Coastguard looking for local recruits
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Coast Guard is now hiring and has ten vacancies for Caymanians aged between 18 and 35. The creation of this unit is an amalgamation of the RCIPS Marine Unit and other relevant parts of uniform branches. Its main functions are search and rescue, and netting drugs, guns and illegal immigrants. As the agency begins to take shape, it is now looking for recruits to train as ordinary seaman.
Those who meet the selection criteria, including having a high school diploma and a certain level of physical fitness, will go through an 8-week basic training course. If successful, they will become CICG recruits and will then be attached to one of the agency’s areas, where they will continue their training on the job, according to the recruitment specification.
The salary range is from CI$37,668 to CI$43,632 per year plus the full civil service package of benefits.
Meanwhile, the Cayman’s reserve army is also beginning to take shape, according to officials. Governor Martyn Roper said Friday that an RAF Voyager aircraft from the UK will be bringing the team that will conduct the initial training for the recruits and deliver the kits and uniforms.
“Recruitment for the regiment has gone really well,” Roper said. “We have our first 50 reservists identified – the vast majority are Caymanians. They have been interviewed and have undertaken fitness tests. The training course will commence on 3 August and run for two weeks.”
Five officer cadets are also in their final week at Sandhurst, the military training academy in the UK, and are due to pass out on Thursday. They will return to Cayman on a British Airways air-bridge flight.
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Not one decent suggestion from any quarters on how to protect our borders!!! Too Many fool fool self enrichment schemes at play.Yes I know it would be long a multi million DRONE package would be offered.BY WHOM all free of charge too i guess. Think KISS Cayman= KEEP IT SIMPLE STUPID
Given the challenge Marine Police had keeping their boats operational I would suggest that drones are no less KISS than boats.
Drones: cheaper to buy, operate, maintain than boats when measured in $ per mile of ocean patrolled.
(And yes, you would still need a couple of rapid resonse boats to respond to whatever the drones found. but still a better ‘force mix’ than a pure boats coastguard.)
Anon 11:11am the trouble with that is your ever ending acquisition prowess will never end and will soon balloon out of control and will require the acquiring of an expensive submarine thereafter too. When a simple radar system would suffice and require much less maintenance and over inflated salaries and the whole list of supplementary accessories housing, mental benefits& Liabilities I have not heard one simply suggestion or solution in Cayman of late.
A ‘simple radar system’ will not work to detect small drug boats, or missing fishing boats.
We are still intentionally seeking antiquated solutions and equipment – heavily reliant upon under-paid amateur human operation/error and downtime. Both helicopters and most of non-interception ocean fleet could be replaced with UAVs and higher-paid trained operators. We’d have many more eyes in the sky, faster response, lower operating costs, and real interdiction and SAR capability. Alas, it would eliminate a 9 figure social welfare sinkhole with zero transparency, which is the natural preference of this regime…it shows we just aren’t serious about tackling our problems or supervising the vast open waters that need to be covered.
How about having “Special CG Officers”? Like the Special Constables. That is citizens trained to observe & report when they are out on the water. Then we would be able to cover a wider area and call in the authorities when required.
A most sensible idea. Similar to the United States Coast Guard auxiliary, which is staffed mainly by civilians. The more eyes on the borders, the better.
Youth, please rise up and apply. Don’t listen to those spreading negativity, that’s all they will ever be, keyboard soldiers.
Are all the existing members of the Coastguard 35 years old or younger?. Have they all taken a course in extricating their boat when they run onto a reef?.
To bad about the age limit.
So much for Human Rights and discrimination based on age. Wow.
Amazing opportunity for our Caymanians without work or looking for a career change!
Do they have to know how to swim? The RCIPS Marine Unit didn’t
An amazing salary but will Caymanians work for that salary? Tuff out there on the sea. Better to go fishing🤣🤣🤣🤣🛥🛥🛥🛥⚓️⚓️⚓️
2:30 I know who will work for it!
“The salary range is from CI$37,668 to CI$43,632 per month plus the full civil service package of benefits.”
WOW thats a nice monthly salary!