Also called: Seafarers' Chaplain, Port Ministry Chaplain
Climbs aboard cargo ships to visit sailors far from home, offering a listening ear, phone SIM cards, rides to stores and help with problems.
With a hard hat and a backpack of SIM cards, she walks up a gangway at the Port of Houston to meet a Filipino crew nine months into their contract. She listens to a sailor worried about his sick mother, drives three crew members to a mall, and reports an unpaid-wages complaint to labor inspectors.
Estimate; seafarers' centers are small nonprofits.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 5 years after high school. Usually a bachelor's and often seminary or chaplaincy training; a TWIC port security card is required.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school, On-the-job training. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Theology, Social Work, International Relations.
Growing about average. About 130 port ministries serve US ports.
Low risk for 10 years. Being physically present for lonely sailors on a ship stays human.
Classes: Geography, A world language, Psychology.
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