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Nebraska Automotive, Motorcycle, Marine Degrees

Automotive, Motorcycle, Marine Mechanic Training Degrees: Nebraska Colleges

Looking for accredited career colleges, technical schools, and universities in Nebraska offering Automotive, Motorcycle, Marine degrees. Automotive, Motorcycle, Marine repair technicians overhaul motorcycles, motor scooters, mopeds, dirt bikes, and all-terrain vehicles.

Nebraska, the Heart of America, is a classic Great Plains state, its rich soil supporting some of the nation's most productive agriculture. Students at Nebraska colleges will probably find themselves in one of the two major cities, Omaha and Lincoln. Both offer a reasonable variety of cultural and entertainment offerings, including plenty of country music. If your long-term career plans include working in the agricultural field or related industries, it is hard to do better than going to college in Nebraska, where you will probably find ample opportunities after college, and can make valuable connections while in college.

Nebraska Colleges: Automotive, Motorcycle, Marine Degrees

The movement of huge amounts of cargo, as well as passengers, between nations and within our Nation depends on workers in water transportation occupations, also known on commercial ships as merchant mariners. They operate and maintain deep-sea merchant ships, tugboats, towboats, ferries, dredges, excursion vessels, and other waterborne craft on the oceans, the Great Lakes, rivers, canals, and other waterways, as well as in harbors.

A typical deep-sea merchant ship has a captain, three deck officers or mates, a chief engineer and three assistant engineers, a radio operator, plus six or more unlicensed seamen, such as able seamen, oilers, QMEDs, and cooks or food handlers. Ship engineers operate, maintain, and repair propulsion engines, boilers, generators, pumps, and other machinery. Merchant marine vessels usually have four engineering officers: A chief engineer and a first, second, and third assistant engineer. Assistant engineers stand periodic watches, overseeing the safe operation of engines and machinery. These engineers are an integral part of the crew, because the lack of proper maintenance and repair on a ship can be life threatening.

In order to earn a place on a ship as a marine maintenance or ship repairer, one generally has to have a license. License applicants either must accumulate sea time and meet regulatory requirements or must graduate from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy or one of the six State maritime academies. In both cases, applicants must pass a written examination. Federal regulations also require that an applicant pass a physical examination, a drug screening, and a National Driver Register Check before being considered.

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