Call for 420 Coast Guard Cadets

The Ministry of Shipping and Island Policy, through the Hellenic Coast Guard, published an announcement in the Government Gazette for the recruitment of 420 Coast Guard Cadets, according to a report by Isalos.net. Online applications will be open from Monday, 28 September 2026 to Tuesday, 13 October 2026, as Sofokleousin.gr reports. Submission is done electronically, with the exact method and required documents set out in the text of the announcement. voucherergasia.gr notes that the announcement has already been published in the Government Gazette, a fact that sets the procedure’s timeline in motion.

Of the 420 positions in total, 126 are for the general category of candidates, 210 are intended for candidates coming from the Special Forces of the Armed Forces, and 84 for members of the Navy’s Underwater Demolition Teams, according to Politica.gr. Those eligible to apply are holders of a general or vocational upper secondary school (Lyceum) diploma with a grade of at least ten, voucherergasia.gr reports. The selection of candidates will be made using a points-based system, based on criteria that, as Politica.gr notes, are set out in detail in the text of the announcement and are taken into account in the final ranking per category of positions.

Staffing the Coast Guard with new personnel is of particular importance for the country’s island and coastal areas, where the Corps carries out search and rescue duties, migration control and port policing. The 420 positions concern services covering the ports and maritime areas of the Aegean and the Ionian, where a significant part of the country’s domestic shipping activity takes place. The allocation of positions to candidates from the Special Forces and Underwater Demolition Teams reflects the need for specialized personnel for operational duties, while the announcement is part of the wider framework of hiring in the public sector.

The Ministry of Shipping and Island Policy has set a goal for the selection process to be completed by the end of the year, so that the training of successful candidates can follow immediately. For the required documents, the conditions of the medical and physical fitness examinations, any age limits and every other detail of the procedure, interested parties are referred to the full text of the announcement, as published in the Government Gazette. By the deadline, Tuesday, 13 October 2026, candidates must have completed the electronic submission of their application. Based on the dates given by Sofokleousin.gr, the time window between the opening and closing of the electronic platform is sixteen days in total, a period within which interested parties are called on to gather and submit everything specified in the announcement. The four reports that covered the announcement agree on the total number of positions and on the dates for submitting applications.