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“ THE MARITIME AND
PORT SECTOR HAS A HIGH
POTENTIAL FOR JOBS IN
FRENCH GUIANA.”

INTERVIEW

ceLine COURT
Netword Performance Department Manager
Pôle Emploi, French Guiana Regional Office

«However, these offers, which are highly specific, must be placed into context as they form part
of a hidden market. The term market designates all jobs, not necessarily covered by Pôle Emploi
advertisements. There are no precise figures but, in general, it can be considered that about 30%
of the market is open and close to 70% hidden. In the case of maritime jobs, this proportion can
rise to 80%.
These advertisements represent less than 1% of our publications for job seekers in French Guiana.

Jobs in the maritime and port sectors are very geo-localised as they are essentially concentrated
around the ports. The persons qualified in these professions tend to directly approach port companies
or proceed by word-of-mouth to respond to the specific needs of these trades.
It is important to underline that port jobs are not well known in schools, amongst students and
job seekers.

And yet, they have very high potential with no less than 900 specialisations within the maritime sector,
of which over 22 for land-based maritime jobs, i.e., those directly relating to the Ports in French Guiana.

Land-based maritime activities bring together jobs related to port and naval services (handling, repair,
installation and maintenance), defence and maritime administration (civil security and rescue); naval
construction and maintenance (welding, sheet metalworking, maintenance, mechanics…); maritime
R&D and engineering (research, engineering and studies) and the transformation of seafood products
(fishmongering).

Employers have difficulties finding qualified personnel and a negative image contributes to the
low attractiveness of these jobs.

It is to pierce this “opaqueness” that the Grand Port Maritime, in partnership with Pôle Emploi,
has been increasing its communication operations. It invites school students to visit the Port, and
university students to full-immersion days, and thus contributes, together with partners such as the
“Cluster Maritime Guyane”, the CTG, the French Navy or the sea products Market, to events such as
the Maritime Jobs Week, the aim of which is to show the wide diversity of these professions, which
have also evolved by integrating notions of sustainable development.

We can thus cite the professions of naval construction or deconstruction as well as all research-related
professions: oceanographers, naval engineers… Professions within which residents of French Guiana
can progress and have a positive impact on the environment.
As the Ecole Maritime de Guyane has recently closed, there are no local training bodies.
Nevertheless, it is possible to seek training elsewhere, and the ADOM Guyane and Pôle
Emploi offer different support programmes, given that there are real opportunities in
our territory.»
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