Conducting professional and enjoyable training for both management and employees, covering a variety of topics. Learn More
Online Maritime Security training courses for mariners working on Western Rivers, meeting the requirements of 33 CFR Parts 104 and 105. Learn More
Let us create an online Learning Management System for your employees to learn at their own pace and on their own schedule. Learn More
An online orientation gives each new employee the opportunity to hear and see the same material, the same way. Learn More
Many companies already have policies and procedures in place in compliance with U.S. Coast Guard, OSHA and MSHA requirements, but need assistance in training their employees in those policies and procedures. We have the capability to take your company’s existing policies, and design training programs and materials that fit your company’s operations. For more information, contact us.
Our Master – Limited Geographic License Program can help your company establish a consistent process for commercial mariners, operating inland towing vessels involved in harbor service operations that are restricted to specified geographic areas, in obtaining a license as Master of Towing Vessels. These limited licenses are restricted by the Coast Guard to specified geographic areas.
Our program is designed to implement the program authorized by a U.S. Coast Guard District 8 Memorandum dated March 11, 2008. This memorandum allows for the issuance of a license as Master of Towing Vessels which is limited in terms of geographic area for which the license is valid.
Companies implementing this program benefit from reduced time of service requirements, allowing them to better recruit mariners into the towing industry and retain qualified mariners.
There are limits to the geographic distance that will be considered for a limited license. No single geographic distance will be greater than 30 river/waterway miles. Multiple geographic areas may be included on one license, not to exceed three geographic areas and not to exceed an aggregate of 50 river/waterway miles.
Mariners and their companies will be required to show competency by providing thoroughly detailed records documenting successful acquisition of knowledge and successful completion of a specified number of specific towing operations and transits within that limited geographic area, as verified by a Designated Examiner.
Trainee Enrollment Form This form must be completed when enrolling a new trainee into your company’s Master – Limited Geographic License Program. We must receive a signed copy of this enrollment form via fax or email before the enrollment can be approved. This is a PDF form, and may be completed electronically and printed, or printed and completed by hand.
Towing Officer Assessment Record (TOAR) Western Rivers
Steersman Preliminary Training sessions are not currently scheduled. For more information, or to request a session, please contact us.