Who is the Ordinary Seaman (OS) on a Ship? | Duties, Career & How to Rank Up

Most videos tell you OS is "the lowest deck rank." That tells you nothing. Here's what an OS actually does, what it pays, and exactly how you move up to AB. In this video: → STCW Regulation II/4 — what it actually means for your daily duties → What an OS does during watch, mooring, cargo operations and emergencies → The precise gap between OS and AB — certificates, sea time, assessments → Step-by-step: how to become OS in India (BST, CDC, manning agency) → Salary range, tax reality for Indian seafarers, and ITF/IMEC CBA explained → The 3 things that will either get you promoted or keep you stuck as OS forever ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⚓ CHANNEL: maritimeplatform Maritime knowledge from 30 years of sea and shore experience. One topic. Explained properly. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 — Why most OS videos get this wrong 1:30 — What OS actually means (STCW Regulation II/4) 3:00 — Day in the life: watch, mooring, cargo, emergencies 5:30 — OS vs AB: the exact gap nobody explains 7:30 — How to become OS in India: BST, CDC, costs 10:00 — Salary reality and tax exemption for Indian seafarers 13:00 — Career path: OS → AB → Bosun or officer route? 15:30 — The 3 things that separate OS who rank up from those who don't RELATED VIDEOS ▶ Who is the Safety Officer? →    • who is the safety Officer on a ship? what ...   ▶ Who is the Chief Officer? →   • who is the Chief Officer on a ship? what a...   ▶ Deck Ratings: AB & Bosun →    • who is a Deck Rating (BSN & AB) on a merch...   If this was useful — like and subscribe. It helps this channel reach more seafarers who need this information. One question from your actual experience onboard? Drop it in the comments — I read every one. Link to excel sheet with progress details: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/... #MerchantNavy #OrdinarySeaman #Seafarer #maritimeplatform #ShipLife #STCW #DeckRating #MerchantNavySalary #HowToJoinMerchantNavy #SeafarerCareer #OrdinarySeamanDuties #ABSeaman