In the seafarers file, click on the ‘Prop/S.E.A.’ option
When in the ‘proposal’ screen, click on the ‘insert record’ icon
Below are the areas that you will need to fill in during the process of the proposal.
In the ‘Vessel’ field, click ‘Ctrl L’ and select the vessel you know has a vacancy open.
And then in the ‘Position’ field, click ‘Ctrl L’ and select the respective position that the seafarer is to be proposed to.
Note I: Where it indicates ‘Y’ in the ‘Vacancy’ column from the pop-up window, it means that there is an open vacancy.
Note II: You can find open vacancies from the ‘How do I find crew change vacancies – report?’ help file by clicking on the link.
Once you have selected the vessel and position, click on the ‘save’ button.
When you click on ‘save’, an entry will be automatically created in the ‘Negotiations’ section called ‘automatic entry – Proposal Submitted’.
You can continue to ‘negotiate’ in the ‘Negotiations’ section with the respective operational group.
At some point the operational group will also create the financial offer and indicate the salary offered. This will be shown in the ‘Negotiations’ section as shown above.
That’s also the prompt that you can print the ‘employment offer’ and discuss the offer with the seafarer.
Click on the ‘print’ icon to generate the ‘employment offer’.
The below report ‘employment offer’ is generated.
The seafarer should be notified / sent the below.
If the seafarer accepts the offer, then you’ll need to click on the ‘Approved by employee’ box.
If the seafarer does not agree, please type remarks / comments in the ‘negotiations’ section.
The operational group will either respond to his request or reject the proposal.