Crew Wanted: Delivering health services to Papua New Guinea

[Jesse.Lee]

YWAM Ships Newcastle (Australia) is a charitable organization working for the public good, and in this case working with the Papua New Guinea government to assist them to access rural and isolated communities with medical specialists, supplies, health services in addition to mentoring and support for rural health workers. YWAM works on a volunteer basis including crew and medical volunteers.

Our vessel, the s/y Ruach is preparing for her first round of aid work beginning in Alotau in the Milne Bay Region. She is 37 metres long, 2 masted gaff-rigged schooner with 24 berths and a 185 kW engine. We are preparing to crew the Ruach for the summer months into April 2018.

Here are the crew needed to safely sail the vessel:
- Master - Master <35m (AMSA Master 4), STCW II/3 or equivalent
- Mate - Master <24m (AMSA Master 5) STCW II/3 or equivalent
- Engineer - MED 3 legally, but the engineering on the Ruach is actually quite technical so we think at least MED 2 will be more sufficient.
- Deckhand/Rating - we need 2 crew with GPH or yacht rating qualifications.
- Watchkeeper - not necessarily certified but needs a comprehensive understanding of sailing a vessel to perform the duties of a navigational watchkeeper.

If you are interested please apply online on our website:
http://ywamshipsnewcastle.org.au/