cadet.

This a three year course which combines both further and higher education, consisting of alternating college and sea phases leading to professional officer qualifications in conjunction with Higher National Diplomas.

An alternative course introduced in September 2006 is the Foundation Degree programme which is aimed at GCE A, GCE AS and BTEC National level or equivalent.

On completion of a cadet training programme and the award of an Officer of the Watch certificate of competency, the junior officer is then qualified to be in charge of a navigational bridge or engine room watch, as appropriate, of any type of ship operating in any area of the world.

Given the category of waters in which Wightlink ships operate and the certification restrictions resultant from this, all of our Cadets are seconded to shipping companies operating worldwide to enable full unrestricted qualifications to be achieved. Every cadet is sent to a nautical college in the North of England with the intention of acclimatising the student to being away from the home environment.

All college costs including tuition, examination fees and boarding are met by Wightlink. Further costs generated by sea phases including flights, transfers and boarding will also be provided for. Each Cadet will receive a monthly allowance to assist with other personally incurred costs.

The entry requirements for the HND Cadet scheme is a minimum of 4 GCSE/SCE ‘S’ at Grade A to C/Level 1 to 3 respectively, including Maths, Physics (or acceptable Science subject) and English (or subject using English)

The minimum entry requirement for the Foundation Degree scheme will be 120 points on the UCAS (University & College Admissions Service) tariff system.

The total of 120 can be made up of any combination of A level, AS level and BTEC National qualifications. However, applicants will be required to hold GCSE mathematics (minimum grade B Higher Tier Syllabus), English and a GCSE science with a significant content of Physical Science.
All applications are considered on their merits irrespective of the age of the candidate. However all candidates must be at least sixteen years of age by the date they commence training.

Most new entrant cadets who apply are between the ages of sixteen and twenty three, although applications from older candidates are sometimes received. Cadet groups at college will include candidates from across the entire age range and the Company has a single training allowance irrespective of age at commencement of training.

Candidates for other training programmes, offering previous qualifications and experience such as shore based engineering studies, relevant marine diplomas and degrees, engineering apprenticeships, marine experience with the Services, and similar, may cover a wide age range reflecting their previous career experience.

Applications are welcome from bright, focused individuals looking to embark on this exciting career path to:

    Jonathan Bristow
      Personnel Officer
      Wightlink Limited
      Gunwharf Road
      Portsmouth
      PO1 2LA

    Tel: 023 9285 5425

    Email: jonathanbristow@wightlink.co.uk