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Coastguards help prevent the loss of life along the coast and at sea by co-ordinating and supporting search and rescue operations.
You may be able to work your way into this role by starting as a watch assistant and applying for promotion when you've got more experience. You'll need literacy, numeracy and IT skills, as well as seagoing experience.
Volunteering
You could start by becoming a coastguard rescue officer volunteer, then apply for a paid position when vacancies are advertised.
You'll need:
In this job, you could:
With experience, you could be promoted from coastguard watch assistant to watch officer, then to watch manager or section manager. You could also work in other parts of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency.
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