Objective
Seeking position as a navigation instructor
Experience
Personnel Training
• Conducted daily divisional training for navigation
• Held one on one training with navigation personnel
qualifying to stand navigation watches
• Forged a navigation team out of primarily
inexperienced personnel while on major deployment
• Assisted an instructor at a Maritime Institute in
teaching navigation to students
Training Programs
• Implemented a celestial navigation training program
for officers qualifying as Deck Officers
• Created Navigation training lectures based on Navy
Personnel Qualification requirements
• Trained ships personnel for gangway watches and
supervised qualification board
Administrative
• Developed training schedules and kept personnel
training folders on individuals in division
• Utilized training files & attendance sheets to
monitor personnel training
• Assisted in developing an indoctrination program
for newly assigned personnel on a CG cutter
• Ensured that all weather reports went out correctly
resulting in a grade of 98% or higher
Communication
• Proven ability to communicate effectively ensuring
that personnel assigned understood their job
• Knowledgeable in encoding weather reports and
movement reports
• Experienced in basic signal procedures using flags,
flashing lights and semaphore
Supervision
• Provided leadership, instruction, and supervision
of 5 to 6 personnel
RELATED EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
• Deckhand / Rating forming part of navigational
watch – University of Connecticut, Groton, CT
Feb 2008 to Oct 2009
• Navigation Plotter (Quartermaster) – U.S. Coast
Guard - Jan 1999 to Jan 2003
• Assistant Navigator /Navigation Plotter
(Quartermaster) – US Navy - Mar 1994 to May 1996
• Navigation Plotter (Quartermaster) – U.S.
Navy - Jan 1988 to Mar 1994
Education
Art Institute of Atlanta Oct 2010 to present
Northeast Maritime Institute Nov 2008 - Tankerman Endorsement course
Northeast Maritime Institute Aug 2007 - Lifeboatman endorsement, Able Seaman Unlimited and Captain's License
Navigator/Senior Quartermaster Navigation Refresher course - Oct 2001
Navigation Celestial Refresher course - Mar 1992
Navigation Piloting Refresher course - Nov 1991
Certification
Licensed to operate a vessel of no more than 100 tons as a captain and no more than 200 tons as a mate in near coastal waters
Rated Able Seaman for unlimited waters
Rated as Tankerman - Person in Charge (Barge)
Endorsement for Lifeboatman
Endorsement for Captain of a towing assist vessel
Skils
Proficient in navigation piloting, orchestrating a navigation team
Highly knowledgable in areas such as celestial, electronic and terrestrial navigation
Considered and excellent on the job navigation trainer by subordinates and officers alike