USCG Approved and STCW-95 Compliant Celestial Navigation Course
A team of professional licensed mariners teaches the Houston Marine 10-Day Celestial Navigation course. The course is a rigorous program designed for Master 500/1600 Gross Tons (Domestic Oceans), including mate or Master of Offshore Supply Vessels. The course is run Monday - Friday for 2 consecutive weeks. The instructor is available on Saturday for extra instruction and help on problems.The policy letter requiring at sea assessments on several "Control Sheets" is available on the web at
http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-m/marpers/pag/1-02.pdf
Upon successful completion of the course, with a passing grade of 80%, you will have satisfied the following USCG requirements:
- The Celestial Navigation examination requirements of 46CFR 10.215(c) and 10.401(d) for any deck license up to Master not More Than 500/1600 Gross Tons Upon Oceans, including mate or Master of Offshore Supply Vessels
- Anyone taking a celestial navigation exam to add "oceans" on a license 500 GRT and above must now take a newly created "Navigation General" test in addition to the usual navigation problems involving sight reduction and other celestial techniques. Houston Marine's Celestial Navigation course is now approved by the Coast Guard to substitute for both parts of the exam for licenses 1600 GRT and under. (The Coast Guard requires applicants for any license over 1600 GRT to take the standard REC exam even if they have completed an approved course.)
Call 800.947.7737 and speak to one of our License Consultants to discuss requirements, class availability and pricing for this class or e-mail us at train@houstonmarine.com
