CBC to hold Maritime Licensure class

NEWS RELEASE
March 23, 2010                                                           Contact: Frank Murray, 542-4835

Columbia Basin College will be offering a Maritime Licensure class March 30- April 23 for those in pursuit of a captain’s license needed for taking paying passengers on a vessel.

The course is a 56-hour U.S. Coast Guard approved Operator of Uninspected Passenger Vessels (OUPV) course.  The course will be held Monday-Thursday, 5-9 p.m.

Teaching the course will be Captain J.J. Janssen of Zenith Maritime Academy.  Captain Janssen’s nautical career has ranged from the rivers of the Southwest to the Salish Sea.
For more information, call 542-4806.