Coast Guard (CCG)

For my career choice I would love to be coast guard their main base is stationed in Ottawa but their only college is located in Sydney Nova Scotia, there are many benefits of being a coast guard. Salary would all depend on your rank, how much training you have, and how many years you have been in service.

On any given day, the Canadian Coast Guard: Saves 13 lives, Assists 58 people in 25 search and rescue cases, Services 55 aids to navigation, Handles 1,547 marine radio contacts, Manages 2,135 commercial ship movements, Escorts 4 commercial ships through ice during the ice season, Carries out 11 fisheries patrols, Supports 3 hydrographic missions, Supports 8 scientific surveys, Deals with 3 reported pollution events, and Surveys 5 kilometers of navigation channel bottom.

Most Canadian Coast Guard vessels operate on a rotational crewing system: 7 days on / 7 days off, 14 days on / 14 days off, 28 days on / 28 days off, 42 days on / 42 days off (for vessels operating in the high Arctic).

Days would consist of anything from scrapping and repainting If you were a deck hand to something as important as controlling and supervising and coordinating rescue missions. All depending if you were a deckhand or officer of some kind.

The moto is “Saluti Primum, Auxilio Semper”, the Latin motto for the Canadian Coast Guard, translates to “Safety First, Service Always”. This pretty much speaks for its self, there is currently 119 vessels in the fleet including air boats, cutters, patrol boats, landing barges, submersible roll over boats etc.

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