There are three payment options:
1. To pay monthly, the membership fee is $10.
2. To pay once every 6 months, the membership fee is $54 - a 10% savings compared to paying monthly.
3. To pay once a year, the membership fee is $95 - a 25% savings compared to paying monthly

We are committed to keeping the site current & operational to help keep the people within the marine industry employed and thriving. We are not website designers, so when the site needs updates, repairs, and the numerous planned improvements go live, we will require to employ a person who does it for a living, and we obviously cannot expect the web designer to work for free.

Because MTC was designed to benefit all member groups we serve and the site is a lot more than just a employment website, we believe that a modest fee is fair. But, there are ways to get free membership - for further details read below.

Believe it or not, there is.

If you regularly submit tech tips, newsletter or blog topics that are approved and posted on the site, you will get free membership for a pre determined period of time.

If you are the president or managing director of a not for profit organization, you will get free membership for a pre determined period of time.

No matter what member type you join as, you will benefit from searches for parts that can be filtered by manufacturer name or industry; from the technical information exchange via the Tech Tips page; and from the networking and recognition benefits of reading and contributing to the Newsletter.

And of course there is the job boards

Boat Building or repair shop members:
Your company can be automatically connected to, or search for potential customers and find craftsman to work on the projects obtained through the MTR website.

Craftsman members:
You can be automatically connected to or search for companies that are hiring in your local area.

Vessel Owner members:
You can be automatically connected to or search for companies or Craftsman that can complete the jobs on your vessel.

Marine Manufacturer members:
Use the manufacturers login to access a customizable page where you can edit your products displayed to all members on the site. Or if you are hiring, you can join the job search side, to be automatically connected to or search for employees.

No. Maritime Technical Resources (MTR) is so much more than just another job site. Even if you do not need a job or a craftsman, you can use the search engines for market research. This will provide real time information on the market in your local area, what other companies are paying and how much work is available. You can also use the Tech Tips, as well as the Manufacturers and Newsletter pages for help to get those stubborn projects completed and or just keep up to date with the goings on in the marine industry.

We value your personal information, as do our hosting and online payment services. Click the Disclaimer button at the bottom of every page to read more about how your personal information is used and to read the Maritime Technical Resources (MTR) privacy policy. Here you will also find links to the privacy policies from our hosting and online payment services.

Joining the Maritime Technical Resources site is easy, just click the Join button and follow the prompts. If you need more information, click the Help button at the top right hand side of the Join page.

Once on the PayPal payment page, choose the second check box that says No PayPal account under the title of Choose a payment Method. Complete the form and use your credit card or debit card to purchase membership.

Once on the PayPal payment page, choose the first check box that says PayPal Pay fast with PayPal under the title of Choose a payment Method and follow the prompts.

All membership fees associated with MTR are automatically recurring, until you unsubscribe to stop the payments.

A non-recurring charge: is a onetime payment.

A recurring charge: is a regularly scheduled payment, payable monthly, bi-annually or annually depending on the payment option you choose.

Be sure to unsubscribe before your next payment is due. If you unsubscribe the day after you have made a payment, there will be no refund for that month, as it does not qualify for special circumstances, as described under the Refunds and Special circumstances for refund criteria.

If you joined with a PayPal account and did NOT use a credit or debit card:
The easiest method of unsubscribing is to login to your PayPal account and stop the payment.

If you joined with your credit or debit card and NOT through a PayPal account:
For an automatic recurring payment from your credit card, the best method to unsubscribe is to contact PayPal:

The phone number to call is 1-888-221-1161

There will be a few automated prompting messages. To get a live operator and bypass all of the recorded options just say Agent about five times.

Tell the agent that you want to stop a reoccurring payment, to be transferred to the reoccurring payment side of PayPal.

Once you are transferred, provide the name, phone number and the last four digits of the card you used when joining.

The whole process should take about three minutes, and you will then be unsubscribed from the Maritime Technical resources website.

No, as soon as you end your membership, all your information and account settings are automatically erased from the MTR database. You will need to start with a clean slate when rejoining in the future.

MTR will make no refunds unless it falls under the Special circumstances for refund criteria described below.

Below are the conditions that will be considered special circumstances for a refund:

If you have completed the PayPal payment page but were not able to login to the site, please contact us to help you with your login problem. However, if have changed your mind about joining before you login, you will obtain a full refund - for further details read below.

If there is an unavoidable site malfunction preventing you from using the site for a minimum of two weeks, you will get a full refund for that month only.

The answer is yes, once we have verified that you have paid but cannot login and you have decided not to become a member. We will refund the credit or debit card that you used to join with the full amount of your payment.
If you are still interested in becoming a member, please contact us. We not issue a refund and manually activate your account for the duration of your payment.

Note:
PayPals automated security department will block your card after the refund for an undetermined period of time until they are sure that you have not been defrauded. Use another card or wait until the block has run its course - try joining again in 24 hours. If you are still having problems please let us know via the Contact Us form and we will try to resolve the issue for you. Remember to include your name and email address when contacting us.
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We are very sorry for the inconvenience and hope this will not affect your decision to be a member of MTR , but it is out of our hands. PayPals automated security department will block your card from joining after the refund for an undetermined period of time until they have ensured that you have not been defrauded. So if you want to join immediately after the refund you will need to use another card or wait until the block has run its course. Try waiting until the next day before attempting to join again. If you are still having problems please let us know via the Contact Us form and we will try to resolve the issue for you. Remember to be sure to include your name and email address when contacting us.
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The marine industry is a small, but world-wide community. Being in an industry such as ours, we need all members of our community to collaborate so we can work more efficiently and save on the bottom line. Based on the ripple affect theory; what happens to one of us typically affects all.

If a Vessel Owner needs to have a bilge pump installed on his boat or yacht and you authored a tip or identified a new regulation about the installation of a bilge pump, the chance of his next call or email being to you to do the installation is probably pretty high. Believe it or not posting a Tech tip could bring work into your shop, or get you a job.

If a company has an opening for a rigger, and as a rigger you posted a tip on how to properly rig and tune a sailing vessel, you can refer them to your tip which will probably help the decision to hire you.

Click the clear button at the bottom of every page labeled Disclaimer to access the disclaimers page. Once on the disclaimer page, scroll down until you see the title Disclaimer Pertaining to the use of Technical Information.

Once a tip is submitted we review it based on the following criteria:

We check it for any profanities or libelous comments

If there are drawings or images attached, we review them for obscenities.

We then review the content as a whole for obvious potentially dangerous or hazardous suggestions.

Of course the edits that are done (if there are any required) by MTR will be returned to the author for approval before being posted. But keep in mind that we do not accept or respond to profanity, obscenities or libelous remarks and remove them without question.

We will notify you via email as soon as we have posted your Tip.

The Tech Tips you find in this site are intended for individuals with sufficient skill and or knowledge to properly and safely conduct the task in the tip according to proper industry standards and regulations. To learn more about MTRs stand on the use of the Technical information contained within the site please read the Maritime Technical Resources (MTR) disclaimer pertaining to the use of Technical Information. A link to the disclaimers page is located at the bottom of every page on the site.

You can add a drawing or images to your tip one of two ways:

Click the link at the bottom of the Tech Tips submission form or

Click the link on the Share Your Knowledge form.

Both actions will start the default email program installed on your computer, and you can use your online email service provider to email the attachment write@bestboatjobs.com.

Yes you can add as many images or drawings as you feel is necessary.

This is because there is a review process that we conduct with submitted Tech Tips, once Tips are submitted they will be reviewed ASAP. If there are any questions, corrections or clarifications we will discuss them with you via email. We will notify you via email as soon as they are posted.

You need to log out for the name change to take effect . When you log back in, The new name will be displayed.

The only protocol that can be used is Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)

Contacting us is easy and there is an entire page dedicated to it. Just click the Contact Us button on any page and fill out the form. If you would like a response from the administrators of MTR be sure to include your name and email address.

Because we strive to make your experience of this site as useful, efficient, productive and fun as possible, we check the site frequently for broken links and other functionality issues. If you find a broken link, page that does not open or any functionality issues, inform us via the Contact Us page. Please describe the problem and attach the URL (link) for the page. The URL starts with http:// and is found at the top of the screen. We will inform you when it is fixed.

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Our first priority is the functionality of the site. As soon as we get your message we will immediately respond via the email address you use when you login or the one you provided in the message. We will let you know that we are working on the problem; and provide you with an estimated time that it will take to be fixed. We will follow up with a courtesy email when the problem is fixed.

We will inform you via your login email when the problem is fixed.

We have strict rules that describe how we respond to questions about other members. So, before you spend time writing us, read the criteria below that outline what we will, and will not attend to:

Member issues we will NOT attend to:

Employment disputes

Personality disputes

Professional inabilities

Personal opinions about others

Member issues we WILL attend to:

Derogatory or obscene remarks posted in the text on the site

Discrimination of gender, race or class posted in the text on the site

Any other opinionated beliefs about others that have been put into words on the site

If you wish to contribute to the Tech tips or the newsletter just click the Share Your Knowledge button and fill out the form. If you have an issue with the accuracy or disapprove of a Tech tip or newsletter posting, please use the Contact Us form and we will respond A.S.A.P.

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We have strict rules that describe how we respond to questions about the manufacturers listed on this site. So, before you spend time writing us about this, be sure to read the criteria below that outline what we will and will not attend to:

Manufacturer issues we will NOT attend to

Opinions about the products produced by a manufacturer listed on the site

Opinions about individuals who work for the manufactures listed on the site

Manufacturer issues we WILL attend to

Inaccurate manufacturer information or details

Parts and or new products that listed manufacturers provide that are not listed on the site

New manufacturers that we should have listed in the site

We test the entire site weekly - including every link and every tool, everything. If a link is broken or a search engine is missing something we will find it.

You must first conduct a search on any of the search pages. When the search results page appears, look for the text link that says Save This Search, on the right side of the page above your search results. Click the link and a box will appear prompting you to give the search a name. If you do not give it a name, it will default to the current date. Then click the button that says Save Search, the search will then be saved to your personal Saved Searches page.

It could have to do with your cache and or cookies, try clearing them and conduct the search again, if it happens after that please let us know via the Contact Us form. We will keep you updated on the resolution via email.

Yes, you can save craftsman in your saved searches by clicking the Find Craftsman button located at the top of every page on the site. After conducting a search and clicking the Save This Search text link on the top right hand side of the results page, the search will be saved - just as on the Find Jobs page.

You have two options of conducting another search:

You can click the Search Again text links located directly above & below your search results.

or you can conduct another search by clicking the back button. Either way, you will have to re enter your search criteria.

If you are logged in as a Craftsman and want to change the region that appears in the search engines you must change the home region on your “Profile”. The region box on your job posting form is used by the My Matches tool only.

To maintain full privacy, we see no need for a member of a membership group to see the personal details on the postings of other members in the same group. As a result we blocked their details in your view. However, repair shops and vessel owners can still view all the details of all the craftsman on the site. The information that is displayed can be used as a tool for you to see other postings in your field and area of interest.

Job Region is where you are seeking employment and Home Region is where you currently reside. You specify your job region on the job posting form and you specify your Home Region on your profile.

My Matches is a powerful connection tool that automatically connects you with other members who match the job/skill, region and zone you have provided. The My Matches tool helps you to find a suitable job, craftsman or repair shop quickly and easily without having to manually conduct a search.

Use the We offer services in part of the form on your profile to highlight the services your shop provides. The job titles you check will be used by the My Matches tool to automatically connect you with the vessel owners on the site who require the services your company provides.

No, MTR does not screen any of the postings on the site; therefore MTR takes no responsibility for any disputes as a result of the connections made through this site. It is the responsibility of the poster to do proper research when responding to a job and or when hiring. To learn more about MTR’s responsibility concerning the connections made through the MTR website, please read the Maritime Technical Resources (MTR) /“Employment Disclaimer/”. A link to the disclaimers is at the bottom of every page on the site.

No, there are no posting limits. MTR members can create as many postings as they want and post them at any time.

No, once you have deleted an employment posting it is erased and will not appear in any searches or My Matches connections.

In the interest of privacy, we added a feature that enables you to post jobs anonymously and the responses will be routed to you through the MTR website. Individuals will still be able to respond to you, but instead of your email address being displayed it will have a contact link and once clicked a form will appear, once filled out and sent it will appear in the posters email used when signing in.