Also called: Ship Supplier, Marine Provisioning Agent
Supplies ships in port with everything they need: food, rope, paint, spare parts, and medicine.
A chandler gets a list from a ship's captain, buys and packs everything from frozen chicken to engine filters, and delivers it to the dock before the ship sails, sometimes in the middle of the night.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
High school diploma, about 0 years after high school. Learned in the business; no degree required.
Ways in: On-the-job training. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Business Administration.
Shrinking (about -2% over 10 years). BLS 2025-35 projection band for SOC 41-4012: Decline (-1% or lower).
Medium risk for 10 years. Online ordering and AI quoting squeeze margins; sourcing odd parts fast and same-day port delivery stay human.
Age 18+. One way to start: Apply to ship chandlers for warehouse or delivery jobs and get a TWIC First: TWIC card to deliver onto terminals
Classes: Business CTE class, Accounting, Spanish or another language.
Official data: O*NET occupation 41-4012.
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