Noma ikuphi lapho ufunda khona okudingekayo ukuba ngukaputeni womkhumbi wokuhamba ngesikebhe, bazokutshela ukuthi isipiliyoni seminyaka eminingi, ukuqeqeshwa okuqinile futhi ngaphezu kwakho konke izinzwa zensimbi. Futhi ukuthi ukuba ukaputeni akulula njengoba ungacabanga, ngoba ezandleni zakho nangaphansi kwesibopho sakho izimpilo zabantu abaningi.
Ngokuqondene nokuqeqeshwa okusemthethweni nokwaseyunivesithi, kufanele uqale ngokufunda iBachelor of Nautical Sciences. Lapho usuqedile iziqu zakho, kufanele uthole imvume yokuba ngukaputeni, encike ngokuphelele futhi kuphela ku-General Directorate of the Merchant Marine ... futhi akupheleli lapha ... Ngiqhubeka ngikutshela ukuthi yiziphi ezinye izidingo ozidingayo.
Ukuthola isihloko sobungcweti, kufanele wenze izikhathi zokugibela eziyimpoqo, futhi awukwazi ukufinyelela ngqo isikhundla sokuba ukaputeni, kodwa okokuqala kufanele ube ngumshayeli wendiza, bese uqedela izinsuku ezingama-400 zokuzulazula, ukuze kamuva uthole isihloko sobukaputeni, lapho-ke kuzofanele ungeze izinsuku ezingama-200 zokuzulazula. Kuze kube manje ake sithi "yingxenye yezemfundo."
Lapho usukwazile ukuba ngukaputeni, Ezinkampanini eziningi zidinga isipiliyoni seminyaka eyishumi ukuqala ukucabanga ngokuzinika leyo mkhakha esikebheni.
Vele phakathi naso sonke lesi sikhathi kufanele uvuselele kabusha kulwazi lobuchwepheshe nolwe-nautical olusetshenziswayo futhi futhi uthumele ekuhlolweni kwezenhlalo nezengqondo okukhombisa ukuthi ufanelekile ukuba ngumlawuli womkhumbi osolwandle, futhi ulawule nabantu abasebenza kuwo, ngoba ungakhohlwa ukuthi ukaputeni nguyena onegama lokugcina ibhodi.
Kepha izimo zokusebenza, kuya ngokuthi ungukaputeni womkhumbi wabathengisi noma ungomunye wemikhumbi, kodwa kukonke kunenzuzo enkulu. Kepha uma kufanele ngiphumelele ngesibalo, ngizokutshela ukuthi umholo ojwayelekile ngalesi sikhathi ungasondela kuma-euro ayizi-80.000 ngonyaka ezinkampanini zaseNyakatho Melika.
Uma ufuna ukuqedela imininingwane kulokhu okuthunyelwe, funda i-athikili engiyibhale cishe ngonyaka odlule kusuka lapha.