👬User accounts & public profiles

This page outlines the key differences between a personal user account and a user's public mariner profile.

🥷Create a free profile from the App💻Create a free profile from the Web or PC

User accounts

Every user that downloads the OffshoreSMS app or accesses a fleet or vessel on the web dashboard must first create a new user account. We sometimes call this your user profile, and it is just a way to identify you in the system.

NOTE: Your user account is 100% controlled by you. Any information that gets added to your account or your public profile can only be added by you. You are the owner of your data.

Managing your profile from the Web dashboard:

1. From any page, select the "Profile" icon top right of screen in the header bar:

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3. From here, use the side menu to:

   1. Update your profile name

   2. Request a change to your email or phone number details.

   3. Enable Privacy mode

   4. Sign Out

   5. Change your Password

Enabling Privacy Mode:

This will prevent your name from appearing in any searches for users in OffshoreSMS.

Note that if your profile is set to PRIVATE, you will not be able to get added to marine fleets or as crew on any vessels by other users.

If you want to connect with a vessel you will need to search for that vessel and request access from your app.

Managing your profile from the App:

1 - In the OffshoreSMS app, from the dashboard, click on My Profile:

2 - Edit your qualifications, emergency contacts and more:

In your account profile you can view your past inductions, manage your emergency contacts, edit your saved qualifications:

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Your public Mariner Profile

Every user has access to a free public "Mariner Profile" feature. This is a place where you can create a publicly accessible profile about you and your experience, skills, qualifications and more.

Think of your Mariner Profile as a resume for your work on the water.

Things you can record include:

• Your profile photo

• Your personal information (create as many customer fields as you like)

• Your personal bio

• Your skills

• Your qualifications

• Your past training institutions

• Your work experience

Remember that you can turn each section on or off. By default they are all set to private.