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I'm Petty Officer 2nd Class Joanne Harloff,
from Niagara Falls, Ontario,

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a Marine Technician posted to Naval Fleet
School Atlantic in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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And I'm Leading Seaman Jeff Dubinsky
from Duncan, B.C.,

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a Marine Technician
currently serving onboard HMCS Vancouver.

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NARRATOR: Our ships
and submarines deploy on operations

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both here at home and internationally.

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And on every one of those vessels
you'll find Marine Technicians.

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HARLOFF: We talk about ships
having to move, to fight and to float.

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As a Marine Technician, we're in charge
of move the ship and float the ship.

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NARRATOR: The marine system's engineering
department is responsible for propulsion,

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the whole superstructure of the ship,
and mechanical systems,

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as well as piping systems,
HVAC, sewage treatment,

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damage control and firefighting equipment,
electrical power generation and distribution,

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and control systems.

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HARLOFF: You'll have a rounds-person
look around and just monitor the machinery.

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We talk to that as just
our preventive maintenance on machinery,

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so just watching
and seeing how it's operating.

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You also then would have personnel
that are in the machinery control room -

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they'll be watching
the machinery run remotely.

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And they'll be directing
that rounds-person on certain machinery

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that may not be running correctly.

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While one person is doing rounds,
there's other members that will be doing

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general maintenance
on machinery that has to be done.

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Husbandry within there, definitely oil changes
come up with a lot of our machinery,

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so groups of them
will go do maintenance sections.

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NARRATOR: This trade is a good fit
for the kind of person who's energized

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by troubleshooting and problem solving,
and working with equipment and tools.

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Although a strong academic background
in math and physics will serve you well,

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you've got to be ready to get your hands dirty.

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You'll need the confidence to approach
and tackle problems as they arise,

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even if it's a situation
you've never faced before.

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It's a challenging trade both physically
and mentally, but if you enjoy

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working with your hands, problem solving and
have a passion for life at sea, then a career

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as a Marine Technician in the Royal
Canadian Navy might be just the thing for you.

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HARLOFF: On the ship there's always
something going on and something exciting

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that's happening that
you can always go view and see.

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I've listened to whales underwater,
just because I'm onboard and they say:

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"Hey! Come check this out, it's really cool!"

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I've fired 50-cal machine guns
even though it's not my job,

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you still get that opportunity to shadow
somebody else and see different trades

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that are available to the Navy.

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DUBINSKY: My favourite thing to do
is welding and fabricating throughout the ship.

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It allows me the opportunity to get creative
and do jobs that I really like to do.

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HARLOFF: You're always learning
something new as technology

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and engineering practices change,
and engineering changes in general -

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well, the Navy is staying in front of that.

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DUBINSKY: Every day there's a different
job to do in different areas of the ship.

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So there's always an opportunity for me
to learn more about the ship,

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as well as get further training
on those pieces of equipment.

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It's a part of my duties
to be a member of the ship's dive team.

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I get to jump off the back of the ship,
or jump out of helicopters to pull people

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that have fallen overboard out of the water.

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Or I do hull inspections and surveys
with other members of the team

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and make sure everything mechanically
is running sound underwater.

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NARRATOR: Once they complete their
training, Marine Technicians will spend

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a good part of their career
aboard ships in either Esquimalt, B.C.

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or Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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HARLOFF: Alongside in port, it's a normal
working day, Monday to Friday, 8 till 4 PM.

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I go home; I have a husband
and child at home that I go to after work,

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so it's still a normal everyday life.

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DUBINSKY: At sea, we can work a variety of
shifts, usually totalling about 12 hours a day,

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working from being
into the engine spaces to working on

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different systems around the ship.

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NARRATOR: Sometimes
Marine Techs have to work outside

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of their normal routine to get the job done.

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They'll be involved in ship duties
like refuelling at sea,

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bringing stores on board, or standing watch.

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HARLOFF: We also fall
into a regular ship's schedule,

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assisting other departments on the ship;

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normal cleaning of the ship, because you
have over 200 people living onboard a frigate,

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it's just like a floating city.

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With the Royal Canadian Navy,
we spend a lot of time training for situations

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where we pretend
that something's actually happening.

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But as a Marine Technician
you actually fix things.

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You actually get to see the end result.

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DUBINSKY: In the last year
I've been to multiple different ports

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in Vietnam,
Ho Chi Minh, Singapore.

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Those are the memories and those are the
experiences that I value most from this job.

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HARLOFF: As a young person starting out,
I spent thousands of dollars backpacking

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through Europe, running into the same
people in three different ports I was in,

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three different countries I went
to that were doing it with the Navy.

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You can see the world while they pay you
and while you train to get a career.

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It's not just a job,
you get a full career out of it.