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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:
4
Credits:
60-61
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Locations:
Chesapeake Campus, Portsmouth Campus
Associate of Applied Science - Maritime Technologies

The 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:
2
Credits:
18
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Locations:
Chesapeake Campus, Portsmouth Campus
Career Studies Certificate - Inside Machinist

Prepares 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:
2
Credits:
19
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Locations:
Chesapeake Campus
Career Studies Certificate - Marine Electrical

This 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:
2
Credits:
25-27
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Locations:
Chesapeake Campus, Portsmouth Campus
Career Studies Certificate - Maritime Technologies

Designed 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:
2
Credits:
19
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Locations:
Chesapeake Campus
Career Studies Certificate - Pipefitter

Learn 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.

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Is this program for you?

Yes, if you:
  • have strong interpersonal skills
  • work well in fast-paced environments
  • can multitask