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progressed through a seagoing apprenticeship to become a ship’s officer In 1949 I came ashore to sit for my First Mate’s Certificate, a qualification a step below that of a ship’s captain But by then my long-held wish to follow the sea had diminished and, having married the year before, I began to consider a career on land
becoming a marine biologist they usually picture a field marine researcher, maybe because that is my specialty Marine biology, in a nutshell, is the study of marine organisms, their behaviors, and interactions with the environment It includes many different sub-disciplines and, consequently, an array of potential career directions
in marine conservation After saving up for and travelling to Australia and New Zealand (which included gaining my PADI Open Water diving qualification), I started a MSc in Marine Biology The MSc was a big step up from my undergraduate degree – especially since I was learning a lot of things from scratch M
high-skill manufacturing career by giving you the knowledge and skills to machine and transform raw materials into specialized industry parts and tooling