More Than Words: An Interview with Teekay Coordinator

What do you want to be someday?

     When you’re asked with this question, being a cadet coordinator would be the least that will or perhaps it will not come up in your mind. Most adolescents would choose something common like to become a doctor, captain or etc. It seems like only few have the knowledge as to what really is this work. Here, we’ll dig deep on the life of one cadet coordinator in SMET.

Tell me about yourself.

         I am Ray Marticion. I am 27 years old, a Teekay Coordinator of the Teekay Future Leaders Program. Currently, I am based here in Nasipit, Agusan del Norte, Saint Joseph Institute of Technology Maritime Education and Training Campus. I grew up in Cebu City. Last 2011, we transferred in Surigao del Sur so we’re currently residing at Barobo, Surigao del Sur. I am the youngest of the five (5) siblings.

When and where did you graduate on college?

I graduated at University of Cebu – Maritime Education and Training Center (UC-METC), Mambaling, Cebu City way back 2011.

Is there an achievement or contribution that you are mostly proud of? Why?

The thing I consider as a contribution in my life is that I was able to share my principles especially in Education and Training in Maritime Profession. For the past 4 years, I was able to become an instructor and with the experience I gained for being an instructor, I have dealt a lot of students by which those dealings I would like to partake something that would help this country and be able to mold those students competitively in a global scale.

What is it like to be a Cadet Coordinator of TEEKAY?  What are your challenges so far?

       Being a TEEKAY Cadet Coordinator especially under Future Leaders Program is very challenging and fulfilling position. Challenging in a way because there’s a lot of new things that you need to learn every day and you need to cope up with the dynamics of this industry

and also this is very fulfilling because you are going to face a lot, you are going to deal with young students who have the potentials to become one of the leaders in our industry and molding them and to be part of their career is a very grateful thing for me.

Can you recall some of your greatest experiences on-board the ship that can serve as a lesson to the cadets?

You should be able to speak out your mind even though you are a cadet. Don’t think that you are “just” a cadet but rather YOU are a cadet, that you are becoming a future officer – a Future Leader. You need to be assertive of what is your idea. You need to communicate what are those things you have in mind for the sake of the safety of yourself and for the sake of safety of the people around you.

What attracted you into the path of maritime industry?

At first, the thing that attracted me to the maritime is the “thing” that I could get from it especially money but then when I was able to become a student on this field, what attracted me the most is the nobility of this profession, meaning, we seafarers was able to help this country progress because without seafarers there is no transportation of goods that is very important for the country to progress.