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Maritime Vocational Training Center

Mission

CMI – To provide high-quality educational services in maritime related vocational training to the Marshallese people and students from other nations who desire career opportunities in the area of maritime studies.

Purpose of the Program & Content

The purpose of the maritime program is to recruit and train apprentices with the knowledge, skills, attitudes and values, safety-oriented and effective workers in domestic, regional and international maritime shipping and fisheries industries.  The MVTC provides maritime courses in the areas of Standards Of Training, Certification and Watch-Keeping for Seafarers, Crewmember Training, SPC Basic Fisheries Observer Program and the Maritime Apprentice Program.

Courses Offered

MART 070 – STCW Basic Safety Training

Provides maritime and fisheries industry workers of all levels of experience with mandatory basic safety training.  Covers basic marine firefighting; first aid/CPR; personal safety and social responsibility; and personal survival.  The course meets the requirements of the IMO Convention of Standards of Training, Certification and Watch-Keeping for Seafarers (STCW) and is also suitable for first responders such as municipal and airport firefighters, industrial workers, police officers and ambulance attendants.

Course Outline - MART 070
MART 080 – Crewmember

Provides entry-level fisheries industry workers with the basic skills needed to successfully function as a member of a deck crew on a purse seine or long line fishing vessel  This course is being developed according to the recommendation included in the SPC “Purse Seine Crew Course” (2012).

Course Outline - MART 080
MART 090 – SPC Basic Fisheries Observer

Designed to meet the minimum requirements set forth by the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) for the training and certification of Fisheries Observers employed aboard purse seiners and long line vessels.  Include internationally recognized qualified under the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watch-Keeping for Seafarers (STCW).  Also includes additional instruction in the use of electronic information gathering, professional ethics, navigation and seamanship to better prepare students for the challenges and responsibilities of working at sea as an Observer.

Course Outline - MART 090

Maritime Apprentice (APP) Program

7 Credits
MART 104 – Shipboard Life Skills

Designed to provide instruction in safety, health and hygiene in a shipboard environment.

Course Outline - MART 104
7 Credits
MART 105 – Mathematics for Mariners I

Designed to provide instruction in basic math skills necessary for employment aboard seagoing vessels.  Emphasizes practical application problems relating to shipboard work.

Course Outline - MART 105
7 Credits
MART 106 – Seamanship I

Designed to provide instruction in basic seamanship skills necessary for employment aboard ocean vessels.

Course Outline - MART 106
7 Credits
MART 107 – English for Maritime Students

Designed to provide instruction in the fundamentals of writing, reading, listening and speaking in English with emphasis on nautical terminology.

Course Outline - MART 107

Course Sequence

Course Code Description
MART 070
STCW Basic Safety Training
MART 080
Crewmember
MART 090
SPC Basic Fisheries Observer
Maritime Apprentice (APP) Program

Faculty

Adiniwin, Edward

Associate of Arts in Liberal Arts (CMI)
Associate of Science in Elementary Education (CMI)
IMO 6.09 Instructor Training and Development
IMO 3.26 and 3.27 Ship Security Awareness and Seafarers with Designated Security Duties
American Safety & Health Institute Basic Life Saver 7/24/2015 to 7/24/2017
10 Hour Basic Fire Fighting Safety Course, Professional Training Technology 7/21/2015
American Heart Association Heart Saver Instructor 07/17/2015 to 07/2017
American Heart Association Heart Saver First Aid CPR AED 07/17/2015 to 07/2017
Certificate of Completion (Proficiency in Survival Craft and Rescue Boats) July 09 to 12, 2014
Certificate of Completion (Medical First Aid) July 04 to 08, 2014
Certificate of Completion (Advance Training in Firefighting) June 30 to July 03, 2014
Certification of Completion (Basic Training) (Personal Survival Techniques, Fire Prevention and Firefighting, Elementary First Aid and Personal Survival and Social Responsibility)
Safety Certificate (Personal Survival Techniques, Fire Fighting Techniques, Emergency First Aid and Occupational Health & Safety)
Certificate of Training (Drivers Training US Army)
Basic Cartography Course (US Army)
Basic Combat Training (US Army)

Email: [email protected]

Villi, John Still

CERTIFICATE IV, TRAINING AND ASSESSMENT, USP TAFE Programme (2018)
Trainer Certificate, IFIMS: SPC/FFA/PNA (2014)
Trainer Certificate, PNA MSC CoC : SPC/FFA/PNA (2013)
Trainer Certificate, BIOLOGICAL SAMPLING & TAGGING project: SPC/FFA/PNA (2011)
Trainer Certificate, PIRFO certificate IV: SPC/FFA/PNA (2010)
Certificate, PIRFO certified Debriefer: SPC/FFA/PNA (2008)
Certificate – Refresher PIRFO: SPC/FFA/PNA (2003)
RATING CERTIFICATE- (crew multi-purpose rating course), SICHE Maritime (2001)
BASIC OBSERVER CERTIFICATE, SPC/FFA/MFMR (1998)
Certificate, GRADE 4 MASTER coxswain: SICHE, Maritime Training College (1996)
License, GRADE 5 MASTER coxswain: SICHE, Maritime Training College (1994)
Advance Fishing Techniques -Certificate, SICHE, Fisheries Training College (1993)
Basic Fishing Techniques -Certificate, SICHE, Fisheries Training College (1992)

Email: [email protected]

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