Crewing, competency and the certificates that gate offshore work. BOSIET and HUET, welder qualification testing, NDT levels, and the mobilisation rules that decide who can legally work where. Written both for employers verifying competence and for the people trying to prove it.
In shipyards and offshore fabrication facilities, a welder’s qualification record isn’t a bureaucratic formality. It’s the documented assurance that every critical joint has been made by someone proven capable of making it correctly. Here is why the WQT sits at the heart of structural integrity and regulatory compliance.
Nearly 90% of shipping companies raised crew salaries in 2024, and retention rates improved as a result. Yet one in three crew managers still struggles to recruit skilled seafarers, pointing to a structural mismatch between the supply of qualified candidates and the increasingly complex demands of modern vessel operations.
