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Transport Canada approved Marine Training Courses
At Safer Ocean Systems we take your training and career seriously! We pride ourselves on offering the highest quality marine training on the West Coast. Our instructors go out of their way to help you succeed, pass your exams, and leave you with real, relevant, and useful knowledge to begin or further your career in the marine industry.
We offer courses for:
Deckhands
Small Vessel Operators
Master Limited, 60 Ton.
Fishing Master 4
SOS is a marine training facility located in Nanaimo BC. Founded by Peter Jonker who has over 40 years of experience at sea, has been involved in marine training since the 1980s, and taught at nearly every local training venue including Pacific Marine Training Institute (now BCIT Marine Campus), North Island College, Camosun College, and Malaspina College (now Vancouver Island University). SOS was established in 1997 to supply Transport Canada Marine Safety-approved marine training courses for Deckhands, Small Vessel Operators, Master Limited <60GT, and Fishing Master-4 on Vancouver Island and across BC.
Check out our new Lower Mainland location in North Vancouver!
Unit # 104 – 1861 Welch Street, North Vancouver.
Safer Ocean Systems and the BC Young Fishermen Network are teaming up! We are offering a Scholarship Program. You could receive tuition for a complete Fishing Master 4 program. A Fishing Master 4 can operate Commercial Fishing Vessels of up to 100 Gross Tonnage within 25 nautical miles of shore. We will help one deserving […]
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Now with Locations in Vancouver and Nanaimo!
You can Register Online, or by contacting our office
by phone: (250)-668-9145, or email: training@saferoceans.com
For someone like me who has little or no knowledge of boats it was an eye opener .. I would highly recommend SOS as the training venue for other tour boat operators in need of training.
I thoroughly enjoyed the SVOP course – it covered a lot of the same ground that I had taken years ago on various Power Squadron and CYA courses, but it was interesting to hear it from a commercial operator’s point of view. I enjoyed it so much that I felt inclined to try for some more advanced courses (60-ton master, etc.)
I really enjoyed my time at SOS while taking the MED A2 course. Not only did Peter teach the class in a way that made it fun and interesting, he went out of his way to make sure the class fully understood each lesson before moving on. I highly recommend Safer Ocean Systems for anyone in need of marine training.
If you need any marine training sos is the place to go. Peter has a wealth of knowledge and experience in marine safety and navigation. He is very patient with people that haven’t been to school in a while.He is closely in touch with transport Canada, so he knows what you need to learn.It has been a privilage to have met Peter, Sharon, Rudy and Barry.
-Thanks Again
