@GLMASailor I’ll have to ask around and see if one of my cohorts has a copy of the Crawford’s text laying around. I believe Crawford’s also sells their course material for self-study so I may try that to pass the time on these longer hitches. Thanks a bunch!
I am currently taking BST and Adv Firefighting through NEMO. I let my SCTW expire and am getting it all together again. (500gt oceans) . I cannot honestly recommend NEMO. Find the time and $$ to got to MPT. Not only is the program glitchy, the course material is totally lacking and many of the quiz questions are incorrect. I am on the phone with them daily. This is really disappointing as I see a real need for these “blended” courses. I go in for my assessments this week. Will update this critique when I finish.
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Thanks for the review of NEMO @cmom. I’d really like to see more of the blended courses come around, but not if they’re glitchy. Dealing with slow connectivity on the boat is bad enough, but fighting through slow glitches would suck. Thanks to all of the advice here I’ll definitely be taking a course shoreside, but I’m still interested to here how it goes for you in the end.
I’m glad I’m not the only one. Currently taking a radar class with them and while I’m not a great student, it feels like they’re making it purposefully bad. Incorrect quizzes, some strange wording choices when defining things, and now I’m watching non-NEMO YouTube videos to help me along because their material doesn’t explain it. Eh, at least I didn’t pay for it.
Im just getting back to this thread… In the end, the Adv. FF course was worse that the Basic. The study material was mostly incoherant, irrelevant and carelessly produced. The case study assignment and reports were okay but the final exam was completely bogus, poorly written. So disappointing because this type of platform could be useful. Forget NEMO.
Not to mention the place is difficult to get to. There’s no airport in town and the way the bus schedule lines up with flights or the train schedule means it takes an extra day for travel normally.
I took my Cel Nav there. It was very good. Some Brit Captain was the instructor and he did a great job.
It was no joke though. I was up till 11pm studying everyday, and don’t even think about missing a single day.
I learned that I also needed Morse Code- or “Flashing Light” to actually get my Oceans endorsement.
That was accomplished by flashcards sitting on the head.
I live on the Cape so NE Maritime was an easy commute
I thought the requirement for flashing light had gone away?
And as far as the online c-nav class, it’s better to do it in person?
It hasn’t, but it’s changed. It’s now a requirement for STCW OICNW. It is no longer required for the national endorsement (license). See 46 CFR 11.309(a)(4)(iv).
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