Maritime Technologies
Your future is waiting. Take the helm!
Due to a critical shortage of workers in Hampton Roads’ maritime and shipbuilding industries, high-paying careers are available across the region. Whether you’re interested in welding or occupational safety, a specialized, high-tech maritime education from Tidewater Community College will give you the experience and expertise needed by shipping and ship repair industries across the region. The program provides students with a comprehensive set of maritime industry-related skills that employers seek when selecting technicians for their industry. Graduates who have also completed a registered apprenticeship program will be prepared to apply for supervisory positions within the maritime industry or to pursue a career pathway to a university in a related program.
Associated of Applied Science (A.A.S.) Degrees
Semesters:4Credits:60-61 View CurriculumLocations:Chesapeake Campus, Portsmouth Campus | Associate of Applied Science - Maritime TechnologiesThe Associate of Applied Science (A.A.S.) degree in Maritime Technologies provides students with a comprehensive set of maritime industry-related skills that employers seek when selecting technicians for their industry. This program is designed to prepare novice students for employment in a variety of areas within the maritime industry, to include the following: electrician, electronics technician, inside machinist, outside machinist, pipefitter, rigger, painter, carpenter, insulator, shipfitter, welder, and sheet metal worker. Secondarily, this program is designed to prepare students who are in maritime-related apprenticeship programs to gain the necessary increase in skill level to move into supervisory positions both within their technical fields and within their companies. |
Career Studies Certificates
Semesters:2Credits:18 View CurriculumLocations:Chesapeake Campus, Portsmouth Campus | Career Studies Certificate - Inside MachinistPrepares students for a career in the manufacturing or maritime industry operating manual machine tools. Students are prepared to obtain National Institute for Metalworking Skills (NIMS) industry certifications. |
Semesters:2Credits:19 View CurriculumLocations:Chesapeake Campus | Career Studies Certificate - Marine ElectricalThis curriculum is focused on the maintenance and repair of shipboard electrical and electronic systems from fundamental electrical skills to ship systems and marine electronics. |
Semesters:2Credits:25-27 View CurriculumLocations:Chesapeake Campus, Portsmouth Campus | Career Studies Certificate - Maritime TechnologiesDesigned to get you into—or advancing in—the maritime field as quickly as possible, this program will help you gain familiarization with basic ship construction and ship processes and techniques, various ship systems, and basic knowledge and terminology. |
Semesters:2Credits:19 View CurriculumLocations:Chesapeake Campus | Career Studies Certificate - PipefitterLearn the fundamentals of machine blueprint reading, industrial pipefitting, pipe welding, piping and auxiliary systems, and pipefitting and fabrication. |
Graduates of the Maritime Technologies program who have also completed a registered apprenticeship program will be prepared to apply for supervisory positions within the maritime industry or to continue their education towards a bachelor’s degree.
Learn more about apprenticeshipsIs this program for you?
Yes, if you:
- have strong interpersonal skills
- work well in fast-paced environments
- can multitask