Online and Hybrid Courses
Flexible Training Options! Learn at your own pace with our online and hybrid courses, designed to fit your schedule.
Fully online:
- Maritime Security Awareness
- Qualified Assessor
- Vessel Personnel with Designated Security Duties, VPDSD
Polar Code Operation courses begin with online coursework followed by an in-person assessment:
Hybrid courses begin with online coursework followed by an in-person assessment:
Unavailable during our scheduled times?
Maine Maritime Academy understands the demanding schedules of today’s mariner and works hard to support them every chance we get. Give us a call, depending on instructor availability and timing we can often support alternative dates.
Course Offerings:
STCW/ U.S. Coast Guard Approved Courses
- Advanced Fire Fighting Refresher (MEMACE-697)
- Advanced Fire Fighting Revalidation (MEMACE-777)
- Advanced Meteorology (MEMACE-0018)
- Advanced Polar Code Operations (MEMACE-941)
- Advanced Shiphandling (MEMACE-22)
- Advanced Watchkeeping (MEMACE-0027)
- Basic Polar Code Operations (MEMACE-847)
- Basic Training
- Basic Training Refresher (MEMACE – 68)
- Basic Training Revalidation (MEMACE-718)
- Crisis Management & Human Behavior (MEMACE-138)
- Crowd Management (MEMACE-142)
- Electronic Chart Display Information Systems, ECDIS (MEMACE-179)
- Engineroom Resource Management (MEMACE-187)
- Fast Rescue Boat (MEMACE-193)
- First Aid & CPR (MEMACE – 197)
- Inert Gas Systems / Crude Oil Washing
- Leadership & Managerial Skills (MEMACE-751)
- Management of Electrical & Electronic Control Equipment, MEECE (MEMACE-829)
- Maritime Security Awareness
- Personal Safety & Social Responsibilities, PSSR (MEMACE-359)
- Personal Survival Techniques, PST (MEMACE-363)
- Qualified Assessor, Online (MEMACE-787)
- Radar Observer Recertification (MEMACE-402)
- Tank Ship Dangerous Liquids (MEMACE-501)
- Vessel Personnel with Designated Security Duties, VPDSD, Online (MEMACE-780)
- Vessel Security Officer (MEMACE-573)
Non- STCW Courses
Course Offerings:
- Safety Management Systems Auditor (Maritime) Training Courses
- ISO 9000 & 9001 Quality Management Systems
- ISM, International Safety Management
- DPA, Designated Person Ashore
- Subchapter M Auditing
- Charging Into The Future, Hazards of Lithium Ion Batteries
- Confined Space
- Diving First Aid for Professional Divers (DFA Pro)
- Environmental Regulations & Ethical Industrial Compliance, Online
- Fall Protection
- Fishing Vessel Drill Conductor
- Helicopter Underwater Egress Training
- National Able Seaman
- Oil Tanker Cargo & Ballast Handling Simulators
- Personal Survival Techniques
- Section 608 Certification Exam
Thank you for choosing Maine Maritime Academy Center for Professional Mariner Development for your training!
Refund & Payment Policy
Maine Maritime Academy’s Center for Professional Mariner Development (CPMD) is committed to providing essential maritime training when and where mariners need it. To ensure the highest quality instruction, CPMD schedules expert instructors who often travel long distances to our Bucksport, Maine facility. Maintaining an affordable fee structure requires timely cancellations and adherence to payment policies.
Refund Policy
- In-Person Courses: Fully refundable if canceled before the start of class.
- Online Courses: Developed exclusively by CPMD’s instructors and proprietary to our program. Refunds are available only if the course has not been accessed in Canvas, our Learning Management System.
- Employer-Sponsored Courses: Payment must be made in full either upon course completion or within six (6) months of registration, whichever comes first.
All refunds will be issued in full, minus a 2.9% credit card processing fee.
Course Cancellations
CPMD makes every effort to maintain scheduled courses. However, in the event Maine Maritime Academy cancels a course, registered students will be notified as soon as possible and will receive a full refund, including the credit card processing fee.
For further inquiries, please contact us at cpmd@mma.edu or (207) 326-2211.
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