Professional Mariner Training

Become a merchant mariner, advance your career or maintain your credentials.
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REPUTABLE & GLOBALLY RECOGNIZED MARINER TRAINING

Flexible and accessible training options in world-class facilities

SUNY Maritime College offers individual courses to maintain your credentials or advance your career, along with customized corporate training programs.

PROFESSIONAL MARINER TRAINING COURSES
BASIC TRAINING
Learn how to react in a correct manner during emergency situations, take measures appropriate for survival, and use survival equipment correctly.

Regular, refresher and revalidation options available.
VPDSD (Vessel Personnel with Designated Security Duties)
Get the knowledge to perform duties in accordance with the requirements of the Maritime Transportation Security Act.
LIFEBOATMAN REFRESHER
Understand how to take charge of a survival craft or rescue boat, manage and safely recover survival craft and rescue boats, and use locating and communication devices.
RADAR RENEWAL
Demonstrate your knowledge of radar plotting through practical exercises using simulators and examinations.
ADVANCED FIREFIGHTING
Perform the necessary duties to control firefighting operations aboard ships.

Refresher and revalidation options available.
ABLE SEAMAN
Perform duties required of an Able Seaman, be aware of obligations under Coast Guard regulations concerning safety and protection of the marine environment, and, be able to take the practical measures necessary to meet those obligations.

Mariner Training by Mariners for Mariners

- Captain Robert N. Anderson

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Corporate training

Companies seeking customized training programs should contact the professional mariner training department at pmt@sunymaritime.edu or (718) 409-7341.

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- Choosing a trusted institution to provide advanced mariner training

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