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OFFSITE TRAINING:

BRINGING TRAINING TO YOU

MITAGS/PMI.. .your training department

Our offsite training program provides numerous benefits for your company and employees. Employee travel expenses are eliminated, employees can be trained at their normal location, whether on board a vessel during a passage/port call or at a shoreside facility, familiar equipment (e.g. ARPA, Medical courses) can be utilized during train- ing, customized courses can be developed and competitive pricing packages made available. MITAGS and PMI: training mariners anywhere, anytime, anyplace, on any subject. ..the leader in maritime training. I'aril MITAGS is certified as a

Maritime Education & Training [";?f;i"| Center by Det Norske Veritas "/ would recommend to any shipping company operations manager and ships'

Master, that they take advantage of this program to improve safety and training standards aboard their vessels. We are looking forward to a continued relation- ship with MITAGS."

Ken Weber, Deputy Port

Captain—Master, Freewinds

I, fefcy * Maritime Institute of Technology & Graduate Studies (MITAGS) Pacific Maritime Institute (PMI)

MITAGS: (443) 989-3358 e-mail: [email protected] 5700 Hammonds Ferry Road

Linthicum Heights, Maryland 21090 www.mitags.org

PMI: (206) 441-2880 e-mail: [email protected] 2333Third Avenue

Seattle, WA 98121-1711 www.mates.org

MITAGS the leader in STCW-95 training offers 29 USCG approved courses including:

Electronic Navigation • Chiefmate/Master Upgrade • Fast Rescue Boat • Bridge Resource Management & Shiphandling • Medical Person in Charge • Basic Safety Training

Basic & Advanced Firefighting • Tankerman Person in Charge (PIC) • Crowd and Crisis Management • Heavy Weather Avoidance • Global Maritime Distress & Safety Systems

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