MARINA STRADDLE LIFT AND FORK LIFT TRAINING
Paul Doppke, a qualified author and instructor of Marine Straddle lift Safety Seminars, presents the ABBRA Marine Equipment Operator Trainings (MEOT). The topis that will be addressed include: OSHA requirements; Operator Responcibilities: Accident Prevention: Equipment Inspection: Boatlifting & Blocking Standards: Job Site Safety: Lift Planning: Supervisor Awareness: and Rigging Considerations.
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MARINE SERVICE MANAGEMENT COURSE & CERTIFICATION
ABBRA's Marine Service Managers Certification is an important career step. It documents your career experiences and management training. It is the only credential of its kind in our industry. Why apply?
- It formalizes your status as a professional service manager, providing you with objective peer recognition of your accomplishments by ABBRA, the leading trade association in our industry.
- To the boating world and its customers, it signifies your commitment to providing consistent, high quality and thoughtful marine service as a highly trained professional.
- Certification as a Marine Service Manager is a brand of excellence for your career growth within the international network of ABBRA’s membership.
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ABBRA & NEW ENGLAND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY TRAINING
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To register for ABBRA/NEIT courses listed below, call NEIT at 401-780-4345
BASIC DIESEL ENGINE TRAINING AND TECHNICIAN CERTIFICATION
This two-day course is designed for the technician with experience in the service and repair of marine inboard gasoline engines. It's the training for technicians who want to advance those basic mechanical skills as they relate to marine diesel engines. Course work is a combination of classroom and extensive hands-on engine lab exercises.
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ADVANCED DIESEL TECHNICIAN TRAINING
This two-day course is for the diesel engine technician who has mastered the basic marine diesel engine skills as covered in the ABBRA Basic Diesel Engine Technician Certification course, and who wants to advance those skills to those covered in the following curriculum. Course work is a combination of classroom and extensive hands-on engine lab exercises. Pre-registration testing is provided to employers who want to determine that their prospective enrollees for this program have the requisite experience to benefit from the course experience.
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FIBERGLASS REPAIR AND TECHNICIAN CERTIFICATION
The five-day ABBRA Fiberglass Repair And Technician Certification program is designed to bring the entry-level fiberglass repair technician to a working level of expertise. The more experienced technician will deepen the understanding of complex repairs, and gain advanced skills. Curriculum includes: show & worker safety; solvents, catalysts & release agents; resin types; differences & applications; secondary bonding; repairs to cored laminates; vacuum bagging & resin infusion methods; working with carbon fiber & Kevlar; post curing methods; and, surface sealing to prevent osmotic blistering.
TOPCOAT APPLICATION
The four-day ABBRA Topcoat Application program will advance both the beginning and experienced topcoat applicator's level of expertise in boat surface preparation, deepen the understanding of topcoat systems and application equipment and techniques, build skills in estimating and troubleshooting the job, and ensure thorough comprehension of current shop and personnel safety practices. Students will have plenty of shop projects to practice their mastery by preparing fiberglass panels for finish topcoat applications in a state-of-the-art paint workshop. Curriculum includes: setting up your paint shop; product overview; selecting the system; the spray gun; surface preparation; sanding-abrasives; primers and application use of high build primers; fairing and the use of fairing compounds; the topcoat and mixing; application of topcoats; detailing the finished product; repairing topcoats; and, estimating paint work.