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Able Bodied Seaman (AB)

Course Description

This 5-day course is designed for mariners at the entry-level position. It provides the trainee the knowledge, understanding and proficiency to work safely and efficiently aboard today’s merchant vessels. Marlinspike seamanship proficiency is demonstrated by actually tying various knots, bends, hitches and splices.

This course satisfies the following STCW95 and CFR training requirements:

1. the "Deck & Navigation General / Deck Safety" and "Deck General & Safety / Rules of the Road" exam modules for any Able Seaman endorsement; AND
2. 46 CFR 12.05-9 for any Able Seaman endorsement

What You Will Learn

• Marlinspike Seamanship, Shipboard Terminology
• Rules of the Road
• Aid to Navigation
• Watchstanding and Helmsman Duties
• Ship Construction and Cargo Handling, Anchoring and Mooring
• Fire Fighting,Towing, Deck Maintenance
• Shipboard Emergencies and Life Saving
• First Aid
• Marine Pollution
• Identify the fundamentals and requirements of standing a proper wheelhouse watch, lookout watch, and steps to properly relieve a watch
• Identify the fundamentals and state the requirements of being a helmsman of a Navigational Watch
• State the various emergency situations that may occur aboard ship and the proper actions that need to be taken in order to survive
• Identify the emergency radio equipment found aboard ship, which aids in survival and rescue; as well as a pyrotechnics and lifesaving signals.
• State the environmental protection procedures and regulations
• Define and identify common terminology associated with ship construction
• Define common terminology and definition as applied to the Navigation Rules of the Road
• Identify lights, dayshapes, and sound signals when used in accordance with the Navigation Rules of the Road
• Identify Distress Signals, and signals to attract attention
• Identify terms associated with ship construction and the basic components that comprise vessel structure
• State how to measure, advantages and disadvantages, and care of natural, synthetic and wire rope

Students who successfully completed the 44-hour U.S. Coast Guard Approved “Able Seaman” course offered by the Maritime Advancement, Training, Education and Safety Program through the Maritime Institute of Technology and Graduate Studies.  Any applicant who presents this Certificate of Training at a Regional Exam Center within one year of the completion of training, will satisfy the written examination requirements of 46 CFR 12.05-9