Career Night & Entry-Level visitors click onto “ENTRY- LEVEL & OS-1“ under “Recent News” on right!
CONTINUING EDUCATION:
All CE Courses are available and the Classes are presented…On Demand!! Phone 718-442-5171
Courses Available (Class Dates below): Time: Instruction Code:
Deck:
Ordinary Seaman (Entry-Level) 10 Days 5753OS
Able Seaman (Any Grade) 4 Days 5790AB
Elementary First Aid (STCW-BST) 1 Day 5310EFA
Fire Fighting – Basic (STCW) 2 Days 0540FFB
Personal Survival Techniques (STCW-BST) 1 Day 5240PST
Personal Safety & Soc.Resp. (STCW-BST) 1 Day 0010PSSR
Tankerman PIC-Barge 4 Days 5790PICB
Bridge / Wheelhouse:
Safe Boater (NY & NJ State Courses) 1 Day 5110SBS
RADAR Exam-Prep (Practical Plotting) 1 Day 5210REP
Radio Operator Permit (Marine) 1 Day 521MROP
OUPV (6-Pax Capt) 7 Days 5780OUPV
Auxiliary Sail 1 Day 0010AS
Assistance Towing 1 Day 0010AT
Launch Master 3 Days 0520ML
Master 100 Gross Tons 9 Days 0521M100
Master 200 Gross Tons (Upgrade) 3 Days 0540M200
Apprentice Mate – Steersman 3 Days 5740AMU
Celestial Navigation w/Supplemental 12 Days 0512CEL
Flashing Light (Visual Communications) 2 Days 5720FLT
Train The Trainer 5 Days 5721TTT
CLASS DATES: We can move posted dates to fit Your rotation! Bolded dates are set!
Classroom Hours are 0700-1700 & 1700-2300 daily.
As of January 27, 2012…
Tankbarge PIC - Now - 2/3-7 two students being seated now!! Room for 5 more. Join in?
Next Class: On-demand!
Able Seaman - early Feb.; Hector M.; Greg G.; need two more students, room for 11!
Master 100 GT – early February 11-19ish Students: Ginger M.; Brian J.; seeking two more students, room for 8!
Master 200GT - asap.: Students: Marty G is standing-by for three classmates asap, room for 10!
Celestial (w-Nav/Deck Gen’l) - Students: Marty K.*; John T.; +1, and Steve D. are being seated. Room for 8. Join in for 12 days late-Mar. or mid-April?
Flashing Light - Students: Steve D., Marty K., looking for two more for a Tuesday mid-Feb.
Apprentice Mate (Steersman)- 2 Students looking for Another for early Feb. 12-14ish.
STCW-BST Elementary First Aid – third week of month. 5 Students seated, room for 1, or 7 more.
STCW-BST Personal Safety & Social Responsibility - third week of month. 5 Students seated, room for 12 more.
STCW-BST Personal Survival Techniques – third week of month. 5 Students seated, room for 11 more.
State Safe Boater- second week of month. FREE class – one per family, 8Hrs, you only pay State’s $20 Fee, limited seating, rsvp please.
Ordinary Seaman One – First & third (odd/port) weeks, M-F, February: FULL.
– Second & fourth (even/stbd) weeks; M-F; February: Seats Open.
– Weekends & 2 Fridays: Seats Open.
* Next Port OS-1 (odd weeks, M-F) Course March 2012.
*Thanks for your Deposit Checks to: Seaman’s Institute 1000 Richmond Terrace SI,NY 10301.
Please Note:
All Courses require a minimum of 3 students per class. The Fire & Survival classes need six.
To be notified as Classes are assembling - enroll in our FREE “Student Notification System” above, or phone 718-442-5171. Please leave your name, your cellphone number, and the Course names …we’ll do the rest! We’ll find your classmates and set your class dates to fit. We never cancel a class once it is set. A $100 Deposit is required per-student as each Set-Class seat is reserved. Enroll early - “Walk-ins” welcomed after ten days before class providing a ten percent tuition premium!
Tuition is due on the first day by money order, bank check, personal check, or U.S. currency. Full refund IF we cancel, No refunds if you miss class.
Student compliance with U.S.C.G., N.Y. State, and N.J. State attendance and testing guidelines is mandatory; simply, you must have 90% Attendance and you may have 1 Retake Exam per Course.
If you just want the exam answers go elsewhere… please,
If you want to be competent in your trade… come here,
For through these doors pass many,
Of the safest mariners asea!
Snug Harbor Campus, 1.5mi West of SI Ferry on Staten Island, Building G, Ground Floor.
Seaman’s Institute’s Capt. Ed Schultz offers limited Free License Consultations at 203-400-5321.
Thank you for considering my school and our training programs. – Capt. Curt Ward
It was a matter of conscience in 2008 when we suspended the origional OS-1 Course while the economy crashed and the entry-level maritime jobs disappeared.
This School refused to mislead or take money from Students when there were no jobs for them!
Today’s entry-level OS-1 assumes you are alert and driven, over seventeen with good vision, free of any drugs or a felony conviction as the Course resumes with the same five days of seamanship classes, plus five days of basic safety and survival classes, a set of work cloths and equipment, papers, and all of the hidden expenses involved between wanting to become a sailor and reporting for that first day of work.
A premier feature of the our new program is our placement service where Success is not measured by if, but by how fast, we place graduates. Alumni are no longer left to find their way through the marine job market alone – today the School produces, packages, targets, mails, and montiors the Alumni resume’ packages and all job placement activities!
Speaking of the Job Opportunities… you don’t need to believe us!
Read what the Government says about the maritime job market by clicking the link all-the-way-below ”BECOME A SAILOR?“.
ORIENTATION PRESENTATIONS (Qualified OS-1 students must attend before their course begins.)
Career Night (CN) – a Free Orientation Seminar that is all about our guests. Whether changing careers, looking for a trade, or not excited by college, all will benefit from this descriptive seminar that ultimately organizes entry-level job opportunities into sectors and helps the guest take charge of their future. Each will identify the jobs they want and see their career’s path. The discussions include descriptions of the jobs from the wide variety of sectors within the marine industry, how to get into them, how they’re structured, how to advance, and how to carve out a maritime Career. Reservations are required. Please register using the “Student Notification System” (above), or call Student Services at (718) 442-5171. Please include your name & cell phone number within all communications!
FUTURE CAREER-NIGHT PRESENTATION DATES
7:30 PM – on demand Sundays for groups of six or more. Please phone or e-mail to reserve seats. By Reservation Only! Please R.S.V.P. vis Student Notification tab above or (718) 442-5171. F.Y.I.: Next scheduled Maritime Career Night Presentations scheduled for February 26, 2012.
Ordinary Seaman OS-1
The 100-Hour ten day Course of classes repeats monthly. The Course fee includes the funds for several government documents and professional fees, plus a set of work cloths and equipment, tuitions and textbooks for classes in personal safety, sea survival, first aid, fire fighting, lifesaving equipment, deck seamanship, navigation, cargo operations, towing, sailing, sanitation, vessel operations, operating a vessel and job placement services. The successful student earns six USCG Class Certificates, one NY or NJ Class Certificate, one NYC Class Certificate, one overall Course Completion Certificate from the Seaman’s Institute, and upon graduation – alumni receive a refined resume’ and personal job placement assistance. Active OS-1 Alumni will enjoy a Lifetime of Job Placement Assistance by consistently reporting job openings for their fellow SI Crewmembers!
The promotional flier for this unique OS-1 opportunity, to Become A Sailor, was distributed recently and a Print-Flier link is below! The front of the flier, our Certificate, is the course description in sea-speak while the back is written in plain-english.
Please review the minimum applicant requirements on the flier. If qualified then book your seat at Career Night. E-notify the school including your name and cell-phone number. The school will soon phone you to confirm your Career Night reservation where you can attend the above seminar and following which all Applicants complete their employment application and basic entrance paperwork.
Candidates are then contacted about the course Schedule, Prerequisites, and Preparations. Schedules will include either: Four Weekends with Two Fridays; or 21 Evenings; or M-F Evenings; or M-F Even Weeks; or, M-F Odd Weeks. Prerequisites include submitting paperwork, completing an entrance interview, and submitting tuition payment. Preparation includes completing several on-line forms for the USCG, DHS, NYS, and NYC course enrollments; Setting off-site appointments for DHS, Doctor/Drug Screen, and NYC Exam; Securing uniforms & equipment; and ultimately, picking up the textbooks and the first homework assignments from the Seaman’s Institute. Aye, expect self-study assignments to follow aplenty.
Be advised that from the first contact all applicants are being assessed for safety, survival, scholastic, physical fitness, and to maritime job placement criteria. We consider each applicant, and their potential to complete the training. We ensure our employers that there are basic qualities of SI Alumni, so that we can continue to provide our Alumni with quality job opportunities.
Tuition must be paid in full to enroll. Students are enrolled on a first-come, first-served basis. Financial aid is not available yet. To become an applicant for when sponsorships and scholarships become available submit your request, name, and cell number electronically today!
Courses repeat monthly and there are five Schedules: Weekends (Sat’s & Sun’s plus 2 Fridays); Evenings ( M-F or 21 Straight); or, on Weekdays (M-F, Odd/Even weeks). 100% Attendance is mandatory per the oversight Agencies and there is a fee to repeat or make-up any class modules, and to re-take any examinations. Failure to meet all attendance, examination, and/or protocol requirements may result in a Limited Certificate and will result in fewer job placement opportunities!
Write to the school with the Month and Schedule you desire, include your name and cell phone number. A counselor will call you soon to reserve your CN seat for the appropriate month, to discuss your immediate questions, to verify our prerequisites, and to clarify the entry process.
To write you may click the icons “SNS” or “Enroll Here” up above; or, send a Text message with your cell phone to 6462709680; or, Send e-mails to SeamansInstutute @aol, always including your name & cell number within your communication.
Arrive on campus holding your photo ID, perfect copies of your resume, transcripts, any diplomas, certificates, membership cards, the originals of three general Reference Letters, and a working pen.
Attend this USCG approved, para-military, old school, academic, maritime trade Institution that works to give you another persona, a professional skill set, the continuing education courses, and a new crew that will help you enjoy a capital-c Career.
Alumni Job Placement assistance actually begins upon enrollment when the School notifies select vessel owners and their crew managers that a student wants to begin working for them soon. Upon completion of the course, crisp old-school resume packets are produced, targeted, and distributed in bulk into the specific sectors of the marine industry that match the Alumni’s life schedule and the career path the Alumni has chosen (i.e Deep-sea, Coastwise, Inland).
OS-1 Course – Promotional Flier Side1 OS-1 Course – Promotional Flier Side 2
Step 1: Register on-line for CN. Step 2: Gather papers listed in “Arrive” above. Step 3: Arrive on-time!
Safe Boater & Boater Safety Course Students: Please enroll using the “Student Notification System”.
On the waters of New York Harbor and Vicinity the States of New Jersey and Connecticut require that all Operators of power driven vessels, including jet skis, when upon their waters, each hold proof of completing a Safe Boater Course.
Each State, including New York State, offers Certification, and there is reciprocity between the States.
We recommend that your Certificate be from your your home State.
We offer both the N.Y. State and the N.J. State courses.
We are the only N.Y.S. Approved Safe Boater Training Facility.
Each Instructor is State Approved; but further, our’s each also holds a (Captain) Master License that is issued by the U.S. Coast Guard ensuring you and yours receive a quality education that’s provided by a Professional Mariner.
Recreational Boating for Revenue? If you accept anything in exchange or as consideration from anyone for their being aboard, or for you to Captain their vessel you are “Carrying Passengers For Hire”. If that defines your situation, then by Law you must hold a valid USCG License - State Certificates do not cover you. USCG Operator (OUPV) Licenses for 6-PAX, and Master Licenses for those carrying more than Six Passengers, are available at our USCG Approved Facility centrally located for N.Y. Harbor & Vicinity in the Sailor’s Snug Harbor Campus on Staten Island along the scenic Kill Van Kull.
WELCOME!! Thank you for considering our School for your training needs. - Capt. Curt Ward
ADVISORY*: Some Students fail - because the Seaman’s Institute will never “Teach to the Test“!
We will train your people in the real practical Skills & Techniques of this profession.
Classes can be conducted at your site (with our USCG approval), or at our USCG Approved facilities.
Companies and Clubs should make their facility and housing reservations at least 6 weeks in advance.
Group Training can begin on fleet relief-days… and classes can continue through any Weekends!
Administrators are welcome to speak live with the God-Father-of-marine-licensing, Capt. Ed Schultz @ (203) 880-9959, to confirm/ascertain your Crew’s USCG-NMC requirements, and any specific Course pre-requisites or supplemental requirements. A Mariner’s Assistance Program (MAP) is available to help individuals and groups through the USCG Application and/or Renewals procedures.
We remain greatful for each and every referral. Group-discount rates are only available upon Contract.
* (Per USCG-NMC) Any Student failing any USCG Exam may only re-test Once per class. Students that fail their second examination must repeat the Course to receive two new Exams, or they may elect to report to their local USCG Regional Exam Center for their third re-examination.
SCHOOL SHIP NEWS
Mariner Assistance Program (MAP)
Coast Guard License Original and Renewal Requirements for Wheelhouse, Engineroom and Deck Department mariners are undergoing major changes to the physical, examination and assessment requirements. In conjunction and in cooperation with other marine schools our Capt. Schultz is watching out for we Sailors and Schools by identifying errors, omissions, injustices, and other conflicts. He is prepared to discuss what they mean with you at 203-400-5321. Should you get the answering machine please leave him a brief Bio and your cell phone number. Then stand-by for a meaningful consultation by gathering together your TWIC, MMC, License, sea service letters, supporting documents, resume, maritime academic records, USCG physical exam form, USCG Application form, and a fresh-frosted mug.
INTER-SCHOOL ACTIVITIES
Authors – The Seaman’s Institute is procuring quality versions of the series of OICNW, RFPEW, RFPNW, QMED, and DDE courses. Complete Course packages must include electronic, disc, and hard copies of: CG Course Approval Certificate, Compliant SI-NMC Course Submission Packet, Instructor & Student Manual, Texts, & Supporting Media, with a sample of any manipulatives contained in the course.
Authors should contact Capt. Vince Claps by writing to him at Admin@SIatSH.org.
Instructors – There are job openings in NYC. Mail hard copies of your Resume, Licenses, Certificates, and a list of the Courses of interest to Seaman’s Institute Corp. 1000 Richmond Terrace, Staten Island, NY 10301 and then please e-mail a Resume to Admin@SIatSH.org
NFP LEADERSHIP
To those whom have already stepped aboard, thank you.
There are select seats vacant on the Board of the 501(c)(3) NFP, the Seaman’s Institute at Snug Harbor, for an NFP-MBA, a CPA, an ESQ, a PHD/Academic, a Master Unlimited, a Chief Unlimited, a Chef Unlimited, Non & Union Owner Representation, a Union Crew Representative, a Coast Guardsperson, an Elected Official, a NGO Rep., Chamber of Commerce seat, a Recording Secretary, a Marina Master/Boatman, and a CFO. Please phone 718-442-5171.
The NFP provides direction and future planning to the School; Manages the promotion, collection, allocation and distribution the Scholarship and Equipment funds; and under the neutral flag of Academics, conducts coalition building events, seeks grants and tax deductible funds privately and industry-wide with economic, educational, entertainment, and retail events.
The NFP Wish List: Benevolent Plank Sponsors; A safe tug berth; SMART Boards, Projectors, Manipulatives for the classrooms; The Courses QMED & DDE Engine Room, RADAR, Basic Safety Training-Refresher, Firefighting Simulation Program, OICNW Series, RFPNW Series, RFPEW Series, GMDSS; Transport & Installation of our free gravity davit lifeboat & assembly from Florida to an undetermined site in NY Harbor; and, Administrative Assistants.
THE OWNER’S CABIN
We have some help for your H.R. & your Crewmembers! The Course Catalog descriptions now have many of the USCG-NMC License and Endorsement Application Package requirements listed, and the descriptions also have a Recommended Reading list that can be used in guiding and easing your Sailors into the Cram & Exam experience here at SI.
Survey: Would you like an “Owner’s Cabin” on the Snug Harbor Campus?
