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Online & Hybrid Courses
Flexible Training Options
Learn at your own pace with our online and hybrid courses, designed to fit your schedule and professional needs.
Fully Online Courses
- Maritime Security Awareness
- Qualified Assessor
- Vessel Personnel with Designated Security Duties (VPDSD)
Polar Code Operations (Hybrid: Online + In-Person Assessment)
These courses begin with online instruction and conclude with an in-person assessment:
Hybrid Courses (Online + In-Person Assessment)
Start your training online and complete your certification through in-person evaluation:
- Advanced Shiphandling
- Engineroom Resource Management
- Leadership & Managerial Skills
- Management of Electrical & Electronic Control Equipment (MEECE)
- National Able Seaman
- Operators of Uninspected Passenger Vessels (OUPV)
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 (MEMACE-228)
- Leadership & Managerial Skills (MEMACE-751)
- Management of Electrical & Electronic Control Equipment (MEECE) (MEMACE-829)
- Maritime Security Awareness (MEMACE-561)
- Operators of Uninspected Passenger Vessels (OUPV) (MEMACE-340)
- 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
- Safety Management Systems Auditor (Maritime)
- 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
Online & Hybrid Course Access
Course Login Information
- Username: Your email address
- Password: Please reset your password using this link.
- Passwords must be reset using the provided link, not within Canvas.
- Password resets cannot be completed on a phone. Please use a computer.
Accessing Your Course
- Go to: Canvas CPMD Portal
- Click “I DO NOT Have an MMA Email Address” on the right side of the screen.
- Log in using your email address and newly reset password.
Thank You
Thank you for choosing the Maine Maritime Academy Center for Professional Mariner Development for your training needs. We are committed to providing exceptional, accessible maritime education.
Refund & Payment Policy
Maine Maritime Academy’s Center for Professional Mariner Development (CPMD) is dedicated to delivering critical maritime training when and where it’s needed most. We engage experienced instructors—many of whom travel significant distances to teach at our Bucksport, Maine facility. To maintain our commitment to quality and affordability, we ask that students honor the following policies:
Refund Policy
- In-Person Courses: Fully refundable if canceled before the start of the course.
- Online Courses: Refunds are available only if the course has not been accessed in Canvas, our Learning Management System. These courses are proprietary and developed in-house.
- 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 minus a 2.9% credit card processing fee.
Course Cancellations
While we do our best to avoid cancellations, CPMD reserves the right to cancel courses as needed. In such cases, all registered participants will be notified promptly and issued a full refund, including the credit card processing fee.
Questions?
📧 cpmd@mma.edu
📞 (207) 326-2211






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