mermaid marine australia the perfect company!!, page-9

one learned persons opinion.

The marine crew
If the vessel is not Australian flagged then in all likelihood it will be required to be crewed by Australian marine crew. This means that prior to entering Oz waters the whole crew would be replaced by not only Oz marine bridge and deck crew. The catering staff, no matter what nationality, would also be replaced by those permitted to work in Australia.
Some senior levels of marine crew (Chief Engineer for example) may be able to stay on-board as 'advisers' but the Captain must be Oz.


Project staff
Project staff can stay on-board and work in Oz only if the company can obtain work permits for them on the basis of specialist knowledge of the systems onboard and that an Oz person with sufficient experience cannot be found to fill that position. i.e. With the best will in the world an Oz sourced project person, be they Offshore Project manager, ROV supervisor etc., might not have sufficient knowledge of on-board operations & equipment to allow safe and practical operations to commence from the outset of ops in Oz.

The whole concept appears to be based around Union influence and the in country approach to employing Oz people before any other nationality.

i bow to you mgc - you have your facts right - generally !!!