Online and Distance Learning
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Profession Education and Training is more accessible than ever! Maritime College's online and distance learning programs provide state-of-the-art maritime training solutions 24/7, from anywhere in the world. For more information please click on the links below, or call the SUNY Maritime Department of Professional Education and Training at (718) 409-7341.
Online Marine Surveying
Looking for professional continuing education? Looking to expand your current market? Or just interested in CEU credits? Maritime College is proud to offer a unique online certificate program in Marine Surveying. In partnership with the SUNY Learning Network, Maritime College has a fully interactive solution for industry professionals who wish to gain knowledge and experience in this field. Maritime’s Professional Education and Training is dedicated to providing online classes that assist in developing critical competencies needed to be competitive and successful in today's marine survey environment. We provide a rich resource of knowledge and experience in three inter-related areas: interpersonal skills, self-management skills, and job specific skills. We can help you to develop your skills as a Marine Surveyor, establish effective communication, basic and advanced skills, and more!
What's Online Learning Like?
Contrary to what you might think, learning online is highly engaging and offers many opportunities for interaction with both fellow students and faculty members.
How Online Continuing Education Works
You will find our Professional Maritime courses self-paced courses that occur in the virtual classroom with entire courses and exams online. After successfully passing the course, you will receive your certificate allowing you to receive the CE credits you deserve.
Classroom Format
The courses are conducted by a facilitator competent in the field. Reading materials, personal assignments, and discussion questions are provided. The heart of the class is the discussion questions. This is where you will be able to share ideas and get feedback with others in the class.
The format is "asynchronous." That means it is not "live" so you can determine what time of day you want to be online. You will receive the equivalent of 40 hours of regular classroom instruction within a 45 day time period. Classes may run 4 to 8 weeks depending on the subject. You should plan to be involved approximately 2 hours per day, which includes reading course materials, doing activities, and participating in the class discussions.
The Marine Surveying online programs, including Cargo Surveying, Hull Surveying, and Yacht Damage Surveying-are perfect for new surveyors and those wishing to cross-train in different disciplines. The program is also a great resource for claims adjusters, insurance underwriters and investigators.
Students will become familiar with the role of a surveyor, the capacity with which a surveyor works, and the direction to follow to develop their own expertise in the field. The latest trends, technologies, and best practices will be covered. Upon successful completion of all course work, online candidates will have a solid understanding of these fields and be ready to work in many different aspects of marine surveying. These courses will prepare students for professional association exams such as NAMS, SAMS, ABYC and IIMS, will improve job performance, and boost career advancement.
We use various formats to deliver the course including PDF, PowerPoint, audio files and video media clips. Group interaction is an important element of the learning environment and is encouraged in our programs. Tools for discussions and questions are easily achieved though the SUNY Learning Network. There are many opportunities to interact, network and study with your online classmates.
Each of our online marine surveying courses carry 40 contact hours which can be converted by your accrediting organization based on their unique formulas for Continuing Education units (CEU). CEUs are a nationally acknowledged standard for recognizing the completion of non-credit professional development learning activities from an approved provider. One Continuing Education Unit (CEU) is generally credited for each ten contact hours of qualified training.
Course Dates
CARGO: 1/18/10 – 02/28/10
YACHT: 03/01/10 – 04/11/10
HEAVY WEATHER: 04/12/10 – 05/23/10
HULL: 05/24/10 – 07/03/10
CARGO: 06/14/10 – 07/16/10
HULL: 08/02/10 – 09/12/10
REFR. CARGO: 09/13/10 – 10/22/10
CARGO: 11/01/10 – 12/12/10
If you are interested in these classes you should contact:
Margaret Poppiti
Administrative Assistant
Department of Professional Education & Training
SUNY Maritime College
6 Pennyfield Avenue
Throggs Neck, NY 10465
www.sunymaritime.edu
(718) 409-5988
MPoppiti@sunymaritime.edu
Certificate in Marine Surveying: CARGO
- Cargo – Hatch and discharge
- Containers and damage cargo
- Reports and reporting cargo damage
- Expert witness
- Maritime insurance
- Survey photos and presentations
- Claims, evaluation, damage, and mitigation of cargo
- Bills of landing and documents
- Refrigerated cargo
- Bulk cargos, including petroleum products, crude, refined and dry bulk cargo.
- Container operations, physical and wet damage.
- Types of containers, construction and nomenclature.
- Intermodal operations, rail, and truck operations.
- Stowage and lashing issues in containers including stowage of a variety of cargos, heavy machinery within containers, stowage to reduce condensation and improve ventilation.
- Ethics, education, types of surveyors, professional memberships, clients and relationships, limits and extents of roles of surveyors.
- Ship loading and discharge operations.
- Hatch and discharge surveys, hatch cover types and operations, operational stresses and nomenclature.
- Determining conditions, hose tests, chalk tests and ultrasound.
- Overview of marine insurance, coverage and P&I – differences and similarities.
- Cargo and hull damage claims, amounts recoverable, notices, appointments of surveyors, documentation to support claims.
- Ship owner liabilities, claims presentations, evidence and total vs. partial loss.
- Overview of Bills of Landing, Harter Act, Hague Rules, Hamburg Rules, Brussels Protocol and the Carriage of Goods by sea Act.
- Agents and terminal roles, organizational structure and abilities of each (as relates to surveys), interactions with surveyors, obtaining documentations.
- Break bulk/bulk carriers and types of carriers.
- Forms and reports describing the damage, tests for salt water, shortages, pilferage, photographs, evidence, evaluation and extent of damage and reports.
- Damage minimization and salvage, secondary markets, repairs and experts.
Certificate in Marine Surveying:
HULL
- Reports and reporting
- Expert witness
- Maritime insurance – injuries and safety
- Survey photos and presentations
- Hatch cover survey and ultrasound
- Hull surveys
- Incident investigation
- Classification (flag and port state control) surveys
- Role of the surveyor
- Basic stability and the surveyor: What is stability
- Stability calculations
- Free surface
- Trim
- Marine disasters
Certificate in Marine Surveying:
YACHT Damage
- Reports and reporting
- Expert witness
- Maritime insurance
- Survey photos and presentations
- Reports and reporting yacht damage
- Yacht claims and small craft surveys
- Incident investigation
All three programs will contain a section on expert testimony for court precedings. Expert testimony topics will address:
- Advocacies, how to prepare, demeanor and appearance, “the stand”, exercising selectivity, not going beyond “your ability” and courtroom emotions.
- Key skills of presenting evidence.
- Your role as independent educator of the court.
- How the adversarial system works.
- Roles of the various people in court.
- Preparing for court and personal presentation.
- Taking the oath or affirmation with confidence.
- Techniques lawyers use in cross examinations and how to handle them.
- Who to speak to and what to call them.
- Expressing an opinion based on the foundation of fact.
- Giving confident, clear testimony under difficult cross-examination.
Certificate in Marine Surveying:
Heavy Weather
- The role of the surveyors
- Case files
- Decisions guides
- Peril of the sea
- Investigations
- Reports, photos and documents
- Cargo and their effects
- Hull damage
- Clients expectations
Certificate in Marine Surveying:
Refrigerated Cargo
- Ship or Container
- Refrigerated Ships and their issues
- Containers and Problems associated with them
- Particular cargo and their Problems
- Record Keeping and Troubleshooting
- Reports and investigations
- Mitigation of cargo damage
Certificate in Marine Surveying
Hatch Covers and Ultrasonic Testing
- The Role of Marine Surveyors with Respect to Hatch Covers
- Hatch Cover Designs
- Sealing and Cleating Methods
- Care & Maintenance
- Preparation of Hatches
- Traditional & Modern Methods of Testing
- Basic Ultrasound
- Application of Ultrasound in Hatch cover testing
- Equipment and operation
