Alaska Marine Safety Education Association offering free fishing vessel safety and drill conductor course at UAS Ketchikan, March 23-24

From Capital City Weekly:

Alaska Marine Safety Education Association (AMSEA) will offer a one-day, 10-hour fishing vessel safety and drill conductor course in on March 10 at Hydaburg City School. A similar course will be offered in Ketchikan on March 23 and 24 at the University of Alaska Southeast campus, room 305.

These courses meet the U.S. Coast Guard requirements for commercial fishing vessels. They are available free of charge to commercial fishermen thanks to funding from National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health and a support contract from the USCG.
Participants will practice hands-on in the water and on a vessel, with emergency equipment that should be onboard any commercial fishing or other sizeable vessel — personal flotation devicess, life rafts, immersion suits, EPIRBs, fire extinguishers — and practice emergency procedures including man overboard, abandon ship, fire fighting and flooding control.
 
To register, call 747-3287 or visit http://www.amsea.org/. Courses will be cancelled in the event of under-enrollment.