The Marine Training Institute

09/04/2025

Our updated schedule can be located below:

The Marine Training Institute, 4228 W Main Street, Gray, LA 70359 Phone: 985-873-0031 [email protected] rights reserved, The Marine Training Institute © 2025

02/13/2025

We offer the Nautical Institute Revalidation Online Exam.
Please call 985-873-0031 or email [email protected] to schedule.

02/22/2024

Nautical Institute Revalidation UPDATE:
As you are aware, the DPO certificate holders renewing their certificates will now be asked to demonstrate either NI-accredited Continuing Professional Development (CPD) for the required years OR complete the DP Refresher and Competency Assessment Course and have completed the mandatory 150 DP sea time days.

This is to inform you that the DP CPD Revalidation online exam booking is live now, and DPOs can now book and pay the exam fee by accessing their NI Alexisplatform account if they wish to take the CPD Revalidation exam remotely. Otherwise, the DPOs can also take the CPD revalidation exam at the NI-approved training centres.

Note that all the NI-approved training centres have access to the TestReach CPD Revalidation exam.

The remote exam booking guide and online application guide are available here.

Refresher Course: If the DPO has 30 days or more DP sea time, then the DP Refresher and Competency Assessment Course may be completed at any time, as required. If the DPO has no DP sea time or less than 30 days seatime, then the Revalidation Course may be completed up to six months before the revalidation dates set by the NI. If the DPO has less than 30 days DP sea time, the course will be valid for a period of 12 months only, at which time the DPO must apply to the NI for certificate revalidation.

Revalidation: The Revalidation Course may be completed up to six months before the revalidation date set by the NI. The course will be valid for a period of 12 months only, in which the DPO must send an application to the NI.

If the participant is completing the course for the first time, there is no minimum DP sea time requirement.

If the participant is completing the course for a second or subsequent time, a minimum of 28 DP sea time days will be required to revalidate. This DP time may be completed prior to or after the Revalidation Course.

Where a participant subsequently revalidates after taking the course by completion of the full sea time requirement of 150 DP sea time days that participant can then take the Revalidation Course again without a DP sea time requirement.

We have provided the attached for your reference :

• Booking the remote revalidation exam
• Revalidation online application guide

Please note that the revalidation process is now online only, and DPO do not need to send their documents to The Nautical Institute unless requested.

For additional details on exam bookings:
• Candidates can book exam slots from 1 March 2024, Monday to Friday
• Candidates have a cut-off of 5 days, preventing them from booking an exam sooner than five days from the current date

08/17/2022

Currently we are only offering the below courses:
Nautical Institute Introduction and Simulator course. (Accredited)
OSVDPA Phase 1, Phase 3 and Assessments

11/17/2021

https://northstarscholarship.com/

The North Star was historically used a navigational tool by mariners due to its consistent position in the sky. The North Star also has important symbolic meaning as a beacon of inspiration and hope. Given this background, we named our maritime training scholarship after the North Star.

09/24/2021

We are back up and running for your Nautical Institute and OSVDPA Courses.

09/02/2021

Currently we are a closed due to the Hurricane Ida. We do not know when we will be resuming courses.

12/30/2020

Job Title: DYNAMIC POSITIONNING OPERATOR INSTRUCTOR (PART-TIME)

The Marine Training Institute, a division of Beier Integrated Services is looking to hire a part-time instructor for our DP Operator courses in our class A training facility. Local Instructor preferred.
Job Duties:
1. Upon course qualifications for DP instructor, the qualified applicant will:
• Assist the Senior DPO Trainer in NI (Nautical Institute) and OSVDPA (Offshore Service Vessel Dynamic Positioning Authority) basic and advance courses.
• Conduct DP assessments in accordance with OSVDPA requirements.
Qualifications:
1. Dynamic Position Operator Training Instructor
• Must hold a valid DP Unlimited Certificate - Must have a minimum of 365 sea time days on board a DP vessel as a certified DPO or equivalent (305 sea time days on board a DP vessel and successful completion of the Revalidation Course) as determined by The Nautical Institute. 150 of the 365 sea time days must be completed within the last five years.
• IMO model course, 6.09, Training Course for Instructors or
• IMO model course 6.10, Training Course for Instructor and Assessor Conducting Simulator-based Training and Assessments. (Preferred)

Submit resume to [email protected] for review. Include all certifications and schools. A sea time letter DP in the resume along with work experience and reference contact information (3 personal and 3 work references) and sea time letter for DP.

11/23/2020

Job Title: DYNAMIC POSITIONNING OPERATOR INSTRUCTOR (PART-TIME)

The Marine Training Institute, a division of Beier Integrated Services is looking to hire a part-time instructor for our DP Operator courses in our class A training facility.
Job Duties:
1. Upon course qualifications for DP instructor, the qualified applicant will:
• assist the Senior DPO Trainer in NI (Nautical Institute) and OSVDPA (Offshore Service Vessel Dynamic Positioning Authority) basic and advance courses.
• conduct DP assessments in accordance with OSVDPA requirements.
Qualifications:
1. Dynamic Position Operator Training Instructor
• Must hold a valid DP Unlimited Certificate - Must have a minimum of 365 sea time days on board a DP vessel as a certified DPO or equivalent (305 sea time days on board a DP vessel and successful completion of the Revalidation Course) as determined by The Nautical Institute. 150 of the 365 sea time days must be completed within the last five years.
• IMO model course, 6.09, Training Course for Instructors or
• IMO model course 6.10, Training Course for Instructor and Assessor Conducting Simulator-based Training and Assessments. (Preferred)

Submit resume to [email protected] for review. Include all certifications and schools. A sea time letter DP in the resume along with work experience and reference contact information (3 personal and 3 work references) and sea time letter for DP.