Maritime Training Financial Aid Available

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July 3, 2019 – Lunenburg, Nova Scotia – NOVA SCOTIA SEAMANSHIP EDUCATION SOCIETY

Maritime training Financial Aid Available

In time for registration for the fall semester, financial assistance will be available for qualified applicants for the S/V Picton Castle’s ‘Big Rig’ Bosun School, taking place this fall, in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. The scholarships are being offered through the support of the Nova Scotia Seamanship Education Society (NSSES) and will be available to young men and women who wish to gain advanced and critical skills in maritime vocations, such as vessel maintenance, rigging, boat building and repair, boat handling, and sailmaking.

The NSSES regularly partners with Sail Training Ship Picton Castle and Bosun School. Since it was founded in 2014, NSSES has provided more than half a million dollars in support for professionally minded mariners to pursue training in the marine industry, both at sea and ashore. Mariners accepted to the Bosun School program who need financial aid may request a Scholarship application form from info@seamanship.ca.

Quick Facts:

• The Nova Scotia Seamanship Education Society is a non-profit corporation and a registered charity in Canada. The objective of the Society is to advance education in seafaring and seamanship by providing publicly available scholarships, bursaries, and other forms of assistance to students pursuing vocational studies in the marine industry.
• Since it was founded in 2014, the Society has provided over 40 scholarships to mariners from across the world.
• The NSSES is looking to expand available educational opportunities by partnering with a variety or maritime organizations. Please contact us for more information.
• From September 13 – December 13, 2019 Bosun School students will entirely downrig and uprig the square-rigged Tall Ship, Picton Castle.
• Bosun School is designed for men and women preparing for or seeking to advance a career at sea who have previous experience on vessels, or who have sailed ships and vessels as a student. The Bosun school is designed to advance skills for the mariner at large, and the skills acquired applicable beyond the Tall Ship Industry.

 Associated Links:

• seamanship.ca
• picton-castle.com/bosun-school.html
• https://www.facebook.com/NovaScotiaSeamanshipEducationSociety/
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hasJEU4UlTg (Video)

 Quote:

“Practical hands-on learning is essential to success in the maritime industry. Unfortunately, the cost of taking time away from regular or seasonal employment and paying tuition for world-class training opportunities is beyond reach for many men and women who would otherwise excel in ships. NSSES was created to help close the gap between those who could obtain more specialized skills, and those who should benefit from those same opportunities. The Society is pleased to be partnering once again with Bosun School to produce a new class of highly-skilled, professionally-minded mariners. These are the men and women who will carry on maritime traditions and further our shared goals for excellence in the industry, regardless of economic status.”

• Erin MacDonald, Chair, Nova Scotia Seamanship Education Society

Contacts:

Bronwen Livingston

Coordinator, Nova Scotia Seamanship Education Society

1 (902) 521 9255