Posted:
February 7, 2014
AMO officers encouraged to direct eligible candidates toward rewarding careers as marine engineers
The first session of The Engineering Candidate Hawsepipe (TECH) Program commenced Jan. 27 and applications are being accepted for the program's next class. The application period will close April 14, 2014 and the next class is scheduled to begin Aug. 11.
The TECH program is designed to take qualified and motivated high school graduates from unlicensed apprentice to third assistant engineer, motor, with an STCW endorsement, through approximately 30 months of classroom, laboratory and shipboard training.
Candidates interested in enrolling in the next class can find more information on the program and the enrollment process for the next session on the STAR Center website via the link under "What's Hot."
American Maritime Officers, working collaboratively with the Seafarers International Union and the training divisions of the benefit plans of both unions, developed the TECH Program, which provides an accelerated pathway for entry-level mariners to advance to original third assistant engineers.
STAR Center, a division of the AMO Safety & Education Plan, is working with the Harry Lundberg School of Seamanship's Paul Hall Center for Maritime Training and Education in Piney Point, Md. in the training and assessment of TECH Program candidates.
Costs to candidates are minimal, and cover medical exams, required credentials, passports, uniforms and other incidental expenses. There are no tuition or room-and-board fees, and all transportation costs incurred during the program are covered, provided the candidate agrees to complete the program and sail as a licensed engineer and member of AMO upon completion.
First session of TECH Program commences; applications being accepted for second session
AMO officers encouraged to direct eligible candidates toward rewarding careers as marine engineers
The first session of The Engineering Candidate Hawsepipe (TECH) Program commenced Jan. 27 and applications are being accepted for the program's next class. The application period will close April 14, 2014 and the next class is scheduled to begin Aug. 11.
The TECH program is designed to take qualified and motivated high school graduates from unlicensed apprentice to third assistant engineer, motor, with an STCW endorsement, through approximately 30 months of classroom, laboratory and shipboard training.
Candidates interested in enrolling in the next class can find more information on the program and the enrollment process for the next session on the STAR Center website via the link under "What's Hot."
American Maritime Officers, working collaboratively with the Seafarers International Union and the training divisions of the benefit plans of both unions, developed the TECH Program, which provides an accelerated pathway for entry-level mariners to advance to original third assistant engineers.
STAR Center, a division of the AMO Safety & Education Plan, is working with the Harry Lundberg School of Seamanship's Paul Hall Center for Maritime Training and Education in Piney Point, Md. in the training and assessment of TECH Program candidates.
Costs to candidates are minimal, and cover medical exams, required credentials, passports, uniforms and other incidental expenses. There are no tuition or room-and-board fees, and all transportation costs incurred during the program are covered, provided the candidate agrees to complete the program and sail as a licensed engineer and member of AMO upon completion.