Date: 07/22/2011Location: Ft. Lauderdale, FLWeather: Sunny and HotTitle: Day 5 of STCW-95
All day today was our First Aid and CPR class. The instructor was very nice and very good at his job. But the curriculum itself did not come up to par with what I was taught through the Red Cross. The Red Cross takes the same amount of time but it…
Would you like to work at a great paying job on luxury megayachts and travel to exotic ports? If so, you must obtain your STCW certificate and you might also want to take the Megayacht Deck course. The STCW course is the basic required entry certificate for anyone who desires to crew on Megayachts. It doesn't matter if you are a Captain or a deckhand, everyone must take this basic course.
This is an account of my experience going through the Megayacht Deck Course, and the Standar…
Would you like to work at a great paying job on luxury megayachts and travel to exotic ports? If so, you must obtain your STCW certificate and you might also want to take the Megayacht Deck course. The STCW course is the basic required entry certificate for anyone who desires to crew on Megayachts. It doesn't matter if you are a Captain or a deckhand, everyone must take this basic course.
This is an account of my experience going through the Megayacht Deck Course, and the Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping (STCW) course. These courses were taken at the International Yacht Training (IYT) institute in Ft. Lauderdale.
Date: 07/22/2011Location: Ft. Lauderdale, FLWeather: Sunny and HotTitle: Day 5 of STCW-95
All day today was our First Aid and CPR class. The instructor was very nice and very good at his job…
Date: 07/21/2011Location: Ft. Lauderdale, FLWeather: Sunny and HotTitle: Day 4 of STCW-95 Course, Firefighting Practical
Yesterday we had the theory part of the Firefighting training and tod…
Date: 07/19/2011Location: Ft. Lauderdale, FLWeather: Sunny and HotTitle: Day 2 of STCW-95 Course, Water Survival Practical
Yesterday we had the theory portion of water survival and social re…
Date: 07/15/2011Location: Ft. Lauderdale, FLWeather: Sunny and HotTitle: Day 5 of Megayacht Deck Course
Today was mostly a review of what we had covered and preparation for the final exam. I…
Date: 07/14/2011Location: Ft. Lauderdale, FLWeather: Sunny and HotTitle: Day 4 of Megayacht Deck Course
The day got off kind of slow with more classroom. Our instructor, Lou, was careful to …
