Maritime Courses/Training Offered
All courses are self-paced, can start anytime, training can be held online or tested at Fryar’s Maritime for Coast Guard approved courses.
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Second & Third Mate -Any Gross Tons | Master/Mate (200-1600 Ton)| Terrestrial Navigation
Master/Mate (25-100 Ton) | OUPV (6 Pack) | Limited OUPV (6 Pack) | Celestial Navigation
Flashing Light | Rules of the Road | Able-Bodied Seamen
Second Third Mate -Any Gross Tons--Near Coastal/Oceans
This self-paced license exam prep course is designed for the applicant testing for a raise-in-grade or those coming up through the hawse pipe. This course covers the six test modules in the USCG exam.Course Duration: 6-8 weeks.
Master/Mate - 200 - 1600 Ton Inspected Vessels, Fishing Industry Vessels, Towing Vessels--Inland/ Near Coastal/ Oceans.
This self-paced license exam prep course is designed for the applicant testing for the above licenses. This course covers all the required test modules for the Rules of the Road, Chart Navigation, Navigation General, Deck, and Safety as administered in the USCG exam.Course Duration: 6 weeks.
Terrestrial Navigation -3rd & 2nd Mate,Master/Mate - 200 - 1600 Ton Inspected Vessels Near Coastal/ Oceans.
This self-paced license exam prep course is designed for the applicant testing for the math/celestial test [5/10 question-90%] required by the Coast Guard. This course covers compass problems, finding deviation or gyro error by terrestrial or celestial observations, distance-off problems, radar plotting, tide & current problems, fuel consumption, and speed by wheel calculations.Course Duration: 2 weeks.
*Master or Mate 25-100 Ton - Inland or Near Coastal
This self-paced approved course covers the required USCG subject areas such as: Rules of the Road, Chart Navigation covers related nautical publications, chart reading, compass, time-speed & distance calculations, ETA’s, CMG/SMG, types of fixes, finding the set and drift of the current, checking the deviation table on a range, finding a course to steer with a known set & drift, and computing the height of the tide and velocity of the tidal current. Navigation General covers related background information used in conjunction with the actual chart work. Deck/Safety/Regs covers marlinspike seamanship, boat handling, anchoring emergency procedure, ship construction, first aid, life saving, fire fighting, stability, rules and regulations.Course Duration: 3 weeks.
*OUPV (6 PACK) Inland/Near Coastal
This self-paced approved course covers the same subject areas as stated above for the Masters license with a lesser degree of difficulty in the Deck/Safety/Regs area.Course Duration: 2½ weeks.
*OUPV (6 PACK) to the USCG Sector Seattle, WA & Portland, OR Zones
This self-paced approved course covers a basic introduction to the Rules of Road, navigational publications, weather, marlinspike seamanship, boat handling, anchoring, emergency procedures, and safety related subjects for river guides and tour boats operating in the waters other than Columbia River and tributaries, and inside coastal bar ports of Oregon and Washington under the jurisdiction the Marine Safety Office, Portland, Oregon.Course Duration: 5 days.
*Celestial Navigation
This self-paced approved course covers such subject areas as full sight observation of Moon, stars, planets, and the Sun; zone time calculations of LAN, sunrise-sunset, moonrise-moonset; amplitudes and azimuths to check deviation or gyro error; use of the Rude Starfinder, Latitude by Polaris and Local Apparent Noon (LAN), running fixes, voyage planning, and the Sailings (Parallel, Mid-Latitude, Mercator, and Great-Circle). Completion of this course meets USCG requirements for license applicants who want to add the “Oceans” endorsement on their license. In addition, this a necessary prerequisite course for 2nd and 3rd mates setting for their license.Course Duration: 3½ weeks.
*Flashing Light
This approved course meets the STCW requirements. Students learn the Morse code alphabet and numerals 0-9. The final exam consists of being able to receive, record, and decode flashing light signals from the International Code of Signals Pub 102 at the rate of 4 words per minute (WPM).Course Duration: 1 day. [testing purposes only]. Each student must practice at his/her own pace to be able to pass the final examination.
*Rules of the Road
An approved course is for licenses 200 ton and below, fishing, towing and OUPV that require the applicant to pass this exam in lieu of testing at the Coast Guard. This same course is a part of any of the above approved licenses courses, or license exam prep.Course Duration: 5 days.
Able-Bodied Seaman
This exam prep course combines formal classroom training and knot tying to cover the examination requirements at the USCG.Course Duration: 10 days.
*Approved Testing Site by USCG
Approved courses meet the testing requirements in lieu of examination at the Coast Guard Regional Exam Center and will test at Fryar’s Maritime. Upon successful completion of the course and test, an applicant receives a Certificate of Completion that must be presented to Coast Guard Regional Exam Center. The certificate of completion expires one (01) year from the date of completion.