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Boating School - Seamanship

Seamanship is an art and is, specifically, defined as the art of operating a boat. A sailor has to be qualified in many different fields before he can progress in seamanship and these range from subjects like navigation and international maritime law to fire fighting and how to deal with dangerous cargoes.

Fortunately, today, instead of spending many years being apprenticed at sea, sailors can attend boating school and qualify in seamanship in a relatively short time. As the field of seamanship is extremely broad, the available training programs have been grouped into several areas of specificity, which would include such seemingly unrelated areas like Fundamentals of Damage and Claims Survey, and Government and Corporate Contracts.

A typical course in seamanship is the Yacht and Small Craft Surveying program in terms of which the student would learn how to prepare appraisals of seagoing vessels, place a value on a vessel for insurance purposes and draft and complete insurance ‘to-do’ lists. This is the ideal qualification in maritime surveying and should be strongly considered by anyone wanting to get ahead in this field.

The Career Development and International Maritime Organization (IMO) Compliance program is a great way to propel a career forward. Registering for this course at your boating school will ultimately qualify you to become a deck officer and will give you a firm grounding in areas such as bridge resource management, basic safety training, able seaman training and marine radio operators permit training. The Professional Mariner Training program, on the other hand, is aimed at qualifying you for career opportunities in the pleasure and commercial yacht industry and can be taken by beginners and experienced seamen.

Another option would be the USCG (United States Coast Guard) License Training course, which is specifically aimed at those mariners who have had plenty of experience at sea but who have not yet received any certifications. Once a student has completed this course, he or she will be ready to seek licensing in the Operating of an Uninspected Passenger Vessel (OUPV). Finally, the Fundamentals of Damage and Claims Survey program teaches one how to assess and report on yacht damage while the Government and Corporate Contracts course teaches the basics of maritime contracts on a local, state and federal level.

If you want to get ahead in boating, one obvious way would be to go to boating school and obtain a seamanship qualification.

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