Cadets earn a U.S. Coast Guard approved Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW) 2010 professional mariner basic training certification
learn to respond to shipboard emergencies
Compliance with emergency procedures
Safe working practices, preventing marine pollution
Effective shipboard communications, effective human relations
Types of emergencies
Emergency communications, emergency equipment
Hypothermia and human performance
CPR and emergency medical overview
Proper use of life jackets, immersion suits, liferaft, abandon ship gear
Basic firefighting
Understand the relationship of the fire tetrahedron to extinguish fire
Live firefighting exercise, extinguish a flammable liquid fire using various types of fire suppression agents
Basic patient transport
This is the actual basic training course required for professional mariners. Cadets can use the certification to apply for a USCG Merchant Mariner Credential to work in the maritime industry.