Was curious to see if anyone’s been to “Sea School” in Jax? Did most of my upgrading at MPT and MITAGS and was curious to see how Sea School compares to those two. I’m not an MMP member so MITAGS was on the expensive side. How are the the hotels near by? Walking distance? What’s the atmosphere like?…

[image] Deckhands showing up on OSVs from the Jacksonville area Scuttlebutt What’s up with all these useless lazy deckhands showing up on OSVs from the Jacksonville area? What school is pumping them out and sending them this way??? None of them seem to have a …

Deckhands showing up on OSVs from the Jacksonville area What’s up with all these useless lazy deckhands showing up on OSVs from the Jacksonville area? What school is pumping them out and sending them this way??? None of them seem to have a straight answer. I guess they are getting hired becau…

They are getting hired because they are available, desperate, filling out online applications, and will work cheap. It doesn’t matter if they are know nothing OSs or know nothing ABs; they are all bad. Some companies do not know the well deserved poor reputation of Jacksonville area deckhands.

Well I’m looking into STCW OICNW courses so the lazy deckhand thing is obsolete but thanks.

I took VPDSD at the sea school in Charleston. One day death by PowerPoint class. It was the one cert I overlooked for sailing and I got lucky with a class being held the week I found out about it. The instructor was meh, but what really upset me was they didn’t give us the certificate that day afte…

MPT is my go to school. It’s well established, comprehensive, and well organized, except for signing in the first day of class (That’s a mess). MPT offers most courses every week. I don’t know of any school with such great scheduling options. While I wouldn’t say that all the courses are great, the…

[image] Sailorsnipe89: …but what really upset me was they didn’t give us the certificate that day after we passed the test. I had to wait for it in the mail. About 2016 I did a class at Sea School Alabama & it was the same thing with the certificate by mail. I was told they had a bogus certif…

Yes always had a good experience at MPT. Just wanted to see what else was out there. The frequency of class schedule is the biggest plus and I think I stayed at the Hyatt place last time. Newley renovated and shuttle to MPT. It was nice.

I did a few classes at Quality Maritime in JAX. Sea school and quality maritime got bought out recently by new investors (an ex-navy guy and some finance guy, I believe). They have a new location which I’m not familiar with. I can’t speak to how good the classes are, but they absorbed quality marit…

So I’ve been told that there is a longstanding criminal diversion program in Jacksonville where non-violent young offenders (and 1st offenders) have to put proof of 3 job applications in monthly, have a list of suggested companies and jobs matched to skill sets (and lack thereof, which explains thin…

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