Shipping Trainee, Denmark
NORDEN takes in four to eight Shipping Trainees each year in August.
We have finished the recruitment process for 2010 - but will be looking for Shipping Trainees again at the beginning of 2011 - job start August 2011. Leave your contact details here 
The shipping trainee programme in Denmark is an intensive two-year programme consisting of both a practical and theoretical part (in Danish) . You can visit our shipping trainee site at www.shippingtrainee.dk (in Danish) to find more information about being a shipping trainee with NORDEN.
After graduation our Shipping Trainees are usually offered a position within chartering or operation at one of our offices abroad for some years before returning to our headquarters in Hellerup.
Visit our shipping trainee site 2010 - shipping trainee FILMThe shipping trainee site is in Danish. Remember to turn up the volume on your computer before entering the site.
Information meeting in February 2010NORDEN hosted an information meeting (in Danish) about the shipping trainee programme on 9 February 2010. Did you miss it ? You are welcome to contact us if you have any questions about the shipping trainee programme. |
The Shipping Trainee Programme
The practical part
As Shipping Trainee in NORDEN you spend twelve months in each of our two primary departments: Tankers and Dry Cargo. During the two years programme you also learn about our Technical department and our Bunker department (buying bunker oil for the vessels) and you will have one or two stays with a Port Captain or on board vessels sailing on various destinations. In the Tanker and Dry Cargo department you will typically get a thorough knowledge of operation and chartering. See more on selected job assignments
The theoretical part
Along with the practical assignments you take the first part of a graduate diploma in Business Administration at the Copenhagen Business School, CBS., where you will learn more about e.g. statistics, IT, economics and business finance. You will follow a specially designed shipping course in Esbjerg (five weeks in total during the two years), as well as courses in maritime law and English at the office in Hellerup.
We work closely together with a series of other large shipping companies on the theoretical part of the programme. Due to this, you will become part of a network with a lot of other trainees in the shipping industry.
How to qualify
To qualify for the trainee programme you are to – as a minimum – have passed highschool (gymnasium) or business school (Højere Handelseksamen) with a minimum grade point equal to 7.0 on the 7-steps-scale.
You also need Mathematics at B-level both the written and oral part as well as good English skills. Please note - much of the two years programme will in Danish.
Further information
Shipping Trainee 2010 brochure (in Danish):
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Shipping trainee film (in Danish):Film is available at our www.shippingtrainee.dk site. NORDEN film (in English):An easy way to learn more about us. |
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