#Lighthouse keeper job openings license

It’s not like getting a driver’s license, to obtain a Coast Guard license you must have a recent physical, drug test, and CPR and first-aid certification, along with up to 360 service days. Coast Guard commercial boat operator’s license.

Applicants will need experience in hospitality and a seafaring nature, along with a U.S. Of course there would be requirements, this isn’t your average job posting. Funds earned by the inn go toward the restoration and maintenance of the historic building. Adding to the experience is the fact that water is in short supply-showers are only available for guests staying more than one night.

The bed and breakfast was established in 1979, and local mayor of Richmond, California, Tom Butt told CNN Travel that, “It’s in a unique location, it’s in San Francisco Bay on an island and it’s one of the few-maybe the only-bed and breakfast inns that operates in a lighthouse on an island.” He is also head of the nonprofit that runs the lighthouse.Īccessing East Brother Island requires climbing from a boat up a vertical ladder that is sometimes twelve feet high, depending on the tide.

Coast Guard and maintained by a nonprofit group called East Brother Lighthouse Inc. The lighthouse was automated in the 1960s and is still operating, though it’s owned by the U.S. The Light Station dates back to 1874, when it was built to help sailors navigate the misty waters surrounding one of California’s largest cities.