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| First Advanced Grade Course - Seamanship:
Cost: $0 Five Advanced Grade Courses are offered by USPS. They are designed to be taken in sequence because each builds on skills taught in the previous course.
Seamanship covers basic deck seamanship, marlinspike (knots and ropes), anchoring and rafting, basic boat care and maintenance, and nautical and USPS customs and etiquette. |
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| Second Advanced Grade Course - Piloting:
Cost: $0 Piloting is the first and most basic navigation course, covering chart reading, course plotting, and basic coastal or inland navigation, including basic GPS usage. This course goes into more detail than the charting information covered in the public courses.
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| Third Advanced Grade Course - Advanced Piloting:
Cost: $90 Advanced Piloting covers more advanced coastal navigation techniques, navigation in tides and currents, and more advanced GPS usage.
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| Fourth Advanced Grade Course - Junior Navigation:
Cost: $50 Junior Navigation teaches the basics of offshore navigation, including basic celestial navigation using the sun and offshore course planning.
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| Fifth Advanced Grade Course - Navigation:
Cost: $110 Navigation is the most advanced navigation course taught by USPS, covering more advanced celestial navigation techniques, emergency navigation, and additional sight reduction techniques.
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| Elective Course - Engine Maintenance:
Cost: Manual $39 Elective Courses in six area are offered by USPS. They cover separate and independent topics and therefore may be taken in any order according to a person's interests and time.
Engine Maintenance covers the operating principles and basic care and maintenance of outboard and inboard engines, including diesels.
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| Elective Course - Marine Electrical Systems:
Cost: Manual $39
Marine Electrical Systems covers the practice of wiring your boat, including boat electrical wiring practices and diagrams, DC and AC power, galvanic and stray current corrosion, and lightning protection.
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| Elective Course - Weather:
Cost: Manual $48
Weather covers weather systems, patterns and forecasting.
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| Elective Course - Sail:
Cost: Manual $39 Sail covers everything from the basic elements of how a sailboat works to sail trim, rig tuning, and sailboat racing. |
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| Elective Course - Instructor Development:
Cost: $0
Instructor Development teaches effective communication skills for not only USPS instructors but everyone, covering various methods of presenting information to others, effective use of audiovisual aids (including PowerPoint), etc.
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| USPS University - Seminar Series:
Cost: Varies $15 to $136 USPS University is here with new programs targeted to a range of boaters and types of boating. The hallmark of this concept is the Seminar Series. These short seminars are targeted to specific topics and needs with a two-hour format, and valuable take-away guides. Each seminar provides credits toward the Boat Operator Certification program, and credit toward elective courses.
These seminars are available now:
Advanced Powerboat Handling Basic Coastal Navigation
Anchoring Basic Weather and Forecasting
Boat Handling under Power Emergencies on Board
Boating on Rivers, Locks and Lakes Fuel and Boating
Marine RADAR How to Use a Chart
Hurricanes and Boats Knots, Bends and Hitches
Mariner's Compass Mastering the Rules of the Road
Paddle Smart Partner in Command
Practical On The Water Training Sail Trim and Rig Tuning
Tides and Currents Trailering Your Boat Using GPS
Using VHF & VHF/DSC Marine Radio
Several more seminars are nearing completion and will be available soon, such as Knots for Mariners, Using Digital Charts, and Heavy Weather Sailing.
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