Sound Marine Skills - Program Description

In partnership with The Workforce Alliance, Inc., the Connecticut Marine Trades Association, the Bridgeport Regional Vocational Aquaculture School and several area full service marinas and boatyards, Sound Marine Skills, Inc., located at the Sound School Regional Vocational Aquaculture Center, recruits and trains post-secondary

graduates and adults who seek career opportunities in marine skilled trades while helping to mitigate the maritime industry’s critical labor shortage.

The instructional vehicle is the American Boat and Yacht Council’s (ABYC) National Marine Trades Curriculum (NMTC). Instruction focuses on workplace preparation with classroom and practical shop concentration on the ABYC program modules covering the full range of marine skilled trades – each a potential specialized skill area. Taught by ABYC-accredited and highly specialized instructors for persons beginning their career preparation or wishing to explore career alternatives, classroom and shop teaching is combined with directed workplace

experience at area marina-teaching partners for instruction and practice in a wide range of boatyard skills. Upon completion of classroom and shop contact hours and proficiency examinations, each trainee receives an ABYC Certificate of Completion and a set of mechanical and electrical hand tools.