Fort Lauderdale, FL (PRWEB) July 05, 2013
Maritime Professional Training proudly announces that Amy Beavers, the Academic Principal and VP of Regulatory Compliance at MPT, has been appointed Vice President of the Maritime Education Requirements Counsel (MESC). The Maritime Education Requirements Council is comprised of 30 member schools and organizations in the United States, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, who are committed to supplying the highest good quality of maritime education to recreational and specialist mariners. In joining, MESC college members, have the opportunity to work in the sustaining and improving the high quality of maritime education.

Soon after getting involved in maritime education for more than 25 years, I couldnt be much more excited and honored to join the board of MESC. This position makes it possible for me to blend my understanding of the marine market and my passion for maritime education with the fantastic values of MESC, in an work to guarantee the requirements of instruction and certification of mariners and the protection of the marine atmosphere, mentioned Amy Beavers.

Amy began her professional maritime profession in 1986, after a lifetime of private involvement in the business via a family of mariners. Amy holds a limited tonnage USCG Masters License. For the last 26 years, she has worked for MPT and has been involved in all aspects of maritime education from teaching, profession counseling, and administration to system improvement and regulatory liaison with the Coast Guard Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee (MERPAC) and other Maritime Administrations and governmental agencies. Soon after fifteen years of attending MERPAC as a member of the public in the operating groups, Amy was appointed this year to serve on the committee representing maritime educators with MERPAC. In addition to her speaking engagements, she has been published in many articles which includes the monthly Ask Amy crew licensing & certification column in the Dockwalk magazine as well as co-author of the Huge Boat Bible.

John Martino, President of the Maritime Education Standards Counsel, stated I am really pleased to have Amy join us on the board of MESC. Amys information, knowledge, enthusiasm and passion for the marine business, will support our organization move forward and prosper.

About MESC
The Maritime Education Standards Council was established in 2005 by numerous schools supplying US Coastal Guard approved courses who wished to establish instruction standards and produce a frequent voice, not only to benefit the college but the mariner as well. Considering that its inception MESC has grown to more than 30 member schools representing the Unites States, Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. MESC is dedicated to offering the mariner with a quality education expertise that meets and in many situations exceeds the criteria the Coast Guard demands for schools supplying authorized courses. For more info on how to grow to be a MESC Member College or engage in courses check out: http://www.mesc.us/.

About MPT
MPT is located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, five minutes from Port Everglades and the Fort Lauderdale International Airport. MPT is the most comprehensive complete service private maritime college in the country and has been education mariners given that 1983. Training thousands of industrial mariners, yachting pros and enthusiasts for over 30 years has enabled MPT to create applications that are achievement oriented, with unbeatable pass rates, as effectively as getting expense and time effective. MPT delivers all levels of certification, license and document study applications, numerous of which offer you in-college testing, are USCG Approved and are recognized by numerous foreign administrations. Education programs are made to meet and exceed IMO requirements and are fully STCW Compliant. The Fort Lauderdale based campuses host over 45,000 square feet of classrooms, deck and engineering training labs. Instruction programs also take location at the MPT Smart Simulation Center, Marine Tech Shipboard Firefighting Website, Sea Survival Coaching Facility, and onboard the MPT Fleet of Instruction vessels!





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