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ABLE SEAMAN / LIFEBOATMAN
Our course consists of three days of classroom
work with the fourth day allotted for testing at the Coast Guard
Regional Examination Center. Upon successfully completing the final
examinations at the REC, students will receive one of the following
Merchant Mariner Documents (type depending on applicant qualifications):
- Able Seaman Unlimited
(lifeboatman included)
- Able Seaman Limited
(lifeboatman included)
- Able Seaman Special
(lifeboatman included)
- Lifeboatman
- Able Seaman Special
- Offshore Supply Vessel (OSV)
- Able Seaman - Mobile
Offshore Units (MOU)
- Lifeboatman - Mobile
Offshore Units (MOU)
Students are prepared for the examination
by our instructors using a lecture-method style of teaching. Classroom
training covers Rules of the Road (lights, shapes & sound signals),
firefighting, survival techniques, aids-to-navigation, CPR/First
Aid, lifeboat launching, davits, life rafts, survival crafts, seamanship
& knot-tying (if needed). This course is currently under
development for Coast Guard Approval.
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