Free License Consultation or Career Seminar; Free Bunk & Bagel, Binder & Bucks, Subscriptions to Trade Mags, Placement Help, Career Consults, Free Navigation Rules Book, Decal, Tee Shirt, and a Free S.I.S.H. JOBS Resource Book for Enrolled Students; Februaries are FREE for Master U/16/500GT Upgrade Students.

Additions:
USCG Master-Limited Launch – for Marina Yawl Operators, 2 Days, RSVP.   $250
OUPV > Master Upgrade – 3 days monthly, see Course Catalog then Academic Calendar.
NYSBS – State Boater Safety for New York Harbor Vicinity with 50 State Endorsement.
NJSBS – State Boating Safety for New Jersey Operators.
See Also: Instructor, Alumni & Student News below

Inbound:
Bridge Resource Management (BRM) 3 day, rewritten, USCG Approval eta March 2010
STCW- First Aid & CPR; 1 day, rewritten,                     USCG Approval eta March 2010
STCW BST Refresher – 3 day, Author helping Haiti,     USCG Approval eta Spring 2010
Auxiliary Sail – ½ day, eta March 2010
Assistance Towing – ½ day, eta March 2010
OUPV (6Pax) > 100GT Master – eta April 2010

Deletions:
None

The Academic Calendar of the Courses is updated.

The Calender begins on the first Friday of each month.

“Course heads-up” phone calls to all Enrolled Students are now supplemented with Cellular-Text messaging!  Student Services (718) 442-5171

FLEET TRAINING can begin on Relief Days and continue through any Weekends!  Companies should make their facility and housing reservations at least six weeks in advance for maximum efficiency & tuition savings.  Please first contact Capt. Ed Schultz in Admissions @ (203) 400-5321 to ascertain your crew’s NMC & Course requirements.

Meet the Lady Tug “Edith Thornton” and see her PIC, HP, GT, and Pedigree on the SIatSH website and on FaceBook too.  She immediately provides SI with laboratories for all Wheelhouse, Deck, Engineroom, and Galley course available.  She’s being refitted to qualify as the Field for Fire Fighting Basic and Advanced exercises; She can hold our new Gravity Davit Lifeboat; She Qualifies for TOAR assessments, Sea Time, Pilot Passage; Edith houses eight Students/Apprentices, and she’s Charter operational too.
The T/V Edith Thornton is an extraordinary contribution to improving the Safety Of Life At Sea (SOLAS) and the Maritime Industry by the Thornton Family!

Career Night (CN1) – a Free Orientation for civilians changing careers, looking for a trade, or not excited by college.  All will benefit from this one hour seminar about jobs from a variety of sectors in the marine industry, how to get into them, how they’re structured, how to advance, and how to carve out a Sailor’s Career if still driven.
By RSVP please – Student Services (718) 442-5171

Now Recruiting, Six – Engineroom, Wheelhouse, Deck and Galley student-apprentices, Live-aboard, Twenty-five day, Twenty-four Hour Apprentices that want to be engaged, experienced, skilled, sure, safe and Certificated.  Apprentices work dy includes attending classes ten hours, standing a Watch six hours, and enjoying eight hours Off-Watch for twenty-four consecutive days aboard the tugboat Edith Thornton (see photos on the web site).  Interested parties should see the SI Course Catalogue for a listing of the Prerequisites and the Certificates that are issued by each of the Programs.  On the web site’s Enrollment Page you will find the additional Apprentice Application Requirements. Any combination of Checks, Scholarships, and/or Student Loans may be compiled to meet the tuition and expenses.  Scholarship or Student Loan funds may not be applied to any surety or security deposits.

Mariner Assistance Program – also see MAP Link & Newsletter on the website.
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 consultation and cooperation with other marine schools, Capt. Schultz is watching out daily for we Sailors and Schools; for errors, omissions and conflicts; and he is prepared to discuss what they mean with you at 203-400-5321.  Should you get the answering machine, please leave a brief Bio, a phone number, and prepare for a meaningful consultation by gathering together your TWIC, MMC, License, sea service letters, supporting documents, resume, maritime academic records, physical exam, and/or Coast Guard Application blank, and a frosted mug.

Academic Calendar – The Calendar has been Updated, Projected out to 6 Months, and it’s Posted on the SIatSH website.  The Course Calendar Rotation was stabilized by starting the monthly series of courses on the First Friday of each month and going non-stop for 25 days – such that our Fleet Training Days are preserved.  If you would like to receive the monthly Academic Calendar via e-mail and/or via regular mail please share your addresses.  Admin@SIatSH.org Text  646-270-9680   Landline 718-442-5171

Master 2/5/1600’s – February 2010 is FREE for a four day session covering the Coast Guard Exam Modules over 200GT, with SI Assessments, Lectures, Study Resource Consolidation, Limited review of 200 & 100GT exam exercises and Stump the Instructor.

Master-Limited Launch – The Coast Guard License that is required for many Marina and Yacht Club Launch/Yawl Operators that carry passengers is available by RSVP.

Boater Safety Certificates – The Seaman’s Institute at Snug Harbor is the approved N.Y. State Exam Facility for the greater New York Harbor region and provides the 8 Hour Certificate course in One Day sessions.  The NY/NJ/50 State Boater Safety course is required by some States for some recreational vessel Operators upon their waters.

Job Placement Assistance – The SI JOBS Booklet listing Marine Employers Coast-to Coast is on the website and is available for pick-up for FREE.  Capt. Vince Claps is working on getting several SIatSH Courses approved for College Credits – someday SI Alumni will be able to indicate “some college” on their resumes’ and job applications!

Communications Notices – Phone us while you are viewing this Site and we can discuss your needs, speed your research by expediting your site navigation, make course reservations, and even complete the enrollment process with or for you.

Course heads-up phone calls to all Enrolled Students are now supplemented with Cellular-Text messaging.

Ahoy Academia!  We at S.I. declare: The recession is Over and a Depression well underway!  Our new Voyage Plan expanded our range of advertising, and increased our special offer promotions straining the time allotted for monitoring the changes underway in CG licensing of Sailors or QSS Auditing of Schools.

We believe that the licensing changes will require scores of new Courses which we schools must compose while we ponder who will assume Oversight of our staff and facilities – Capt. Ed Schultz (203-400-5321) has the con and our pen on these issues.  Read the Captain’s E-newsletter under the MAP link to hear another expert’s take on these happenings and you’ll see why we call Ed “The Godfather of Licensing.”

Requests for SI letters of support for Your issues should be addressed to Ed.Schultz@SIatSH.org.

Ed is also working on SIatSH achieving Trusted Agent status from USCG-NMC along with pursuing other opportunities for SI to better serve US Sailors, Servants, and Schools.

Recognizing that Oversight of maritime academic facilities may fall to either DnV or ABS the Seaman’s Institute assembled a group of experienced Auditors that will perform QSS Pre-audits for Schools today while forming this third Provider.  Company Name suggestions are appreciated and Auditor applications are available at 718-442-5171.

It was a pleasure meeting many of you at CG NY Harbor Operations Committee meeting in January, and at the Maritime Education Standards Counsel (MESC) event at the NMC in November.

With its overwhelming presence at the NMC’s pre-Training for Trusted Agents, MESC (mes-cee) became a coalition that SI participates with for our national school-administration news, legislative affairs, referrals, cooperatives, and bi-annual fun times.

There is plenty of room at MESC for representatives from any maritime Agency, Academy, Institution, School, Prep-Center, Instructors, Elected Officials, and there’s even room for the tables of our Vender Associates.  Interested Principals may contact MESC the Maritime Education Standards Counsel toll-free at 877-883-9366.

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

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.

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?