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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(38,38,38);text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:0.35pt">For Immediate
Release:</span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:22pt;font-family:Calibri;font-variant:small-caps;color:rgb(65,116,178)">Sea
Education Association/SEA Semester® offering US Coast Guard Approved Courses
for Mariner Training</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:22pt;font-family:Calibri;font-variant:small-caps;color:rgb(65,116,178)"><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:110%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:110%;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(38,38,38)">(Woods Hole, Mass – March
12, 2014) – </span><em><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:110%;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(74,74,74);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in;font-style:normal">SEA/SEA Semester® is accepting registrations for training classes, open
to mariners, aspiring mariners and Outdoor Educators interested in advancing
their skills. These USCG approved courses are being offered to SEA
Faculty, Staff and Crew as well as other interested Mariners and Outdoor
Educators. <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><em><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(74,74,74);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in;font-style:normal">For more information and to register for any of these classes, please
contact Audrey Meyer: </span></em><em><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(74,74,74);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"><a href="mailto:ameyer@sea.edu"><span style="font-style:normal">ameyer@sea.edu</span></a></span></em><em><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(74,74,74);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in;font-style:normal">; </span></em><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;color:blue"><a href="http://www.sea.edu/training"><span lang="EN-US">www.sea.edu/training</span></a></span></u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue';color:rgb(68,68,68);background-color:rgb(245,245,245)"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:110%"><em><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:110%;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(74,74,74);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"> </span></em><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:110%;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(38,38,38)"></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:16.2pt;vertical-align:baseline"><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(74,74,74);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">I. Wilderness First Responder
(WFR) / USCG Medical Care Provider:</span></strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(74,74,74)"></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:16.2pt;vertical-align:baseline"><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(74,74,74);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in;font-weight:normal">This is a 7-day course offered at
SEA:
</span></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:16.2pt;vertical-align:baseline"><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(74,74,74);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in;font-weight:normal">Course Fee: $850.00</span></strong><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(74,74,74);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"><br>
</span></b><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(74,74,74);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in;font-weight:normal">April 4 – 10, 2014</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(74,74,74);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"><br>
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II. Bridge Resource Management (1600 Tons) (BRM): **<br>
</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(74,74,74);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in;font-weight:normal">This is a three-day
course offered at SEA:</span></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 18.25pt;line-height:16.2pt;vertical-align:baseline"><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(74,74,74);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in;font-weight:normal"> Course fee: $550.00</span></strong><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(74,74,74);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"><br>
</span></b><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(74,74,74);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in;font-weight:normal">April 1 – 3, 2014</span></strong><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(74,74,74);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"><br>
</span></b><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(74,74,74);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in;font-weight:normal">December 9 – 11, 2014</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(74,74,74);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"><br>
<br>
III. Basic Safety Training (BST): **<br>
</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(74,74,74);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in;font-weight:normal">All four BST modules
are scheduled over a 5 day period<br>
Course Fee: $950.00</span></strong><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(74,74,74);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"><br>
</span></b><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(74,74,74);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in;font-weight:normal">April 14 - 18, 2014</span></strong><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(74,74,74);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"><br>
</span></b><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(74,74,74);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in;font-weight:normal">December 15 - 19,
2014<br>
</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(74,74,74);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"><br>
**To Register for BRM or BST Spring or Winter sessions: Please contact the SEA
Marine Department at<a href="mailto:crewtraining@sea.edu"><span style="color:rgb(17,83,136)">crewtraining@sea.edu</span></a><br>
</span></strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(74,74,74)">Prices include housing in the cottages on the SEA campus and
lunch each training day held at the SEA campus. Current SEA Faculty, Staff and
Crew may inquire about tuition assistance for these trainings.<br>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 18.25pt;line-height:16.2pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(74,74,74)"><br>
<strong><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">I. Wilderness First Responder
(WFR) / USCG Medical Care Provider:</span></strong><br>
The Wilderness First Responder program is the ideal medical training for
leaders in remote areas including outdoor educators, guides, military,
professional search and rescue teams, researchers, and those involved in the
marine environment disaster relief. The curriculum is comprehensive and
practical. It includes the essential principles and skills required to assess
and manage medical problems in isolated and extreme environments for days and
weeks if necessary. </span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 18.25pt;line-height:16.2pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(74,74,74)">This
Medical Care Provider course is also approved by the USCG to satisfy the
Medical First Aid training requirements of 46 CFR 12.13-1: and the competency
to apply immediate first aid in the event of accident or illness on board of
Section A-VI/4 and Table A-VI/4-1 of the STCW Code, as amended.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:16.2pt;vertical-align:baseline"><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(74,74,74);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">This is a 7-day course offered
at
SEA:
</span></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:16.2pt;vertical-align:baseline"><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(74,74,74);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Course Fee: $850.00</span></strong><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(74,74,74);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"><br>
<strong>April 4 – 10, 2014</strong></span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(74,74,74)"></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:16.2pt;vertical-align:baseline"><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(74,74,74);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">** To register for WFR this
spring, please contact Audrey Meyer at</span></strong><span class=""><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(74,74,74);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"> </span></b></span><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(74,74,74);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"><a href="mailto:ameyer@sea.edu"><span style="color:rgb(17,83,136)">ameyer@sea.edu</span></a></span></strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(74,74,74)"></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:16.2pt;vertical-align:baseline"><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(74,74,74);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"><br>
II. Bridge Resource Management (1600 Tons) (BRM): </span></strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(74,74,74)"></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:16.2pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(74,74,74)">BRM provides training to mariners seeking an STCW
endorsement at the management and operational (Master/Mate) levels.<br>
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<strong><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">This is a three day course
offered at SEA,</span></strong></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:16.2pt;vertical-align:baseline"><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(74,74,74);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"> Course fee: $550.00</span></strong><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(74,74,74);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"><br>
<strong>April 1 – 3, 2014</strong><br>
<strong>December 9 – 11,
2014</strong></span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(74,74,74)"></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:16.2pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(74,74,74)"><br>
<strong><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">III. Basic Safety Training
(BST): </span></strong></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 18.25pt;line-height:16.2pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(74,74,74)">BST
consists of four modules, and is designed to satisfy the basic safety training
and familiarization requirements of STCW. These modules include:</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 18.25pt;line-height:16.2pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(74,74,74)">a.
12-Hour Personal Survival Techniques<br>
b. Fire Prevention and Fire Fighting (offered at New England Maritime, Hyannis,
MA)<br>
c. 4-Hour Personal Safety & Social Responsibilities<br>
d. 8 Hour First Aid & CPR</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 18.25pt;line-height:16.2pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(74,74,74)">BST
modules are offered at SEA, with the exception of Fire Prevention and Fire
Fighting, which is taught at New England Maritime.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:16.2pt;vertical-align:baseline"><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(74,74,74);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">All four BST modules are
scheduled over a 5 day period,
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Course Fee: $950.00</span></strong><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(74,74,74);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"><br>
<strong>April 14 - 18,
2014</strong><br>
<strong>December 15 - 19,
2014</strong></span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(74,74,74)"></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:16.2pt;vertical-align:baseline"><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(74,74,74);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">**To Register for BRM or BST
Spring or Winter sessions: Please contact the SEA Marine Department at<a href="mailto:crewtraining@sea.edu"><span style="color:rgb(17,83,136)">crewtraining@sea.edu</span></a></span></strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(74,74,74)"></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 18.25pt;line-height:16.2pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(74,74,74)">100%
attendance is required for USCG approved courses to be eligible for a course
completion certificate.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 18.25pt;line-height:16.2pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(74,74,74)">Prices
include housing in the cottages on the SEA campus and lunch each training day
held at the SEA campus.<br>
Current SEA Faculty, Staff and Crew may inquire about tuition assistance for
these trainings.</span><span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:12pt;line-height:110%"> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(65,116,178)">About Sea Education Association/SEA Semester®</span></i></b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Calibri"><br>
<span style="color:rgb(38,38,38)">Creating Ocean Scholars, Stewards & Leaders
Since 1971</span></span></i></p>
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</span></i><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(38,38,38)">Sea Education Association (SEA) is an
internationally recognized leader in undergraduate ocean education. For more
than 40 years and over one million nautical miles sailed, SEA has educated
students about the world’s oceans through its fully accredited study abroad
program, SEA Semester<sup>®</sup>.</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(38,38,38)"> </span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(38,38,38)">SEA Semester<sup>®</sup> is the
leading off-campus Environmental Studies program focused on the oceans. SEA
Semester creates environmentally literate leaders who are prepared to address
the defining issue of the twenty-first century: the human impact on the
environment. SEA looks for motivated students of all majors who are passionate
about learning, willing to seek out new challenges, and eager to become part of
a unique learning community.<br>
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</span></i><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(38,38,38)"></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(38,38,38)">SEA/SEA Semester<sup>®</sup> is based
on Cape Cod in the oceanographic research community of Woods Hole,
Massachusetts and has two research vessels: the SSV Corwith Cramer, operating
in the Atlantic Ocean, and the SSV Robert C. Seamans, operating in the Pacific.<br>
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</span></i><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(38,38,38)">To learn
more about Sea Education Association’s mission and programs, please visit </span></i><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Calibri"><a href="http://www.sea.edu">www.sea.edu</a>. </span></i><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(38,38,38)"></span></i></p>
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