Before applying for a position to work on Explora vessels, start exploring the onboard departments to get acquainted with our available vacancies.

Take a look into the Explora Journeys job offers to choose your perfect career opportunity.

Here are the steps of your employment:

General Conditions and requirements

Explora Journeys may offer you a position on one of its ships only if you agree to the conditions below and fully comply with the administrative requirements listed below. Once accepted to join us, the the HR Coordinator will schedule your embarkation date based on Explora vessels crew rotation needs, on your availability, and the documents preparation process you are invited to complete as specified below.

The onboard rotation can be settled, at the time of scheduling, for a shorter period of employment,
in accordance with on-board turnover and seafarer needs, at the sole discretion of the Employer.
The Employment formally starts on the embarkation day. During the onboard period, the Employer has the right to tranship any crewmember, whether necessary for business requirements, up to two times.
The working shifts, defined by the onboard ship management, may go up to 11 hours per day, with a maximum extent of 77 hours per week, in compliance with the Maritime Labour Convention 2006. Working days include weekends and public holidays.

Document preparation guideline

If you accept becoming an Explora Journeys member, you will be responsible to secure all documentation needed to embark.
Kindly consider the following points and the specific indication given as a guideline.

Passport

The residual passport validity should be at least 18 months from the estimated embarkation date.

Medical documentation

To formalize your Employment, you must complete a detailed Pre-Employment Medical Examination with any national medical facility/physician or by centres for seafarers approved by your local maritime authorities. In addition, the analyzing physician should declare you medically fit for the position.

Its requirements are as follows:

• Every field to be duly filled in
• Duly signed by the seafarer
• Date of issue and date of expiry reported clearly
• Stamp of the filling doctor visible
• Duly signed by the relevant doctor

Kindly consider that this document has a maximum validity of 24 months.

Record of vaccination

Your doctor (local medical facility/registered physician) must fill in and sign the form.
Record of Vaccination must mandatorily include records of vaccinations against the following childhood-related, infects-contagious illnesses:

• MMR (Measles, Mumps, and Rubella) – universal 3-in-1 vaccine*
• Chickenpox – universal

*Note: MMRV (Measles, Mumps, Rubella, and Chickenpox) – a universal 4-in-1 vaccine can replace both individual vaccinations.

The International Certificate of vaccination or revaccination issued by your local Ministry of Health is also accepted.

Kindly note:

• whether not tolerating any of the above-requested vaccines (due to documented allergy to any of its components), please provide a valid certificate/note as proof.
• No exceptions will be accepted. Such a requirement applies to every crew member, who will not be allowed to board the vessel without confirmed proof of immunizations and vaccinations.

Other vaccination certificates currently required for work on Explora vessels:

Yellow fever, full Covid-19 vaccination certificate (and related documentation). Please forward copies of these with the other certifications.

General consideration on Medical Documentation

The cost of medical examinations is the responsibility of the applicant.
Failure to pass the pre-boarding medical examination precludes the possibility of embarkation. Explora Journeys and its representatives will not be liable for any loss you may incur due to your failure to pass the medical examination.
For this reason, we highly recommend to self-assess your health conditions before you take any step through the medical examination process (such as resigning from your current Employment).
The standard forms for medical examination (the HR Coordinator will send these to you) can be filled out by any national medical facility/physician or by centres for seafarers approved by your local maritime authorities. However, we suggest that you process your medical examinations before applying for any STCW training and incur its costs.

BST/STCW Courses

You must demonstrate that you hold the requested certifications of the following STCW courses issued by recognized worldwide training centres.
You can find the lists of authorized issuing centres on your local transportation ministry or coast guard websites.

1. Personal Survival Techniques A-VI/1-1

• REGULATION VI/1 OF THE IMO STCW CODE, PARAGRAPH 2.1.4 OF THE STCW’78, SECTION A-VI/1, TABLE A-VI/1-4 IN COMPLIANCE WITH IMO MODEL COURSE 1.21

2. Fire Prevention and Fire Fighting A-VI/1-2

• FIRE PREVENTION AND FIRE FIGHTING: REGULATION VI/1 OF THE IMO STCW CODE, PARAGRAPH 1 OF THE STCW’78, SECTION A-VI/1, TABLE A-VI/1-2 IN COMPLIANCE WITH IMO MODEL COURSE 1.20

3. Elementary First Aid A-VI/1-3

• ELEMENTARY FIRST AID: REGULATION VI/1 OF THE IMO STCW CODE, SECTION A-VI/1, TABLE A-VI/1-3 IN COMPLIANCE WITH IMO MODEL COURSE 1.13

4. Personal Safety and Social Responsibilities A-VI/1-4

• PERSONAL SURVIVAL TECHNIQUES: REGULATION VI/1 OF THE IMO STCW CODE, SECTION A-VI/1, TABLE A-VI/1-1 IN COMPLIANCE WITH IMO MODEL COURSE 1.19

5. Security Awareness Training for seafarers A-VI/6

6. Crowd Management and Crisis Management A-V/2

The above-reported certificates must explicitly refer to the “STCW 78 code as amended” or the
STCW 2010 code. The certificates must comply with the following requirements:

• Name of Training Centre clearly shown.
• Issuing date (Explora vessels flag state recognizes a maximum validity of 5 years
• Recognition of Maritime Authority reported on each Certificate

The Maritime Authority/Institution recognizing the Certificates must operate and be in the same Country of the Training Centre (example: Training Centre located in Rome and recognized by the Italian Maritime Authority).
You will bear the cost of these certificates, and Explora Journeys will not be liable for any expense you may incur in obtaining or seeking to obtain the Compulsory Qualifications.

Immigration Visa

Explora Journeys doesn’t require its candidates to hold any specific Immigration VISA as a mandatory hiring prerequisite but sharing a copy of any valid ones you might have is highly appreciated.
Everyone, who needs a Visa to embark (i.e., Schengen VISA or US C1/D VISA) on the assigned ship,
will receive instructions from the Crew Hr Managers office about this need; the candidate will have to manage autonomously for the Visa issuing requirements.
The embassy or consular VISAs fees are being refunded once on board. Therefore, keep the original receipts and give them to the Purser in charge of its processing.
Beware: any agency or mediation cost and travel expense afforded to proceed with the VISA application and its obtention is not refundable.

National Seaman's Book (optional)

Please share a copy with us if you have a valid National Seaman's Book.
More information on a seaman book will be provided to you by the HR Coordinator.

A 4x4 photo (JPEG format)

You must provide one photo with your other documents:

• Submit a color photo, taken within the last 6 months
• Use a clear image of your face. Do not use filters commonly used on social media.
• Have someone else take your photo. No selfies.
• Take off your eyeglasses for photo purposes.
• Use a plain white or off-white background.

Application for Malta Seamen’s Book form

We require each embarking crew member to apply for the issuing a Malta Seamen Book.

Documentation Notes

When travelling to reach and embark on the assigned ship, bring all the original documentation (Passport, Seaman’s book, STCW Training certificates, medical forms).
Without original documents, you won’t be accepted on board by the Ship Command.
Due to cyber security reasons, we cannot receive information and files by using external weblinks or connecting to the cloud or remote drives.
Please send your files as email attachments using only the following file extension: DOC, PDF, or JPEG.

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PLEASE NOTE: THE EMPLOYMENT IN OUR COMPANY IS FREE OF CHARGE. A CANDIDATE HAS TO COVER JUST THE EXPENSES FOR HIS/HER DOCUMENTS PREPARATION.