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in canada at least theres something called PLAR (i dont remember what it stands for) but basically you can say "I have civilian training equivalent to a rank" and they waive all the courses you need for that rank. if there's other requirements you still need those but don't have to do the courses

but for just being a mate on a ship idk, i'm not a career advisor, but off the top of my head I would assume you can't actually bypass much -- trades training is pretty specific, the "generally be a sailor at all" course includes firefighting and CBRN training so you'd still have to do that, and the "on the job training" that covers all the ACTUAL general sailor stuff like line handling or knowing how to use a touchtone phone is stuff you have to do satisfactorily for a supervisor so your supervisor would probably want to see you do it instead of just reading your resume so you're in the manning pool with everyone else anyway

plus the only trade it would really matter for if you were a "mate" are boatswain and MARS (warfare) officer but both of those both have stuff that doesnt have a civilian equivalent but also MARS officers have to stand command board exams (literally just job interview shit tests before you're allowed to be in charge of the ship by yourself) and boatswains do all kinds of weird infantry-adjacent shit that's required for promotions so yeah you'd start at the bottom

even in terms of bridge hours, i dont think the military respects Transport Canada logbooks, and Transport Canada does not give a fuck if you have your gold anchor pin, you have zero sea time in their eyes because military and civilian standards are simply different. not better or worse -- they simply dont line up. like if someone asked "can you drive a forklift" and you go "I've been a crane operator..." theyre similar but just different